ImpactWhy Katie Porter says childcare and family policies are not (just) about womenAt the Fast Company Innovation Festival, the Representative makes the case for why a better safety net for families helps the entire economy.
NewsDrew Barrymore learned these leadership lessons from an iconic Antarctic explorerThe actor, entrepreneur, and producer spoke at Fast Company’s Innovation Festival about her burgeoning media empire and more.
ImpactLabor leader Sara Nelson says workers must fight together—across industriesAt the Fast Company Innovation Festival, Nelson drew parallels between flight attendants and miners fighting for their basic worker rights.
Work LifeThe most potent medicine for mental health might be in your pantryIn an excerpt from her book, Harvard-trained psychiatrist and nutrition expert Dr. Uma Naidoo explains the connection between eating well and well-being.
NewsFast Company Innovation Festival adds Drew Barrymore, Idris Elba, CEOs of Sundial, Intel, UPSSeventh annual festival of creativity will feature keynote interviews, panels, interactive workshops and in-person Fast Tracks.
Fast Company EventsFast Company announces details of seventh annual innovation festival“The Rebuilders” will explore opportunities to reshape business, community, and culture, post-pandemic.
Innovation Festival 2020‘Whether or not your employees are talking about it, they’re struggling’Author and journalist Dan Harris and Lyra’s Dr. Connie Chen share why it’s so important to focus on mental health during these unprecedented times.
Innovation Festival 2020How TikTok won the mobile video wars by breaking all the rulesAt the Fast Company Innovation Festival, TikTok’s global marketing head spoke about how the platform brought something entirely new to a crowded space.
Innovation Festival 2020Former Pinterest executive: ‘I really hit the glass ceiling very hard’At the Fast Company Innovation Festival, Françoise Brougher talked about her experience with gender discrimination—and what companies can do to create a more equitable work culture.
Work LifeHow to lead through rapidly changing timesBox CEO Aaron Levie and PagerDuty’s CEO Jennifer Tejada discuss the importance of flexibility and the structure of solid values that allow their companies to thrive during uncertainty.
NewsSlack’s CEO on why tech companies have to make peace with permanent remote workIs there a Slack emoji for the world changing forever?
Co.DesignTrixie Mattel spills the secrets of the drag economyThere’s a fast-growing drag economy, and Trixie Mattel has figured out exactly how it works.
NewsHow restaurants can survive in a stay-at-home eraAt the Fast Company Innovation Festival, the founders of Milk Bar, Alinea, and Sweetgreen talk about how they’ve weathered the COVID-19 crisis.
ImpactPramila Jayapal and Mondaire Jones declare that ‘the era of small ideas is over’The two politicians explain how the progressive wing of the Democratic Party is thinking about how it would work with a potential Biden administration.
NewsCiti CFO Mark Mason: Philanthropy alone won’t solve racial injusticeAt the Fast Company Innovation Festival, the only Black member of Citi’s executive team said closing the racial wealth gap would add $5 trillion to our GDP.
NewsHere’s how to get more VC funding to startups outside of NYC, Silicon Valley, and BostonMajor tech hubs are where 75% of venture capital funding goes. That needs to change, say Steve Case and Amy Klobuchar.
TechHow the U.S. government’s low-tech reputation is hurting future innovatorsThe federal government is actually a big player in technology, but unlike its cohorts in the private sector, it fails to talk up its own work—or spend enough on incubating future technologies.
ImpactMalala Yousafzai is surviving the pandemic by starting a book clubRead “White Teeth” with the Nobel Prize-winning advocate for girl’s education.
Co.DesignMichelle Pfeiffer trades the glamour of the red carpet for startup lifeAs she launches her clean perfume line, Henry Rose, Pfeiffer is creating a legacy beyond her illustrious career as an actress.
NewsThe next pandemic: Why biodefense experts say we need to prepare nowAt the Fast Company Innovation Festival this week, experts laid out what we can do to prevent the next COVID-19 from ever happening.