Fast Company

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from the editor. • The Human Element

Rebuilding Our Economic Engine • To support a new generation of creators, markets will have to change what they value.

Virtual Therapy • In the social distancing era, apps are making therapists available at home—affordably and on demand.

Learning Gets Personal • To recover all the ground they lost during the pandemic, students are going to need more than technology.

The Fungus Among Us • Ideas foundry Ecovative thinks mushrooms are a miracle material—and might be your new favorite meat.

A Bird in the Home • Folk-art-inspired designs by Charles and Ray Eames

Music for Every Moment

My Daily Media Diet • Phoebe Robinson, host, Doing the Most With Phoebe Robinson, and cohost, 2 Dope Queens

my operating system.

DOWNTIME DIVERSIONS

Forecasting the future of philanthropy • FOR CHARITIES TODAY, INNOVATION IS PARAMOUNT

The Books That Inspire Me

THE MOST CREATIVE PEOPLE IN BUSINESS • In a year filled with challenges, these individuals flourished. Meet the innovators making unprecedented strides in business today, from healthcare to fashion to AI—and beyond.

FOR RAISING THE STANDARD

FOR BREAKING THROUGH

FOR SHOWING US WHAT WE NEED TO SEE

Shaping the future of aging • AARP IS HELPING GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE SOLVE NEW PROBLEMS AND MAKE THE MOST OF NEW OPPORTUNITIES

FOR INVESTING FULLY

FOR DESIGNING A SUPERIOR SOLUTION

Innovation that starts on the factory floor • JOHN DEERE KNOWS GOOD IDEAS CAN COME FROM ANYWHERE—AND ANYONE. THE KEY IS GETTING THEM ONTO THE DRAWING BOARD AND INTO THE FIELD.

FOR FOSTERING COMMUNITY

FOR FINDING NEW (AND SOMETIMES BETTER) USES FOR THINGS

FOR EXPANDING OUR CURRENT REALITY

A unique approach to innovation • WILLOWTREE’S CREATIVE-AND SOCIALLY IMPACTFUL-APPROACH TO SKILLBUILDING PREPARES THE COMPANY FOR ANYTHING A CLIENT MAY THROW AT THEM

FOR SHIELDING US FROM TECH’S NEGATIVE EFFECTS

FOR LEVELING THE FIELD

This time it’s personal • T-MOBILE PRIORITIZES HUMAN CONNECTIONS IN ITS INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO CUSTOMER SERVICE

FOR CHANNELING ENERGY

FOR SUSTAINING US AND THE PLANET

An inclusive approach to innovation • MRM REAPS THE BENEFITS OF BRINGING CLIENTS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS INTO THE PROCESS

FOR HELPING OUR ECONOMY WORK FOR MORE PEOPLE

Innovating for well over a century • CANADA’S BIGGEST BANK TAKES A NEW PATH BEYOND BANKING

FOR BRINGING JOY

ONE HUNDRED BEST WORK PLACES FOR INNOVATORS • NOW MORE THAN EVER BUSINESSES OF EVERY KIND MUST INNOVATE. OUR SECOND ANNUAL LIST OF THE BEST WORKPLACES FOR INNOVATORS, CREATED IN COLLABORATION WITH ACCENTURE REVEALS WHICH COMPANIES ARE ENCOURAGING BOLD EXPERIMENTATION AT EVERY LEVEL.

TEAM OF THE YEAR

Fostering innovation at scale • HOW DELL TECHNOLOGIES CONTINUES TO ADVANCE AFTER DECADES IN THE BUSINESS

Unlocking innovation to disrupt global hunger • A UNITED NATIONS AGENCY IS APPLYING THE STARTUP MODELTO ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST PRESSING PROBLEMS

Evolution of the Home Work Space • A brief history of the remote office