Think back to the last really bad argument you had with your significant other. You know the one. It included multiple Olympic-worthy eye rolls, gratuitous mentions of mothers and/or best friends, and at least one callback to something only one of you remembers. Yeah, that one. Chances are, that argument was about finances, or somehow related to money. According to a recent YouGov survey, American couples argue the most about tone of voice or attitude (36%), followed by communication style (29%), and then money (26%)—although it’s likely that couples arguing over attitude and communication may be experiencing residual financial (or…
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Below, Leidy Klotz shares five key insights from his new book, In a Good Place: How the Spaces Where We Live, Work, and Play Can Help Us Thrive. Leidy is a behavioral scientist and engineering professor at the University of Virginia. He has written for The Washington Post, Fast Company, Scientific American, and Harvard Business Review, and has published work in top journals such as Nature and Science. What’s the big idea? Our physical surroundings deeply shape our psychological well-being, identity, relationships, and memories. Intentionally designing and engaging with our spaces can help us live better lives. Listen to the audio version of this Book Bite—read by Leidy…
I spent years in environments where the stakes of misplaced attention were immediate and visible: helping Jay-Z build enterprises at Roc Nation, then alongside the very talented team at Westbrook. What I watched in those rooms, and later confirmed as an investor, is that the people who moved the needle weren’t the most available. They were the most present. There’s a difference. And many organizations are quietly, systematically, rewarding the wrong one. We have built workplaces that optimize for responsiveness over results. The employee who replies in 30 seconds reads as engaged. The one who takes two hours because they…
If you’re feeling stuck in your job, you’re in good company. Unfortunately, there are a significant number of people who say they feel like their role isn’t progressing or as if they have nowhere to go in their career. And a report from Glassdoor found that 65% of employees felt stuck. Stagnation has become a defining feature of modern work, with people who feel trapped between wanting change and fearing the risks that go along with making a shift. But you can take action to reduce your feelings of frustration and move your career forward in meaningful ways. 1. ENGAGE…
SpaceX finally went public on Friday, marking one of the most profitable stock market debuts ever. The move stands to make Elon Musk, already the world’s wealthiest person, even wealthier, while turning many employees and early investors into millionaires and billionaires overnight. It’s been a long road for SpaceX. Founded in 2002, the company has built an array of businesses around one key achievement: mostly reusable rocket launches that have drastically reduced the cost of sending things into space. Today, SpaceX sells national defense satellite launch services, supports commercial space tourism, provides satellite internet to consumers and transportation companies, and…
When generative AI was new, the issue of how it worked with copyright law was poorly understood. Over the previous two decades it was generally taken as a given that the mass indexing done by search engines like Google was a necessary part of being on the internet. Google wasn’t reproducing the content—just showing users a headline and a link—so it always functioned more like a distributor than a republisher. {“blockType”:”mv-promo-block”,”data”:{“imageDesktopUrl”:”https://images.fastcompany.com/image/upload/f_webp,q_auto,c_fit/wp-cms-2/2025/03/media-copilot.png”,”imageMobileUrl”:”https://images.fastcompany.com/image/upload/f_webp,q_auto,c_fit/wp-cms-2/2025/03/fe289316-bc4f-44ef-96bf-148b3d8578c1_1440x1440.png”,”eyebrow”:””,”headline”:”u003Cstrongu003ESubscribe to The Media Copilotu003C/strongu003E”,”dek”:”Want more about how AI is changing media? Never miss an update from Pete Pachal by signing up for The Media Copilot. To learn more visit…
Below, John Richardson and Attia Qureshi share five key insights from their new book, Never Settle: Persuasion and Negotiation Skills to Get What You Want. John teaches negotiation at MIT’s Sloan School of Management, and previously at Harvard Law, and was an associate at the Harvard Negotiation Project. He was a coauthor with Roger Fisher and Alan Sharp of Getting It Done and Negotiation Analysis with Howard Raiffa and David Metcalfe. Attia is the founder of AQ Consulting, where she supports companies through negotiation, conflict resolution, and organizational strategy. She is an adjunct professor at the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of…
For foreigners, American life is often viewed through the eyes of Hollywood. But as tourists flood American cities for the World Cup, many are turning to social media to show everyday America from a fresh perspective. The world’s largest sporting event, the 2026 FIFA World Cup, kicked off this week, co-hosted by Mexico, Canada, and the United States. But beyond the soccer games themselves, the more than 10 million tourists expected to visit the U.S. this summer are getting a glimpse of everyday American life—and both sides seem to be enjoying it. Several tourists who touched down in the U.S.…
When you’ve worked in the food industry for as long as I have, you start to recognize when an ingredient stops being a supporting actor and becomes the main character. That’s what’s happening right now with fruit. We’ve watched pineapple slices top upside-down cakes, fruit bowls land in lunchboxes, smoothies take over breakfast, and acai bowls become social currency. But what we’re seeing now feels different. Fruit isn’t just part of the conversation, it’s shaping it. That’s why we dug into this further by analyzing cultural signals, social listening, and category data to create our inaugural trend forecast, Fruit Fwd:…
Pregnant women are drinking more, according to a newly published report from the CDC. The data sheds new light on one more aspect of public health in the U.S. that appears to be trending in the wrong direction, leaving serious developmental problems in its wake. Since 2020, more people say they are drinking while pregnant – a shift that coincided with a rise in pandemic drinking broadly, but one that appears to be lingering. The study, first reported by STAT, showed that 15.2% of pregnant women in the U.S. reported drinking in surveys conducted from 2021 to 2024. That number…