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

One million seabirds died in the North Pacific during 2016’s brutal ocean heatwave

Which U.S. cities’ transportation networks are doing the best for the climate?

This new Ikea store has zero parking spaces

Creativity

Watch this YouTuber’s creative correction of the nightmarish character design in ‘Cats’

What Beyoncé’s Ivy Park x Adidas launch means for the new age of celebrity brands

How Amazon’s new movie ‘Troop Zero’ got its magical realism

Co.Design

Ceramics get a futuristic makeover

Unlike Ikea, this easy-to-assemble couch won’t test your relationship

Move over, princesses. These girls’ clothing brands glorify science

Work Life

I don’t think you need a mentor—here’s why

First-time leaders need to stick to these 4 truths to succeed

These are the 5 most common office injuries