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

This just-add-water hand wash lets you stop using so many plastic bottles

This bacon looks like the real thing as it sizzles—but it’s made from fungus

Check out the Australian shopping center that’s touted as the most sustainable in the world

Creativity

21 movies to stream on Netflix for Valentine’s Day, organized by your relationship status

‘Stranger Things 4’ teaser confirms what we already knew (you-know-who is still alive)

‘The Photograph’ is the black love story you’ve been missing

Co.Design

Cooper Hewitt director steps down amid controversy over her wedding

The 3 most ridiculous things about Jeff Bezos’s new $165 million mansion

Buying curtains is a huge hassle. Barn & Willow is here to help

Work Life

How to demonstrate 3 important soft skills during an interview

How to train yourself and your team to take smarter risks

How to figure out what someone is really saying, according to science