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Generation Flux

Generation Flux Salon: What Does Talent Look Like In An Age Of Flux?

Generation Fluxers often disrupt their own careers before their careers get disrupted for them. Beth Comstock, John Maeda, Ben Palmer, Jonah Peretti, Dev Patnaik, and Soraya Darabi discuss the skills and training that Generation Fluxers bring to the table as our Branch salon series kicks off.

Generation Flux Salon: What Does Talent Look Like In An Age Of Flux?

4 Ways John Landgraf Slays Fear, Failure, And Blandness On Screen And Behind The Scenes At FX

The fearless, GenFlux approach to green-lighting shows such as “The Shield,” “Louie,” “Justified,” and “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia” is also the backbone of the network president’s management style.

4 Ways John Landgraf Slays Fear, Failure, And Blandness On Screen And Behind The Scenes At FX

Generation Flux Salon: What Is The Difference Between A Pivot, A Reorganization, And A Panic?

How do you know which changes are worth reacting to? Join Do Something CEO Nancy Lublin, Greylock data scientist DJ Patil, and strategist Kate Gardiner in conversation as the first installment of Fast Company’s Generation Flux Branch salons kicks off.

Generation Flux Salon: What Is The Difference Between A Pivot, A Reorganization, And A Panic?

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The Secrets Of Generation Flux

How brilliantly managed chaos sparks success inside Nike, Box, Cisco, Foursquare, Intuit, and more.

The Secrets Of Generation Flux

Sara Horowitz: Labor’s Renaissance Woman

Sara Horowitz, founder of the Freelancers Union, is building the support system for a new generation of independent workers. Oh, and a bricks-and-mortar medical center.

Sara Horowitz: Labor’s Renaissance Woman

Obama, Romney, And The Forgotten Entrepreneurial Class

Election rhetoric focused on struggling small businesses completely ignores the tidal wave of creative, innovative startups sweeping the country. Fast Company’s editor-in-chief bears witness to the groundswell.

Obama, Romney, And The Forgotten Entrepreneurial Class

Approaching Retirement Age, A Psychiatrist Joins The Army

It sounds crazy. But Rebecca Tomsyck found herself with decades of experience as a psychologist and a practice that was becoming unmanageable. Her mission to defeat burnout took her to combat zones in Iraq and Afghanistan. Here’s what she learned there.

Approaching Retirement Age, A Psychiatrist Joins The Army

How Bill Nye Became The Science Guy. And A Ballet Shoe Inventor. And a Political Voice

If he didn’t resemble Steve Martin, know how to pronounce “gigawatts,” and speak his mind, Bill Nye might not have become America’s smartest, most beloved bow-tie enthusiast.

How Bill Nye Became The Science Guy. And A Ballet Shoe Inventor. And a Political Voice

Fast Company Career Transition Survey

The shock of a new gig: can you handle it? Fast Company needs your help as we put career transition stress under the microscope.

Fast Company Career Transition Survey

09.26.12 | 10:27 am

The Pandemic Police

Stopping the spread of animal-to-human diseases requires the vigilance of a new kind of expert. Those with a veterinary degree, a PhD in ecology, and a masters in public health feel free to apply.

The Pandemic Police

How To Be A Happy And Successful Creative Freelancer (Or Work With One)

Freelancers share their best practices for being their own boss, and why you should so totally just do it.

How To Be A Happy And Successful Creative Freelancer (Or Work With One)

09.24.12 | 11:57 am

You, A Rocket Scientist?

How Ariel Waldman hacked her way into NASA–in a good way. A burgeoning space industry may have a job for you, too.

You, A Rocket Scientist?

09.20.12 | 11:20 am

The Jagged Career Path Of New York Times Travel Writer Seth Kugel

Yale, Teach For America, Harvard, immigrant and child-protective services: all bullet points on Kugel’s diverse resume. Here’s how his curiosity, some serendipity, and a little bit of faking landed him the gig as the Frugal Traveler.

The Jagged Career Path Of New York Times Travel Writer Seth Kugel

09.19.12 | 4:30 pm

From Siberia With Caribou Meat, Social Passion, And Serious Scientific Breakthroughs

Adventures in geodynamics, courtesy of Lindy Elkins-Tanton, the director of the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism.

From Siberia With Caribou Meat, Social Passion, And Serious Scientific Breakthroughs

How To Run A Harvard Lab From The Battlefield

And build a “concussion on a chip” in the process. Multitasking Kevin Kit Parker, a former major with the Rhode Island National Guard, doesn’t let an Afghanistan deployment stop him from working in a bioengineering lab.

How To Run A Harvard Lab From The Battlefield

08.31.12 | 9:30 am

How To Change Careers Completely–And Write Yourself A Happy Ending

This is the dramatic story (yeah, yeah, just go with it) of how former lawyer Dayna Lorentz found her true calling in the emotionally turbulent realm of the YA novel.

How To Change Careers Completely–And Write Yourself A Happy Ending

Poker-Playing Entrepreneur Blitzes Fantasy Football, Offers $1 Million For Your Perfect Lineup

As the NFL season looms, a small player in the fantasy sports business is trying big-money efforts to win new players.

Poker-Playing Entrepreneur Blitzes Fantasy Football, Offers $1 Million For Your Perfect Lineup

Tom Knight, Godfather Of Synthetic Biology, On How To Learn Something New

The MIT computing wiz and key player in the recent technological revolution talks about his path from AI to DNA.

Tom Knight, Godfather Of Synthetic Biology, On How To Learn Something New

4 Things To Consider When Contemplating A Major Career Change

Bringing some certainty to an incredibly uncertain job market.

4 Things To Consider When Contemplating A Major Career Change

08.09.12 | 3:21 pm

Peer Pressure: What Microloans And Your Next Group Purchase Might Have In Common

James Beshara picked up the idea for Crowdtilt as a microloans collection officer in South Africa.

Peer Pressure: What Microloans And Your Next Group Purchase Might Have In Common

Impact

Should the federal government spend more money on conducting elections?

This cargo ship from 1909 is starting to make zero-emissions deliveries again

Oishii, the Tesla of strawberries, is slashing its prices by more than half

News

The neuroscience behind money and power: How socioeconomic status can literally shape your brain

eBay opens a sneaker store in Los Angeles

This monkeypox tracker shows where new cases are suspected and confirmed around the world

Co.Design

The hidden cost of new homes

This Japanese designer turned discarded fishing containers into groovy furniture

What will the ‘de-Arching’ of McDonald’s in Russia actually look like?

Work Life

The 3 pillars of a happier and more productive workforce

How to get better at using inclusive language in the workplace

5 ways to build marketable skills when you’re in a ‘dead-end’ job