“What is the worst advice you ever got? Decades ago as a young punk executive my boss took me to his office and closed the door and very seriously in a fatherly kind of way and advised me to be out of town when my wife was due to give birth to our first son. He said he could arrange for me to take an important trip to be out of town. Seriously. That’s what he did. I did not take the advice. And I think it shows how the world has changed. I experienced an amazing human experience by being there for the birth of my first son.” — Pierre Ferrari
collections
NewsletterCourses and LearningAdvertiseCurrent IssueFast Government
The future of innovation and technology in government for the greater good
Most Innovative Companies
Fast Company's annual ranking of businesses that are making an outsize impact
Most Creative People
Leaders who are shaping the future of business in creative ways
World Changing Ideas
New workplaces, new food sources, new medicine--even an entirely new economic system
Innovation By Design
Celebrating the best ideas in business