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

In a battle between this endangered flower and a lithium mine, who should win?

The price tag for a net zero transition: $3.5 trillion a year

This guaranteed income pilot gives low-income New York mothers $1,000 a month

News

A Dutch TV mogul blamed women for not reporting sexual abuse. This was their response

You may be done with the pandemic but the pandemic isn’t done with you

CDC: As omicron spread, unvaccinated were 5 times more likely to get infected than boosted adults

Co.Design

From plaid to Prada backpacks, see the ’90s fashion that’s making its museum debut

Why one UK city is requiring new buildings to include a special brick for birds and bees

Experience the hilariously sad dystopia of getting hired in 2030

Work Life

This is how to skip the small talk and have more meaningful conversations according to science

We’re not getting back to normal. Ever. Here are 3 strategies to manage now

Solving your talent problem might not involve hiring