Beyond the Boardroom

Behind Seth Green's stop-motion animation success

Robot Chicken's Seth Green and John Harvatine discuss the trials of pitching Robot Chicken to Harrison Ford and why the company has an RV for a conference room.

FORTUNE – The folks behind Cartoon Network's Robot Chicken care, deeply, about what happens to a Miley Cyrus doll. To make it onto the show, that doll must have started as a writer's brainchild, survived the pitch process, and undergone hours of arduous stop-motion MORE

Anne-Marie Slaughter on women, work and Washington

The Princeton professor and former State Department official discusses her take on leadership and work-life balance.

FORTUNE -- In what felt like a knockdown, drag out election season, we heard plenty about the problems in Washington and improving the lives of American women. As a foreign policy professor and a woman who has worked in Washington, Anne-Marie Slaughter knows these issues all too well.

Slaughter currently teaches at Princeton, but last year, MORE

A quest: Bringing Halo to the (not so) big screen

Director Stewart Hendler discusses the challenges and bright spots of bringing sci-fi production values to a web-sized screen.

FORTUNE – Many of us are watching more videos online these days, but how do you pack all the gore and sexy graphics of a sci-fi action film onto a web-sized screen?

That is director Stewart Hendler's charge. He started out behind the camera, shooting horror flicks -- he directed 2009 slasher "Sorority Row," MORE

How one woman changed New York comedy

Caroline's founder Caroline Hirsch discusses how she built a classy joint in the gritty underbelly of the '80s New York comedy scene. Interview by Shelley DuBois

FDNY commissioner looks back on September 11

Commissioner Salvatore Cassano shares what he's learned while leading New York City's finest and how the department has responded and changed since the September 11 tragedy.

FORTUNE -- Eleven years ago today, Salvatore Cassano was working as the chief of operations for New York City's Fire Department. His leadership during one of the darkest days in the city's history ultimately earned him the position of its 32nd commissioner, a post he has MORE

Why crazy ideas are critical: A Nobel-winning chemist's view

Roald Hoffmann talks to Fortune about the benefits of accepting complexity and how to make sure your team feels comfortable with offering seemingly batty ideas.

FORTUNE -- Nobel-prize winning chemist Roald Hoffmann has had anything but a simple path to success. He was born in Poland, and survived the Nazi labor camps. He came to America at the age of 12, attended the prestigious Stuyvesant High School in New York, then MORE

Francis Ford Coppola's search for the best ending

The director discusses his most recent film and how it represents a creatively destructive phase in his impressive career. Interview by Shelley DuBois

Meet the National Aquarium's first fish doctor

Brent Whitaker talks to Fortune about dreaming of a job that didn't yet exist and making a celebrity out of a sperm whale named "Inky." Interview by Shelley DuBois

The nail-biting life of an action film director

Director Simon West discusses the highs and lows of directing some of the great action stars working in film today. Interview by Shelley DuBois

What biz leaders can learn from astronauts

Former astronaut Jeffrey Ashby discusses what it takes to make last-minute judgment calls in space and building a solid team. Interview by Shelley DuBois