In Harriet Rubin's column this month, Sam Christensen ("the hot go-to guy on power today") says: "The most charismatic thing about people now is public self-disclosure. It's people who say, 'I'm willing to take the risk of being ...READ»
Fast Company visits Houston, San Francisco, and Boston in search of female leaders with smart advice for tough times. Here, a dozen powerful women (and a few men) share their thoughts on leadership, crisis, and mentoring.READ»
We invited some of the smartest people we know to consider four of the toughest questions around. Fast Company celebrates its second anniversary with the ultimate business roundtable.READ»
"Your biggest competitor is your own view of the future," argues one of two new books, both devoted to helping business leaders build companies and design lives that reflect the confusing realities of the new economy.READ»
Adman extraordinaire Jay Chiat once proudly told me his secret for getting people to take his calls. "I call the person's secretary and say, 'Tell X it's his doctor, and I have the results of his tests.' X rushes to the phone; it ...READ»
Forget what you've always been told about how mentoring arrangements should work. Here's one woman's unsparing look at the pleasures and perils of the workplace's most complicated relationship.READ»
Forget what you've always been told about how mentoring arrangements should work. Here's one woman's unsparing look at the pleasures and perils of the workplace's most complicated relationship.READ»
In May, Fortune published its annual "Fortune 500" issue devoted to America's largest corporations. It's full of reports on huge companies, billion-dollar legal battles, and supremely confident executives who talk a good game and ...READ»
We're hurt, angry, confused, sad. Where do we turn to make sense of what's happened -- and to move forward? To poets, songwriters, philosophers, and historical figures. Add your favorite quote here.READ»
During What we now consider the genteel 1990s, the meanest SOB I had ever met was Al Neuharth, founder of USA Today. His ego then was bigger than his newspaper, with which Gannett was blanketing the country at huge losses. At one ...READ»
Is the new world of work as open for women as it is for men? Yes and no. These Fast Company stories about gender relations show that the more things change, the more a few things stay the same.READ»
As summer arrives, there's the hope that we can carve out a bit of time to read one or two books that may leave a mark after we've returned to the grind. I reached out to a diverse collection of thinkers, writers, and entrepreneurs and asked what non-business writing has had a big impact on them. They sent back an intriguing collection of fiction, science fiction, and history books.READ»
Meet Martha Nussbaum, one of America's leading philosophers. She's asking some top businesspeople to confront today's toughest question: Are there global values to connect us all?READ»
Put aside your workaday reading material and pick up something that stretches your mind, grips your imagination, or backfills the gaps in your literary repertoire. We have some wise suggestions for your summer book list.READ»
Back in the fat days -- the happy mid-1990s -- Clifford Stoll, the bad-boy computer programmer, asked me, "What's going to happen to us when electricity is gone?" Short of the apocalypse, I wondered, how could that ever happen? I ...READ»
"I've never seen a time like this," says Roger Ailes, chairman and CEO of Fox News and, for the past 20 years, one of the greatest architects of power in the country. Ailes has a gift: He knows what makes people stars. He's most ...READ»
Dave Pollard offers some useful commentary on -- and consideration of -- the role stories can play in a project. Addressing the information and entertainment value stories have as tools to help influence and inspire behavior in a ...READ»
Back in 1995, when we launched Fast Company, our most valuable asset was our originality. What was different about the magazine? Its message. Its language. Its design. Most important, its promise to readers. Nobody talked about ...READ»
