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.

LEADERS IN MOTION

THE SLOW DEATH OF OPEN OFFICES • EMPLOYEES DON’T LIKE THEM. RESEARCH PROVES THEY’RE INEFFECTIVE. WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG FOR US TO GET RID OF THEM?

Seating Arrangements • SIX COMPANIES THAT EXPERIMENTED WITH WORK SPACE

EVERYBODY, LISTEN UP • 2018 WAS THE YEAR PODCASTING WENT MAINSTREAM.

NIGHT VISION • WITH THE RELEASE OF GLASS, THE THIRD INSTALLMENT IN HIS ALT-SUPERHERO SERIES, M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN TALKS ABOUT BUILDING UP HIS OWN SUPERHUMAN DEFENSES.

A Career’s Twists and Turns • A LOOK AT HOW M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN’S MOVIES HAVE FARED

WEST WORLD • MANHATTAN’S HUDSON YARDS IS A GRAND VISION FOR THE MIXED-USE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE FUTURE.

THE NETFLIX SHUFFLE • CAN THE STREAMING GIANT GET SERIOUS ABOUT MOVIES WITHOUT ALIENATING FILMMAKERS?

Netflix Multiplex • WHAT’S A “NETFLIX FILM”? WE SORTED THROUGH 62 2018 RELEASES TO TRY TO FIGURE IT OUT.

BUTTERFLY EFFECT • THIS SMARTPHONE DEVICE MAKES ULTRASOUNDS AFFORDABLE—AND PORTABLE.

MATCH POINT • HOW MATCH GROUP CEO MANDY GINSBERG MEETS THE DATING NEEDS OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, AT HOME AND ABROAD

Love Is All Around • IN ADDITION TO MAJOR PLAYERS LIKE MATCH.COM AND TINDER, MATCH GROUP ALSO OPERATES MATCH AFFINITY BRANDS, A PORTFOLIO OF DATING SITES THAT CATER TO HYPERSPECIFIC COMMUNITIES.

HUNGRY FOR FEEDBACK • FOOD52 TAPS 13 MILLION READERS TO DEVELOP ITS FIRST PRODUCT LINE.

SMALL BUT MIGHTY • Devialet’s Phantom Reactor speaker delivers rock-concert volumes in a palm-size package.

The Books That Inspire Me • IMRAN CHAUDHRI, USER EXPERIENCE DESIGNER AND ENGINEER

Music for Every Moment • FRAN HAUSER, AUTHOR, THE MYTH OF THE NICE GIRL

MY OPERATING SYSTEM FORERUNNER VENTURES’ KIRSTEN GREEN • She’s invested in cult brands including Glossier, Warby Parker, and Outdoor Voices, and her firm just closed its fourth fund with $360 million in capital commitments. Forerunner Ventures’ founding partner takes our career questionnaire.

Flight Pattern • WHAT ARE SOME NOVEL TRAVEL TIPS YOU SWEAR BY?

PICTURING innovation • WHAT DOES INNOVATION LOOK LIKE IN 2019 AND BEYOND? THE SPEAKERS AT THE FOURTH ANNUAL FAST COMPANY INNOVATION FESTIVAL WEIGH IN.

Fast Company’s 4th Innovation Festival • More than 7,500 business executives gathered in New York City to partake in Fast Company’s 4th Innovation Festival. Attendees had access to more than 100 Fast Tracks, as well as conversations with Kerry Washington, Pharrell Williams, and Jennifer Garner. Sponsors hosted activations, including the Intel Hub, which kicked off the Festival with a performance by the Roots; an Escape Room designed by Prudential, hosted at the inaugural Innovation Hub at Grand Central Station; and Dell offered guests the chance to get caricatures of themselves on the cover of Fast Company. In addition, PricewaterhouseCoopers hosted an interactive hologram, AirTable’s doughnut wall was a hit with Convene guests, and Post-it Brand hosted workshops and a rainbow wall with almost 1 million Post-it Super Sticky Notes.

Green Means Go • WITH RECREATIONAL CANNABIS NOW LEGAL ACROSS CANADA, AN $11 BILLION MARIJUANA COMPANY CALLED CANOPY GROWTH—THE COUNTRY’S TOP PLAYER—IS SUDDENLY GETTING PERSONAL WITH MILLIONS OF NEW CUSTOMERS. IF ONLY RETAIL WERE AN EASY BUSINESS TO CULTIVATE.

From Seed to Sale • THE CANADIAN CANNABIS JUGGERNAUT CANOPY GROWTH COMPRISES NEARLY TWO DOZEN...