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The Accelerators: These 5 execs are changing the face of the Fortune 500

THE PRAGMATIST. #Fortune500

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The Accelerators: These 5 execs are changing the face of the Fortune 500

THE CONNECTOR. #Fortune500

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Kunst

Talk Show

It Works

The Accelerators: These 5 execs are changing the face of the Fortune 500

THE TINKERER. #Fortune500

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Connected Home

Business Innovation

Science

The Accelerators: These 5 execs are changing the face of the Fortune 500

THE IMPROVISER. #Fortune500

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The Accelerators: These 5 execs are changing the face of the Fortune 500

THE NEGOTIATOR. #Fortune500

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Medical Professionals

A Team

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In May, a team of medical professionals from Johnson & Johnson , the global health care giant, arrived in the tiny African country’s hard-hit Kambia district on a hopeful mission: to ready it for a possible late-stage clinical trial of its candidate Ebola vaccine regimen. —Erika Fry (Photograph by Marco Di Lauro)

Fat Burning Foods

Coffee

Starbucks Reserve Roastery

Starbucks Reserve

Tasting Room

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In December, Starbucks opened a roastery and tasting room blocks away from its first store to process all of its reserve coffee—rare, small batches of beans that Starbucks sells in more than 1,000 of its 22,000 stores, or through its mail-order subscription program. In some cases supply is so limited that particular varieties can be purchased only on-site. —Beth Kowitt (Photograph by Ben Baker)

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The final countdown has begun for five of Lockheed Martin’s technicians. Next March the InSight Mars lander will rocket 26,000 miles an hour toward the red planet, where it will record the first-ever measurements of the planet’s interior. —Laura Lorenzetti (Photograph by Floto & Warner)

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Kohl’s 100,000-square-foot photo studio, which is near its Wisconsin headquarters, boasts 35 photo bays, seven hair and makeup rooms, and an outdoor rooftop shooting space. —Laura Lorenzetti (Photograph by Gregg Segal)

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Science And Technology

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The Nike Sport Research Lab, founded in 1980, helped bring about key new technologies, including the company’s featherweight Flyknit sneakers—which can weigh 5.6 ounces for a size 9 shoe—and springy Lunarlon models. —John Kell (Photograph by Spencer Lowell)

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