menu_open Columnists

Fast Company

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

Zillow updates home price forecast for over 400 housing markets: See the map

latest 0

Fast Company

Lance Lambert

How brands are converting digital burnout into real-world connection

latest 0

Fast Company

Becky Mailen

Citi’s Strata Elite Card challenges AmEx Platinum and Chase Sapphire with travel-heavy perks

latest 0

Fast Company

Sam Becker

Is ChatGPT making us stupid? Depends on how it’s used

latest 30

Fast Company

The Conversation

How to go from quiet to commanding

How to go from quiet to commanding

You’re smart, capable, and consistently deliver results. But in meetings, your voice disappears. As an executive coach with over two decades of...

yesterday 10

Fast Company

Joel Garfinkle

LinkedIn’s Aneesh Raman says the career ladder is disappearing in the AI era

As AI evolves, the world of work is getting even better for the most creative, curious, and growth-minded employees. So says Aneesh Raman,...

yesterday 10

Fast Company

Robert Safian

Beef costs, burrito blues, and boarding groups: The business stories everyone’s talking about this week

If this past week’s headlines are any indication, the U.S. consumer economy is being pulled in every direction at once. Grocery bills are getting...

yesterday 30

Fast Company

Emily Price

12 signs you’re micromanaging without realizing it

12 signs you’re micromanaging without realizing it

Micromanagement can silently creep into leadership styles, often without conscious awareness. Could you be micromanaging without knowing it? Here,...

yesterday 3

Fast Company

Featured

Canva skills are what people hiring graphic designers increasingly want to see

For our 2025 Where the Design Jobs Are report, Fast Company looked at which design tools were being mentioned in job listings across various...

yesterday 2

Fast Company

Mark Wilson

5 job search habits young job seekers should ditch immediately

After nearly four decades on Wall Street and over 15 years mentoring students and young adults, I’ve witnessed countless young professionals...

yesterday 2

Fast Company

Barry Garapedian

Private equity has ruined so many more businesses than you realize

07-26-2025 MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES On today’s episode, hosts Josh Christensen and Yaz Gagne are joined by journalist and author Megan Greenwell...

yesterday 0

Fast Company

Vsingh

Wall Street’s winning streak continues in another record-setting week

U.S. stocks are hanging around their records on Friday and coasting toward the close of another winning week. The S&P 500 was edging up by 0.1% in...

previous day 3

Fast Company

Associated Press

New Maui legislation passes, aims to boost housing supply after destructive Lahaina wildfire

Lawmakers on Maui passed legislation Thursday aimed at eliminating a large percentage of the Hawaiian island’s vacation rentals to address a...

previous day 3

Fast Company

Associated Press

HR exec caught on Coldplay kiss-cam resigns after viral moment

The female executive who was caught on camera embracing the CEO of her company at a Coldplay concert in a moment that went viral has resigned,...

previous day 1

Fast Company

Associated Press

Is it safe to install iOS 26 on older iPhones like the 11 and SE?

Apple says the upcoming iOS 26, expected in a polished “release” version in September, will support devices back to the iPhone 11 from September...

previous day 8

Fast Company

Sean Captain

Colleges now have to prove their value to applicants, not just the other way around

College admissions are at a critical juncture. Enrollment patterns are changing, with the enrollment cliff now in full view. AI is transforming how...

previous day 6

Fast Company

Kelly Dore

TikTok reacts to alleged shoplifter detained after 7 hours in Illinois Target

TikTok has become obsessed with an alleged shoplifter who spent seven straight hours in a Target before being detained by security on her way out....

previous day 3

Fast Company

Eve Upton-Clark

Lego’s new set is a perfect Game Boy replica

Lego’s newest set is a replica of a Nintendo Game Boy, and it’s designed to tap into the millennial nostalgia that’s ruling the cultural zeitgeist....

previous day 2

Fast Company

Grace Snelling

Turnout for July 26 Families First protests against Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ and Medicaid cuts expected in all 50 states: What to know

On Saturday, July 26, tens of thousands of people, including large numbers of families, are expected to join Families First protests and rallies...

previous day 3

Fast Company

Jennifer Mattson

Polymarket is making a big bet on pop culture

Polymarket, a cryptocurrency-based “prediction market” best known as a platform for betting on elections, sports, and geopolitical events, is on a...

previous day 2

Fast Company

Rob Walker

Here’s why Trump’s proposed 401k executive order may be very bad news for your retirement

Here’s why Trump’s proposed 401k executive order may be very bad news for your retirement

Amid the other recent headlines about his signature, you may have missed the news that President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order in...

previous day 4

Fast Company

Emily Guy Birken

Intel’s CEO just revealed why more layoffs are coming. His memo shows the grim impact of course correction

In the midst of an ongoing turnaround effort, Intel Corp. reported $12.9 billion in revenue as part of its second-quarter financial results on...

previous day 3

Fast Company

Sarah Fielding

The office isn’t just a space anymore. It’s a strategy to attract talent

Post-pandemic, flexible work models were meant to deliver the best of both worlds: freedom and fluidity without losing the spark of in-person...

previous day 1

Fast Company

Kriston Rucker

The Paramount-Skydance merger, worth $8 billion, has been approved the FCC

The $8.4 billion merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media won approval from U.S. regulators on Thursday, clearing the way for a sale that...

previous day 1

Fast Company

Reuters

Trump and Jerome Powell have tense exchanges at rare presidential visit to the Fed

President Donald Trump locked horns with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell during a rare presidential visit to the U.S. central bank on Thursday,...

previous day 1

Fast Company

Reuters

Move over, Trader Joe’s mini tote: The Yeti Camino Carryall is the new must-have bag

Outdoor product company Yeti is best known for its coolers, but this summer, it has a surprise hit product that doesn’t having any cooling...

previous day 6

Fast Company

Hunter Schwarz

How leaders can use AI to improve performance management

When it comes to processes that employers, managers, and leaders dread, it’s likely to be performance management. And unfortunately, according to...

previous day 1

Fast Company

Ben Cook

Trump’s budget cuts may hand Spain a scientific prize worth billions

As the U.S. backs away from key climate, aid, and scientific investments, Europe is stepping in to pick up the slack.  Europe’s latest...

previous day 10

Fast Company

Taylor Hatmaker

The weirdest Venmo request yet: The U.S. government

Next time you Venmo a pal for that dinner from the other night, consider tossing a few bucks to the federal government. The U.S. government operates...

previous day 8

Fast Company

Drew Anthony Smith

Think your ChatGPT therapy sessions are private? Think again.

If you’ve been confessing your deepest secrets to an AI chatbot, it might be time to reevaluate.  With more people turning to artificial...

previous day 3

Fast Company

Taylor Hatmaker

This Florida company’s imaging tool helps speed up natural disaster recovery efforts

It has, to date, been a calm hurricane season in the state of Florida. Yet any resident of the Southeast will tell you that the deeper into summer...

previous day 1

Fast Company

Chris Morris

Pura Scents recalls more than 850,000 diffuser covers over ingestion hazard to children

Pura Scents is recalling more than 850,000 diffuser covers because some magnets may detach and cause a possible ingestion hazard to children. The...

previous day 1

Fast Company

Associated Press

What to know about Trump’s executive order on college sports

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order mandating that federal authorities clarify whether college athletes can be considered...

previous day 1

Fast Company

Associated Press

Trump says he likes a strong dollar, but a weaker one is ‘good for inflation’

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he liked a strong dollar but “you make a hell of a lot more money” with a weaker one. “So when we have a...

previous day 1

Fast Company

Reuters

Largest U.S. homebuilder: Housing market shift ‘still pointing towards’ bigger incentives

Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub  in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. On Tuesday, D.R....

previous day 1

Fast Company

Lance Lambert

Everything to know about Tea, the viral and controversial app that lets women mark men as red flags

Not too long ago, it used to take trial and error and a girls’ night to find out that your date is a walking red flag. Now, there’s an app for...

previous day 1

Fast Company

María José Gutierrez Chavez

Tires are a top microplastic polluter. Here’s what communities can do

Every few years, the tires on your car wear thin and need to be replaced. But where does that lost tire material go? The answer, unfortunately, is...

previous day 20

Fast Company

The Conversation

Brand loyalty is fading. Here’s how to win it back

Brand loyalty is fading. Here’s how to win it back

There’s a quiet unraveling happening in business. You feel it in the glassy eyes of employees. You see it in customers ghosting once-beloved...

previous day 20

Fast Company

Sunny Bonnell

VC firms aren’t putting as much money into climate tech—but some investors see new opportunity

VC firms aren’t putting as much money into climate tech—but some investors see new opportunity

For the third consecutive year, venture capital investment in climate tech fell in 2024. Investment in the sector reached only $37.8 billion,...

previous day 10

Fast Company

K.r. Callaway

iPadOS 26 is way more Mac-like. Where does that lead?

Greetings, everyone, and welcome back to Fast Company’s Plugged In. It was one of the best-received pieces of Apple news I can recall. At the...

previous day 10

Fast Company

Harry Mccracken

How to avoid burnout in your first month on the job

Starting a new job can be exciting and intense. But most new hires fall into traps that can lead straight to burnout: going all-out to impress...

previous day 10

Fast Company

Kathy Oneto

‘Democratizing space’ requires addressing questions of sustainability and sovereignty

“India is on the moon,” S. Somanath, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization, announced in August 2023. The announcement meant India had...

previous day 10

Fast Company

The Conversation

How to make your company’s core values meaningful

How to make your company’s core values meaningful

When I ran into a former client at the grocery store, and asked him how things were going, I expected some polite small talk. Instead, what he said...

previous day 10

Fast Company

Ron Johnson

These new stadiums are built to protect players—and fans—from extreme heat

In a new stadium under construction in Egypt for Cairo’s Al-Ahly Football Club, the soccer field and more than half the seats are sunken slightly...

previous day 10

Fast Company

Adele Peters

9 essential Perplexity AI search tips and tricks

All right, settle in, folks, because today we’re going to try to out-Google Google with the next generation of search: Perplexity. So, what exactly...

thursday 30

Fast Company

Doug Aamoth

Work friends may motivate people to return to the office

Work friends may motivate people to return to the office

Working from home allows for the flexibility and work-life balance that many modern employees require in order to feel content in their jobs....

thursday 3

Fast Company

Sarah Bregel

How to keep your company’s boomers happy by making the office Gen Z-friendly

Today, the workforce is aging rapidly, but only 10% of companies have a strategy to retain mature workers, according to a survey by career support...

thursday 30

Fast Company

Jessica Klein

Stigma at work is keeping neurodivergent employees quiet

thursday 20

Fast Company

Vsingh

Automated mobile robots are a cybersecurity risk

For several years I’ve been evangelizing about the growing ways automation and robotics are beneficial to all. From medical facilities to...

thursday 9

Fast Company

Matthew A. Chang

McGraw Hill IPO: Stock price will be closely watched today as the education publisher lists on NYSE

A company that has name recognition among both students and their parents is going public today. McGraw Hill, the education publisher, has priced...

thursday 4

Fast Company

Michael Grothaus