FastCo Exclusives Video Playlist

FastCo Exclusives

How Amazon Studios plans to dominate your screen in 2019

For Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios, diverse storytelling, attracting talent, and tentpole projects (like the $1B "Lord of the Rings" series in production) is her plan to cut through the content noise and grab global audiences' attention.

How Amazon Studios plans to dominate your screen in 2019

This mindset helps Steph Curry hit all his shots

The Golden State Warriors point guard—and arguably the greatest shooter in NBA history—believes there's always a way to accomplish the goals you set for yourself (and your team).

This mindset helps Steph Curry hit all his shots

Listening to your passionate employees can make all the difference

Dawn Ostroff, chief content officer for Spotify, and Jack Davis, cofounder and CEO of Crypt TV, discuss what it takes to be an effective leader.

Listening to your passionate employees can make all the difference

What makes a Christmas movie? Our definitive guide

Everyone has their favorite holiday movies. But the debate between what a Christmas movie is and isn’t rages on.

What makes a Christmas movie? Our definitive guide

Inside the dog-eat-dog world of pet influencers

Lonie Edwards is the Founder of The Dog Agency, a talent management firm for pet influencers. In this piece, we chat with her and clients Sprout of @brussels.sprout, Mervin of @mervinthechihuahua and Chase of @sometimescarl about the ruff realities of being an Insta-famous pet.

Inside the dog-eat-dog world of pet influencers

How Instagram's head of design created a diverse team

Ian Spalter, Head of Design at Instagram, talks about how today's culture impacts technology, and how different design elements can aid that shift.

How Instagram's head of design created a diverse team

Your next smartphone might be built with living cells

Joshua Hoffman, the founder of Zymergen, discusses how he's using technologically enhanced natural processes to build cell phone components of the future.

Your next smartphone might be built with living cells

The reality of being an Instagram influencer

Influencers Sophie Sumner, Erik Conover, and Jayla Koriyan share the realities of their seemingly effortless careers as creative Instagram tastemakers.

The reality of being an Instagram influencer

Do people really gift shop on Fifth Ave?

With sites like Amazon selling just about everything under the sun, more and more people are gift shopping online. Are internet shoppers missing out on the magic? We spoke to a handful of people at some of Fifth Ave's most iconic locations to see what the future of retail holds.

Do people really gift shop on Fifth Ave?

How Barry Jenkins's latest film addresses universal themes through a specific female perspective

The Oscar-winning writer and director is following up the hugely acclaimed "Moonlight" with his adaptation of the James Baldwin novel "If Beale Street Could Talk," and he made sure that his female cast members, KiKi Layne and Regina King, had input in how the story was told.

How Barry Jenkins's latest film addresses universal themes through a specific female perspective

Impact

Gene therapies can be a miracle cure–except when our immune systems won’t let them

Don’t give Gillette credit unless it does a lot more than making an ad

Bill Gates offers Trump free lessons about foreign aid

Creativity

SNL drinks the Kool-Aid for that controversial Gillette ad

The definitive MLK Day playlist: songs of respect, justice, and equality

Top 5 ads of the week: AeroMexico airline hilariously trolls America

Co.Design

The color gold can change the way you spend money

Enter the 2019 Innovation by Design Awards!

The legendary bike designed by Jean Prouvé in 1941 is being reproduced

Work Life

You can’t be productive without routines and rituals. Here’s why

Want to improve your career this year? Try these 5 things

Adopt these habits to achieve work-life balance this year