Welcome to Pressing Questions, Fast Company’s work-life advice column. Every week, deputy editor Kathleen Davis, host of The New Way We Work podcast, will answer the biggest and most pressing workplace questions.
Q: How can I ge…
A 2023 case study of the airline’s talent strategy.
Workweeks can go by in a flash. Starting a day can feel like getting on a roller coaster. Strap in, and almost before you can blink, the day is over. And then it is time to start it again.
Because you can get immersed in the chaos of the day so qui…
My mother was always the last parent to pick me up from gymnastics practice. While other moms arrived in jeans, she’d sweep in wearing a power suit, fresh from her role as a senior marketing executive at a major software company. At the time, it…
AWS’s Jelena Joffe Weil discusses Amazon’s venture innovation initiative and the benefits of collaborative innovation to both large enterprises and start-ups.
While innovation is critical to all companies’ growth, the most successful organizations use it to both expand their lead within their industries and disrupt new ones, even in uncertain times.
In the aftermath of Trump’s executive orders targeting DEI, leading companies across corporate America have been reevaluating their diversity programs. Disney is now joining the ranks of major employers that are shifting their DEI efforts, accor…
Musk’s bid is the latest in a bitter battle with Sam Altman over control of the AI startup
Lately, you may have noticed headlines about anti-DEI executive orders. While these orders are aimed at the federal government and don’t directly affect companies, they can make anyone who cares about inclusion feel uneasy.
If your organizati…
OpenAI’s board is looking at a range of options for the business in the future, but selling the AI operations is not on the table




