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The founder and CEO of Zocdoc says healthcare needs less outside-in disruption and more inside-out pragmatism. America spent $4.8 trillion on healthcare In 2023. If that were a nation’s GDP, it would be the third largest on Earth. No wonder everyone—and so many heathtech startups—aims to fix it.

Experts weigh in on how the company’s new policy—which requires employees to work from the office five days per week—will impact its culture and retention. Last week, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced a sweeping change in company policy: Come January 2, 2025, almost all employees will be expected to work in an Amazon office in person, five days a week. 

In a frank conversation at the Fast Company Innovation Festival, Ammunition’s Robert Brunner and Rabbit’s Jesse Lyu unpacked AI hardware’s slow start. Hardware has never been an easy business. Many of technology’s most high profile flops have been the result of a product that just didn’t make sense for its time.

Six best practices to build a culture where employees report potentially ruinous acts of misconduct. According to Violation Tracker, the top 100 regulatory fines, criminal penalties, and class-action settlements for U. S. corporate wrongdoing since 2020 amount to an astounding $221.9 billion. How much money is that? Let’s put it this way: the National Football League is worth about $207 billion, so this would be like dissolving the biggest sporting league in the U.

For innovators seeking to reinvent the healthcare experience, the ubiquitous coffee chain offers an unlikely cautionary tale. As an entrepreneur (and frequent customer), I’ve long admired Starbucks for the vision and innovation that turned a single Seattle storefront into an $100 billion juggernaut with 39,000 locations.

Insight into trends helps marketing executives pivot, adding value for the whole organization. Over three years ago, I took on the role of chief marketing officer (CMO) at onsemi to guide the company through its transformation and to rebuild the marketing team from the ground up. I quickly realized that the marketing department was functioning merely as a marketing communications team, lacking a strategic focus on creating a world-class brand identity and generating demand for business growth.