Fast CompanyLeadership Why being a little terrified is good for youFast Company - Anisa Purbasari HortonWhen my son was five, I strapped him to my waist and ran down the beach in Bali until a parasail lifted us into the sky. It was exhilarating. Since then, I’ve pushed myself to ski off mountains (with parachute),
Fast CompanyNike Great marketing lifted Nike’s Mark Parker and Under Armour’s Kevin Plank—but it couldn’t save themFast Company - Jeff BeerRecent performance disappointments and controversies loom over some iconic brand work that defied but couldn’t out run reality. Yesterday, both Under Armour founder and CEO Kevin Plank and Nike CEO Mark
Fast CompanyLeadership This is what acting can do to your brainFast Company - Anisa Purbasari HortonThese are the possible reasons why actors can lose themselves in a role. At our English boarding school in the 1990s, my friends and I would spend hours immersed in role-playing games. Our favorite was
Fast Company The psychology of why haunted houses scare us sillyFast Company - Kelsey Campbell-DollaghanFrom architectural details to certain types of spaces that make us uncomfortable, there’s science behind the terror. The Haunted House is a time-honored horror setting. All of us have shivered our way
Fast CompanyTechnology What will 5G mean for you? A reality check on the hypeFast Company - Rob PegoraroAt Mobile World Congress in Los Angeles, executives and government officials remained optimistic about the long-heralded technology, while hinting at the challenges that remain. On Tuesday morning, the
Fast CompanyPaul Rudd Paul Rudd celebrates 15 years of pranking Conan O’Brien with the same prankFast Company - Joe BerkowitzEven though you know it’s coming by now, this bit never ceases to delight. What: The latest iteration of the longest-running prank on late-night TV. Way back in 2005, Paul Rudd went on Conan O’Brien’s
Fast CompanyLeadership The illegal interview mistake women say companies are makingFast Company - Lydia DishmanNew data from InHerSight suggests hiring managers are asking questions without malintent or even awareness of wrongdoing—because of what we’ve all learned to talk about with women. We all know—or think
Fast CompanyPrivacy These are the 5 best and 5 worst states for online privacyFast Company - Michael GrothausOnline privacy is probably the hottest topic in tech right now–and that’s not going to change any time soon. Tech giants including Facebook and Google are increasingly under scrutiny from regulators and
Fast CompanyTechnology Figma’s new Community feature isn’t just a way to show off designsFast Company - Harry McCrackenThe browser-based design tool now lets you publish creations to the web—not as static images, but as editable, remixable files. Figma, the web-based tool for user interface and user experience design,
Fast CompanyBusiness Can I ask my board of directors to help me interview job candidates?Fast Company - Stephanie MehtaIt is great to involve your board in hiring. Just make sure you do it in the right way. Editor’s Note: Each week Maynard Webb, former CEO of LiveOps and the former COO of eBay, will offer candid, practical,
Fast CompanyDesign The year’s best microphotographs capture a world our eyes can’t seeFast Company - Evan Nicole BrownFrom tulip buds to Vitamin C, there’s immense beauty in the natural world that usually remains hidden. Nikon, the international technology company, is known for its specialty optical instruments, like
Fast CompanyDesign The year’s best microscope photos capture a world our eyes can’t seeFast Company - Evan Nicole BrownFrom tulip buds to Vitamin C, there’s immense beauty in the natural world that usually remains hidden. Nikon, the international technology company, is known for its specialty optical instruments, like
Fast CompanyLeadership How empathy became the new CEO status symbolFast Company - Pavithra MohanCoaching was once the purview of either the most powerful leaders or those in hot water. Now it’s a tool for all CEOs looking to better themselves. Megan O’Connor, the cofounder and CEO of education startup
Fast CompanyTechnology The 5 best news apps you aren’t usingFast Company - Doug AamothGet caught up, leap over paywalls, see what’s happening around town, and more with these great, under-the-radar apps. For better or worse, there’s no shortage of news outlets nowadays. They add up to giant,
Fast CompanyDesign The longest flight in the world looks like an ergonomics nightmareFast Company - Mark WilsonThe passengers are strapped with biometric devices, their vitals carefully analyzed by medical researchers and scientists. These brave travelers will be surviving cramped quarters for a long time, experiencing
Fast CompanyQuantum Computing Google says it’s achieved ‘quantum supremacy’ but IBM says nopeFast Company - Michael GrothausQuantum computing is the next frontier of computing that promises to upend what we think a computer is capable of. The term comes from the fact that a quantum computer relies on properties of quantum to
Fast Company Five tips on how to listen to your customersFast Company - Jay WoodruffThree masters of social listening offer advice on how to glean insights from key constituents. Behavioral data doesn’t inspire people. Dig into the why behind the numbers using an agile research approach.
Fast Company How to build the perfect capsule wardrobe for workFast Company - Lauren Steele5 essential tips to finding a work uniform that works for you I pride myself on my punctuality. But recently, I had to push an appointment back by 20 minutes. This wasn’t because of subway delays or an
Fast Company This $555 drink machine is the Juicero of waterFast Company - Mark WilsonIf you’ve ever dreamed of sipping from a mountain spring while safely ensconced in your cramped New York City apartment, do we have the machine for you! It’s called the All-in-One Drinks System. Designed
Fast Company Scientists have found a way to create energy from the night skyFast Company - Morgan ClendanielThe concept of radiative cooling—where the temperature of objects outside at night drops below the temperature of the air—has been known for centuries. Now scientists are harnessing it as an energy source.
Fast CompanyTechnology Ex-Cambridge Analytica employee: If Trump wins in 2020, blame FacebookFast Company - Katharine SchwabBrittany Kaiser, who formerly worked at Cambridge Analytica, argues that Trump’s 2020 campaign is benefiting from Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to allow politicians to lie in ads. This week, Mark Zuckerberg
Fast Company This man says Big Tech is ‘the greatest threat to democracy since the Civil War’Fast Company - Talib VisramBarry Lynn of the Open Markets Institute talks about his “vision of an alternative political economy” based on the nation’s founding principles. One of Elizabeth Warren’s signature 2020 proposals is to
Fast Company Should we outlaw SUVs?Fast Company - Adele PetersThey are an enormous cause of emissions, and deadly to pedestrians? Is it time for automakers to stop selling them or cities to stop allowing them on their streets? Over the last decade, global SUV ownership
Fast CompanyNews Disney’s Iger: Marvel movies aren’t ‘less’ than Scorsese, Coppola classicsFast Company - Mark SullivanDisney chairman and CEO Bob Iger fired back at filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola for their recent criticisms of Disney’s Marvel Comics movies. It started when Scorsese told Empire magazine
Fast CompanyEmotional Intelligence What leaders get wrong about emotional intelligence (and 3 ways to improve it)Fast Company - Anisa Purbasari HortonEmotional intelligence is a skill that you can hone, not a trait that’s set in stone. We are living in an era of emotional intelligence. Since the concept’s inception in the 1990s , it has become a sought-after
Fast CompanyApps Amazon’s Fire TV users will be able to stream their news for freeFast Company - Jared NewmanAmazon is joining the free streaming news wars with a new app for its Fire TV devices. The free app, simply called News, will let users pick their favorite sources from a list that includes CBS News, Bloomberg,
Fast CompanyAbigail Disney Despite Abigail Disney’s criticism, Bob Iger still seems fine with his giant pay packageFast Company - Harrison WeberDisney boss and fat paycheck-haver Bob Iger believes “the whole subject of income inequality is very, very real.” Iger acknowledged the haves and have-nots at a Vanity Fair event today in Beverly Hills,
Fast CompanyInnovation Watch this submarine play tag with a shark from the darkest depths of the oceanFast Company - Ben PaynterThis short film documents the quest to tag a rare bluntnose sixgill shark, and find out more about the massive parts of the ocean we’ve never explored. Ocean researchers trying to learn more about super
Fast CompanyNike Nike CEO Mark Parker is stepping downFast Company - Mark WilsonMark Parker, the President and CEO of Nike, announced plans to step down today. Beginning January 13, 2020, he will be replaced by John Donahoe. Parker will remain involved with the company, serving a
