Explore the full 2022 list of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies, 528 organizations whose efforts are reshaping their businesses, industries, and the broader culture. We’ve selected the firms making the biggest impact with their initiatives across 52 categories, including the most innovative health, beauty, and consumer goods companies.
When the COVID-19 pandemic first reached U.S. shores two years ago, it rocked the wellness industry. What “staying healthy” meant got broken down and rebuilt completely. Staying alive came first. Even though physical and mental well-being remained at the forefront of global consciousness, many wellness companies had to strive harder than ever to bring their services to the people, overcoming shuttered gyms, pools, and studios and motivating low-energy work-from-homers to still, somehow, get that blood pumping. Stress alone can take a physical toll, and companies were scrambling to help.
Today, a new chapter has begun. Many of the changes in the industry brought on by the pandemic are becoming permanent, yet still innovative features. And now that people are beginning to venture out, businesses are adjusting to meet us in this new-normal realm as well. Fitness companies like Bande and Obé are reshaping virtual exercise with collaborative elements that replicate the fun of working out in person, like classes with friends or pre-session locker room chats. And connected fitness is reaching a new level with Clmbr’s virtual rock climber, which introduces the Free Solo thrill to the at-home-gym crowd. Mental health is looking forward too: Tripp—a VR-powered meditation platform—lends further credence to the growing field of psychedelic therapy, which treats patients with hallucinogenic drugs like psilocybin and ketamine. Meanwhile, another corner of the industry is focused on getting clean, with Genexa reformulating medicines without the common allergens and artificial filler ingredients, and Eight Sleep engineering a mattress that cuts the junk hours out of your night’s rest.
1. Genexa
For cleaning up medicine cabinets of artificial filler ingredients
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