William Taylor

I'm a cofounder and founding editor of Fast Company, coauthor of the 2006 book Mavericks at Work, and author of the forthcoming (January 2011) book Practically Radical.

How The Seemingly Chaotic But Wildly Successful Fringe Festival Makes It Work

News Corp., Netflix, And The Value Of Values

How Do You Know A Great Person When You See One?

Great People Are Overrated (Part II)

Great People Are Overrated

How To Turn Anything From Adequate To Amazing

Hire Superstar Talent Fast

Too Much Entrepreneurship Is a Bad Thing

Which Companies Are Worth Admiring?

Great Ideas Call for Calculated Boldness

Are You Different on Purpose?

Hire for Attitude, Train for Skill

Find the Revolution Before It Finds You

Why Do Smart People Do Such Dumb Things?

Why You Should Reminisce About the Future

A Game Plan for Game Changers

Why Nobody Wins Unless Everybody Wins

Getting Smarter About Google’s “Brain Drain”

Money! Power! Fame! (And Other Ways to Fail)

New Business Models Are America’s Most Undervalued Export

Impact

How COVID tests are becoming a lot less uncomfortable—and safer for nurses

Decades of failed reforms have allowed for ongoing police brutality

Could renewable energy be the secret to Europe’s economic recovery post-COVID-19 ?

Creativity

This music-video ode to apocalyptic anxiety will give you the catharsis you crave

Study: Horror fans are more psychologically resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic

Sheryl Sandberg says Facebook is making changes to fight hate speech—but not because of ad boycott

Co.Design

Where you grew up can influence how your genes work

These striking blankets visualize the COVID-19 genome

Five things schools can learn from this new Zoom summer camp

Work Life

How to cope when your close coworker is laid off (and you’re still employed)

3 science-backed tips for fighting your social distancing fatigue

How our new work-life reality is chipping away at equity and inclusion