Featuring Sara Nelson, President, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA; Christian Smalls, President, Amazon Labor Union; and Saket Soni, Founder, Resilience Force

COVID-19 has roiled labor markets and workplaces and forever changed the dynamic between employees and management. Labor leaders explain the forces that led up to this new worker moment and share their insights on what’s permanently changed for businesses and the economy.

In this episode, we're taking a look back at our Fast Company Innovation Festival. Fast Company Multimedia Editor KC Ifeanyi sat down with Tracy Sherrod, VP and executive editor of Little, Brown publishing; Ebro Darden, global editorial head of hip hop and R&B at Apple Music, and Orion Pictures President Alana Mayo, to discuss the future of inclusive storytelling and rethinking representation.

In this episode, we're taking a look back at our Fast Company Innovation Festival. Fast Company Senior Editor Aimee Rawlins sat down with Chloé Founder and Creative Director Gabriela Hearst and Make It Nice Chef and Owner Daniel Humm to talk about forward-thinking approaches to sustainability, the role of innovation in their work, and the ways they are seeking to elevate the conversation around climate change.

Brittany "Broski" Tomlinson turned her 15 seconds of fame as "the Kombucha girl" meme into a full-fledged career. In this live episode of Fast Company's podcast Creative Control, Tomlinson gives her candid take on the creator economy and explains how she's building a name for herself offline.

Kate Davis hosts a live episode of The New Way We Work at Fast Company Innovation Festival. She talks about burnout and why so many employees are unhappy at work with Ludmila Praslova and Phoebe Gavin.

Ludmila is a professor of Organizational psychology at Vanguard University of Southern California with extensive experience in talent systems, inclusion and wellbeing. She is a frequent contributor to Fast Company and Harvard Business Review. 

Phoebe is a career and leadership coach specializing in career strategy, negotiation, and self-advocacy. She’s also the Executive Director of Talent and Development at Vox.com where she oversees the employee life-cycle from candidate to employee to alumni.

A new season of The New Way We Work starts October 3rd with a special four-part mini series called Ambition Diaries.

In this special podcast episode, hear the latest on what’s taking place in edge computing and hybrid cloud from a top industry executive at AWS. Also learn how these innovations can ultimately help you transform your business.

James Vincent reflects on lessons learned from the last 12 episodes of Most Innovative Companies.

On this week's Most Innovative Companies Podcast, Danny Rimer shares his investment ethos, his thoughts around the evolution of the venture capital industry, why he believes it’s a privilege to invest in someone else’s idea, and, how in return for that privilege, he promises to roll up his sleeves, get to work and do everything possible to make that company as successful as it can be. 

James Vincent talks with Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky on stage at Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York City