Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas awards honor products, concepts, companies, policies, and designs that are pursuing innovation for the good of society and the planet. This software differentiates ...

For eight years running, World Changing Ideas has celebrated the people and companies working to make the world safer, cleaner, more sustainable, and more equitable. It’s no small feat—but it’s ...

The geopolitical landscape is volatile. Climate change and armed conflicts are wreaking destruction. The pace of inflation has confounded most everyone, including the experts tasked with anticipating ...

Millions of new companies are born every year, yet only a fraction manage to keep the lights on long enough to raise that next round—let alone shift the paradigm of their industry. I suspect many ...

“Learning,” the Chinese proverb says, “is like rowing upstream. Not to advance is to drop back.” That perspective may be especially valid when it comes to leadership development. Our world is more ...

2023 was a year of events that arguably mark significant changes in an ever-shifting world: another war in the Middle East, unprecedented extreme weather events, the first new NATO member to border ...

“Nuclear security is about more than preventing nuclear terrorism. It is about providing clean energy; cutting-edge medicine; nutritious food and hope for a better tomorrow.” — Rafael Mariano Grossi, ...

When Russia invaded Ukraine in the winter of 2022, it immediately exposed once again the limitations of the two global institutions – the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank – that are ...

Coffee is more than just a morning ritual for millions worldwide; it's a global industry deeply intertwined with multiple economies, cultures and complicated geopolitical landscapes — and one that’s ...

Transforming passive church members into purposeful disciples equipped for today’s complexities. The widening divide between casual Christianity and committed discipleship presents both our greatest ...

Climate change. Habitat loss. The increasing spread of invasive species. These are just a few impacts of human activity — and to the animals on the front lines, even the slightest shift can feel like ...

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