Welcome to the January 2005 edition of Audible Fast Company. This month's edition features five articles. First, we will hear profiles of Bill Drayton and Malcolm Gladwell--two giants in the world of business innovation who can help you to maximize creative thinking in your own projects. Then, we'll hear about Yahoo's solution to the diminishing impact of traditional advertising, as well as how the Cartoon Network manages to stay cutting edge despite its traditionally conservative corporate owners.

There are seven articles in this edition: "Bombs", by Steve Coll; "Return of the Nativist", by Ryan Lizza; "Tubular", by Nancy Franklin; "Journey Into Night", by David Sedaris; "The King of Sentences", by Jonathan Lethem; "None of the Above", by Malcolm Gladwell; and "Hard Life", by David Denby

"Risk Factor", by George Packer; "Most Likely to Succeed", by Malcolm Gladwell; "Atomic John", by David Samuels; "Is There a Problem Here?", by Larry Doyle; and "Ring Cycles", by Anthony Lane.

"Read It and Weep" by Adam Gopnik; "Tear, Slap, Clack" by Susan Sheehan; "The Risk Pool" by Malcolm Gladwell; "Manifold Destiny" by Sylvia Nasar and David Gruber; and "Borderlines" by Anthony Lane.

"Rebuilding" by Nicholas Lemann; "The Zombie Hunters" by Evan Ratliff; "When Pain Remains" by Jerome Groopman; "Early Music" by Jeffrey Eugenides; and "Getting In" by Malcolm Gladwell.

"Beyond the Palin", by Hendrik Hertzberg; "The Trust Crunch", by James Surowiecki; "Biden's Brief", by Ryan Lizza; "Campaign '08 Abroad", by Dana Goodyear; "Late Bloomers", by Malcolm Gladwell; "A Desert Encounter", by John Updike; and "Inside Jobs", by Anthony Lane.

"Synergy with the Devil" by James Surowiecki; "Open Secrets" by Malcolm Gladwell; "How to Operate the Shower Curtain" by Ian Frazier; "Big Pictures" by David Denby; and "Under the Volcano" by Anthony Lane.

"Fuel Duel" by Dorothy Wickenden; "Hedgemony" by James Surowiecki; "Hollywood Heresy" by Peter J. Boyer; "Nazis Say the Darndest Things" by Andy Borowitz; "What the Dog Saw" by Malcolm Gladwell; "Don't Touch That Dial" by Tad Friend; and "Sink or Swim" by David Denby.

Malcolm Gladwell is living proof that a new hairstyle can change your life. After he grew out his hair, people started treating him differently. He racked up speeding tickets. He was surrounded by policemen who thought he was a rapist on the loose. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, Gladwell talks about his book, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking.

"The Test", by Steve Coll; "Tombstones", by Lizzie Widdicombe; "The Uses of Adversity", by Malcolm Gladwell; "The Bright Side", by Ian Parker; and "Prodigy", by Sasha Frere Jones.