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.

Press “3” If Automation Is Making You Crazy

Why Is it So Hard to Be Kind?

Tribune’s Troubles: Why Frat Boys Make Lousy Change Agents

Brand Is Culture, Culture Is Brand

How I Downsized Myself

The New York Times Is Dead Wrong

Do You Pass the Leadership Test?

Where Have All the Business Heroes Gone?

Does Your Job Title Get the Job Done?

If Your Company Went Out of Business, Would Anybody Notice?

Summer Reading Picks From Dan Pink, Seth Godin, Eliot Spitzer, and More

Why We (Shouldn’t) Hate HR

What Surprising Number Will Change Your Business?

Take The Maverick Challenge

The Biggest Mind-Flip in Business Today

The Toughest Question in Business*

Welcome to “Maverick Monday”

Fast Company Magazine

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Impact

This DIY mask test kit finds that your neck fleece isn’t really helping

David Chang and other chefs say now is the time to fix the restaurant industry’s long-standing inequities

The Gates Foundation is helping back a $3 COVID-19 vaccine

Creativity

7 films to watch for a Netflix and Nollywood weekend

Why New Belgium Brewing is charging $100 for a six-pack of Fat Tire today

Microsoft’s bid to buy TikTok is the company’s brilliant plan to finally make you love it

Co.Design

How to decontaminate an N95 mask in an Instant Pot

This artist turned old Allbirds sneakers into a beach chair

SF sex toy designer debuts “build-your-own vibrator” parties on Zoom

Work Life

This one small thing can radically impact your productivity

As a Latino immigrant, I thought I understood the challenges of the Black community. I have a lot to learn

Will this time of reflection finally get your side hustle off the ground?