Welcome to Pressing Questions, Fast Company’s mini-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 improve…
Leadership coach and author Melanie Parish takes questions from listeners who are struggling to manage tough teams and offers advice on how to mitigate common tensions.
The objects — a tall bronze figure called the Standing Shiva or Golden Boy and a smaller sculpture called Kneeling Female — are thought to be around 1,000 years old.
In a modern organization, forward-looking leaders seek breakthroughs, expect a steady flow of innovative ideas from their staff, and make bold bets to win big. However, our decades of research and hands-on experience suggest that without changing the …
We live in a world that reveres speed and worships breadth over depth. But a quiet revolution is brewing, and it’s called the slow movement (or specifically, the slow work movement). It’s gaining traction in the business world, especially …
The socialization women receive around money produces a set of money beliefs that hold women back on a un/subconscious level. Spotlighting these “money lies” helps us see how we are thinking about money in ways that serve the powers that be, but don’t…
On June 24, 2022, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade through the Dobbs decision, I was in an airplane seat next to my 11-year-old daughter. My phone was flooded with text messages—people asked for my opinion on the decision, requested comme…
A colleague once lamented about a controversy in their academic department (computer science) involving a potential new hire. The candidate in question was formally trained in physics but had a strong record studying information theory, which was of i…
Strategic alliances are a must for companies looking to build value from generative AI. But approaching them like traditional vendor arrangements won’t work.
Leading a rapidly growing start-up presents distinct challenges. Developing the leaders to effectively lead hypergrowth organizations requires founders and senior executives to answer four key questions.
