My son Chris graduated from college and started his first “real” full-time job last month, working in human resources. It made me think about my first job out of college: editorial assistant in the custom publishing division of a Detroit-…
The very best leaders are self-aware. What does this mean?
You’ve probably heard many tips on the best way to be fulfilled in your working and professional life. Many voices and experts will try and tell you what the secret formula is (and I include myself in that).
Some of these insights are valuable, …
Editor’s Note: Each week, Fast Company presents an advice column by Maynard Webb, former CEO of LiveOps and the former COO of eBay. Webb offers candid, practical, and sometimes surprising advice to entrepreneurs and founders. To submit a questio…
Real-estate developer Donald Trump in 1992 lived in a New York luxury apartment, traveled by limousine and had personal bodyguards.
Congress quietly added funding for community-based childcare centers in the Lanham Act.
Among the perks that many employees are after, flextime (or flexible work arrangement) is usually high on the list. After all, many professional jobs can be done from anywhere with an internet connection and outside of a 9 to 5 schedule–meetings…
Call it a meet cute with a lot of layers.
When Lee Thompson and Radha Vyas went on their first date (courtesy of Match.com) in 2012, they were attracted to each other. But not just romantically. Thompson says that they spent a good part of their time t…
Focusing on innovation, skills, and labor fluidity will be keys to good social outcomes of technology adoption.
An online campaign raised enough funds to keep Weeksville, a community created by free and formerly enslaved people, in operation. But for how long?
