Fast Company

Fast Company is the world’s leading progressive business media brand, with a unique editorial focus on innovation in technology, leadership, world changing ideas, and design. Written for, by, and about the most progressive business leaders, Fast Company inspires readers to think beyond traditional boundaries, lead conversations, and create the future of business.

Reclaiming Productivity

Mind Over Matter • In an era of body positivity, some companies are selling mindfulness as a way to lose weight. The approach is not as healthy as it seems.

WEIGHT TRAINING • Noom is the latest in a long history of dieting fads.

Parks and Recreation • With its new Public Lands stores, Dick’s Sporting Goods is venturing further into the values- driven terrain that has defined its past few years.

DISARMING RETAIL • How other large retailers have responded to mass shootings

Easy Riders • Global sales of e-bikes have soared since the start of the pandemic.

Making AI accessible to every enterprise • DATAFLOW-AS-A-SERVICE PROVIDES BUSINESSES WITH THE TECHNOLOGY THEY NEED TO LEAD IN THEIR FIELD

Maintaining brand authenticity in a rapidly changing world • THREE MARKETING EXPERTS EXPLAIN HOW THEY MANAGED THEIR COMPANIES’ BRANDS WHILE NAVIGATING A PANDEMIC

Space Jam • NASA astronaut Jeanette Epps is training to fly into the unknown. She shares how she prepares mentally and physically while still managing to stay grounded.

FLIGHT SCHOOL • A few billion dollars might be able to get you into space today, but money still can’t buy a spot on a NASA crew. To earn her place, Epps had to run a grueling gauntlet that included these four programs.

Horizon Lines • How Safdie Architects created a daring new skyscraper that reaches both up—and across—the skyline

High-speed 5G drives new opportunities for small businesses • AS THE 5G ROLLOUT CONTINUES, IT OFFERS SMALL AND MIDSIZE BUSINESSES A FAST, SIMPLE, AFFORDABLE ALTERNATIVE TO CONVENTIONAL BROADBAND

Scent Therapy • Aromatherapy is an easy, effective way to unwind at the end of a long day.

My Daily Media Diet • Willie Geist, coanchor, Morning Joe, on MSNBC

My Self-Care Soundtrack

Fostering a purpose-driven, inclusive workforce • WHAT COMPANIES MUST DO TO SUCCEED IN THE NEW PARADIGM OF EMPLOYEE EMPOWERMENT

my operating system. • Cara Sabin, CEO of Sundial Brands (which includes SheaMoisture, Nubian Heritage, and Nyakio), takes our career questionnaire.

4 FAVORITE INSTAGRAM ACCOUNTS

Manufacturing redefined • MTEK’S MBRAIN PLATFORM TAKES THE DIGITIZATION OF FACTORIES TO THE NEXT LEVEL

What to Read

Intelligently electrifying the planet • NUVVE TRANSFORMS ELECTRIC VEHICLES INTO ENERGY-EARNING ASSETS

FAST COMPANY INNOVATION FESTIVAL

“You’re literally flipping the script.” • It takes some serious organizational skills to make a difference in Hollywood from the inside. Riz Ahmed shows how it’s done.

TO HIS OWN SELF BE TRUE • Riz Ahmed’s thoughtfully packed agenda

Do This, Not That • In the hybrid world, communication platforms are what’s holding us together. Experts share tips for getting the most out of them.

“Sometimes I have to say no to projects that might be popular, or look really good on Instagram.” • HEAD OF SUSTAINABILITY, POLESTAR

“I focus like a laser.” • DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES; CHIEF MEDICAL ADVISER TO THE PRESIDENT

“I hate it, but it’s over fast.” • COFOUNDER AND CEO, DUOLINGO

“You can work anywhere.” • FORWARD AND CENTER FOR THE CHICAGO SKY; NBA ANALYST

“It’s okay to have limits.” • COMEDIAN, PRODUCER, AND SHOWRUNNER

The “It” Bed • “ I ’ll sleep when I’m...