12.01.06

Class of ’07: The The Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Award Winners

Organization What It Does Results Grade ACCION International CEO: María Otero www.accion.org

By Tonya Garcia, Polya Lesova, Josie Swindler, and Kathryn Tugglelong Read

Video

Impact

Cities are getting hotter, but we can redesign them to keep us cool

This AI-powered chatbot connects homeless people with help

How going to the Moon really did change the world—back on Earth

Creativity

Spotify flexes its podcasting muscle with Parcast’s ‘Summer of ’69’ true crime series

Sports media is going direct to consumer—and Copa90 wants to be the Glossier of soccer

The original ‘Lion King’ had a racist hyena problem. The new film fixes that, with mixed results.

Co.Design

Arby’s is betting $3.9 billion that its customers don’t want fake meat

This fascinating graph shows how life in America has changed since 2003

The quest to bring urinal culture to women

Work Life

The 3 ways that happy people deal with problems

How to manage email so that it doesn’t control you

Why team-building exercises are useless (and what you should do instead)