Just how much of a setback was the COVID-19 pandemic for U.S. working women?Although women who lost or left their jobs at the height of the crisis have largely returned to the workforce, a recent finding points to the price many paid for stepping back…
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: Should I DM …
A conversation with IMD professor Stefan Michel on how companies can realize the maximum benefit from their innovations.
Advice from a former executive on how to bring on new talent—as well as when and how to let people go.
The average American office worker spends 37% of their day at work in meetings. Worse, they often report that their meetings don’t use their time well.
“The meeting-industrial complex has grown to the point that communications has eclipsed creativi…
In recent years, being innovative is not enough—you must now innovate at speed. For example, digitalization and developments in artificial intelligence and data analytics require constant changes to companies’ business models.
New entrants—either …
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance infamously said in 2021 that the Democratic Party is run by “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices they’ve made”—and do not have a “direct stake” in the fut…
Whether you’re in full search mode or simply keeping your options open, finding your next role can be a job in and of itself. If you’re busy in your current position, it’s easy to put outreach efforts on the back burner. But in today’s changing job ma…
Are you jumping from meeting to meeting working smarter, not harder, while circling the wagons with your team so they know they should always be closing? Or at the end of the day, are you just going through the motions to hit the ground running to del…
Despite the rise of social media, instant messaging, and all manner of apps, reports of email’s death have been greatly exaggerated. “For most organizations, it’s the communication nervous system,” says business writer and communications consultant, N…
