Author, Innovator, Entrepreneur
Bill Taylor, co-founder of Fast Company, has a passion for the ideas and practices that are reshaping how organizations compete, innovate, and succeed. He inspires and equips leaders at every level to do the hard work of big change.
Latest Resource
Out of the Crisis—Leadership after Covid-19
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Speaking
Bill has addressed audiences around the world from financial services, healthcare, technology, and countless other fields. He helps leaders think bigger, aim higher, and bring out the best in their colleagues.
Books
Simply Brilliant
How Great Organizations Do Ordinary Things in Extraordinary Ways
Practically Radical
Transform Your Company, Shake Up Your Industry, Challenge Yourself
Mavericks at Work
Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win
Bill's New Manifesto
Articles
Fast Company: How one humble Main Street retailer beat COVID-19—and Amazon
A crisis, the old bromide goes, is a terrible thing to waste. One way not to waste the brutal crisis we’ve experienced over the past year is to learn from organizations that have thrived while their peers have struggled. What did they see that others didn’t see? What did they […]
ReadHBR: How to Stay Optimistic (When Everything Is Awful)
These are trying times for optimists. Covid deaths remain tragically high. Job growth remains stubbornly low. So many of our colleagues and kids are feeling stressed, exhausted, angry — “hitting the pandemic wall.” No wonder a recent front-page article in the Wall Street Journal, which has chronicled the Covid-driven struggles of companies and […]
ReadHBR: The Leadership and Artistry of Tony Hsieh
Tony Hsieh, the former CEO of Zappos and a legendary internet entrepreneur and management thinker, has died at age 46. His passing has inspired an outpouring of affection and remembrances, and there is an understandable rush to evaluate the impact of his leadership. But to do so for Tony requires […]
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About Bill
Bill Taylor is a writer, a speaker, and entrepreneur who has shaped the global conversation about the best ways to compete, innovate, and succeed. He is the cofounder and founding editor of Fast Company.