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On today’s episode, Yaz talks with Match Group CEO Spencer Rascoff on stage at the Fast Company Innovation Festival about how to lead a company into its new act.

Then, Josh Christensen has a conversation with 800 Pound Gorilla founders Ian Adkins, Ryan Bitzer, and Damion Greiman about building a comedy powerhouse and creating their own streaming service.

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On today’s episode, cohosts Yasmin Gagne and Josh Christensen talk to Fast Company contributor Clint Rainey about a high school dropout who became a a consumer packaged goods (CPG) marketing disrupter.

Then Yaz talks to TikTok Shop’s head of strategic initiatives, Patrick Nommensen, about how TikTok Shop works for customers and influencers, and how the company runs it.

To check out Clint’s reporting, go to: fastcompany.com/91599402/connor-blakley-used-to-tell-americas-biggest-brands-what-gen-z-wanted-jams-uncrustables-bronco-pbj-smucker-dropout

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In this special custom episode presented by Lenovo, Chief Technology Officer Dr. Tolga Kurtoglu joins host Julianne Pepitone to take human-AI collaboration past the buzzword stage. Real collaboration means re-architecting workflows around what each side does well, then building the trust infrastructure that keeps human reasoning and creativity in the process. Dr. Kurtoglu explains why an output can be technically correct and still wrong for the context it lands in, and what happens to the traditional org chart when judgment becomes the scarcest resource on the team. In this conversation, curiosity stands as the enduring human quality most worth protecting.

On today’s episode, cohosts Yasmin Gagne and Josh Christensen talk to former Fast Company senior editor and now Alto editorial director Jeff Beer about why the influencer bubble is finally popping.

Then Yaz talks to Cotopaxi CEO Lindsay Shumlas about Cotopaxi’s sustainability efforts, international expansion, and how they build credibility.

To check out Jeff’s reporting, go to: https://www.fastcompany.com/91576953/the-influencer-bubble-is-finally-popping

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On today’s episode, cohosts Yasmin Gagne and Josh Christensen talk with Fast Company senior writer Ainsley Harris about the water brand Loonen and the rise of consumer safety as a status symbol.

Then, Fast Company senior staff writer Jeff Beer interviews Dhar Mann about building an audience and how he ended up as the NFL’s honorary chief kindness officer.

To read Ainsley’s reporting, go to: https://www.fastcompany.com/91565959/loonen-and-the-rise-of-consumer-safety-as-status-symbol

For more of the latest business and innovation news, go to fastcompany.com/news