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Bill Taylor @williamctaylor

Founding Editor, Fast Company; Author, Simply Brilliant; blogger, HBR

Joined January 2009
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Bill Taylor@williamctaylor
4 Nov 2022
For business leaders everywhere, the defining test of our time is performing while transforming—meeting the intense demands of today, even as you prepare for a radically different tomorrow. My manifesto shows how to meet that test. porchlightbooks.com/blog/cha…

Performing While Transforming: How to Meet the Leadership Test of Our Time

By devising ways to manage time, handle stress, overcome setbacks, and sustain morale, executives and entrepreneurs can meet the challenge of performing while transforming—and pass the leadership...

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This is an absolutely fantastic discussion of an amazing Bruce release. My only beef is that you did not single out Lonely Town from “Twilight Hours,” which is one of the most gorgeous things I have heard in a long time! Bruce should do a residency at Radio City with an orchestra
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29 Jun 2025
New episode of Rolling Stone Music Now! Join me and @greeneandy for a deep dive into Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Tracks II: The Lost Albums’ (link in reply)
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The origin story of @FastCompany. Loads of fun to tell, even if it makes me feel old!!! magazeum.co/content/fast-com…

The Brand Called Us — Magazeum

A conversation with Fast Company founders Bill Taylor and Alan Webber

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WEEI Springfield@WEEIspringfield
11 Jan 2024
What's the deal with Jonathan Kraft not being present today? bit.ly/47rfnHD
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American exceptionalism..
Peggy Kusinski
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29 Aug 2023
As I reported on @ESPN1000 just now… the shooting at Guaranteed Rate Field during a #WhiteSox game was indeed an accidental discharge by one of the women “grazed” by the bullet. She reportedly snuck the gun in past metal detectors hiding it in the folds of her belly fat.
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This pretty much sums up what’s wrong with America…
Megan Greenwell@megreenwell
11 Aug 2023
I am watching the LLWS regionals at a bar and I —
A 12-year-old who lists his dream job as “hedge fund manager”

ALT A 12-year-old who lists his dream job as “hedge fund manager”
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I am pretty sure this is Dante’s eighth Circle of Hell!
WCVB-TV Boston@WCVB
12 Jul 2023
This looks cool! Fenway Park is how home to a dozen pickleball courts. They are spread out across the outfield, and will host professional and amateur pickleball tournaments and offer courts for rent. on.wcvb.com/3rm1qLz
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Reading this tweet in Norway, well said…
Jesse Case@jessecase
30 Jun 2023
The news is always like: "America has banned wheelchair ramps because they weren't in the Bible. Finland has made ice cream free."
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A reminder to CEOs: It’s hard to reach people’s hearts and minds if your head is in the clouds. My latest for .@HarvardBiz hbr.org/2023/05/ceos-step-in…

CEOs, Step into the Front Lines or Risk Losing Touch

Leading change is both a top-down process and a bottom-up process. The goal is to educate and energize colleagues at every level, especially those on the front lines, about the power of your plans,...

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“He’s somebody of rare talent and all that.” —Bob Dylan on Gordon Lightfoot (RIP)
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I second that emotion!
Stew Friedman@StewFriedman
20 Mar 2023
For a lavishly illustrated, beautifully written history of one of our national treasures, @springsteen, by @ADeCurtis, one of our great rock critics (and my former professor in @PennEnglish), run to get “Bruce Springsteen.”@SpringNuts_ @williamctaylor #SpringsteenTour2023
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This sounds like a book that @tom_peters might find of interest!!!!!!! washingtonpost.com/books/202…

Perspective | Sometimes it’s too much! But the exclamation point has a point.

A history — and defense — of emphatic punctuation.

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This is the great division in our society today, and I, for one, allow no compromise. Give me Times New Roman or give me death! wsj.com/articles/hes-a-times…

Font Wars Spread After State Department Replaces Times New Roman With Calibri

“I’m banging my head against the wall.” Camps divided in fallout from efforts to make documents easier to read. “I regard Calibri as perfectly readable but less dignified.”

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I was pleased to write a short essay for my friends at @WSB_Speakers about three leadership strategies to unleash positive energy in trying times. You can read it here...wsb.com/blog/positive-energy…

Three Ways to Unleash Positive Energy in Trying Times

Fast Company cofounder and best-selling author Bill Taylor explains how to rally your colleagues around a positive agenda for change.

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Thanks for sharing, friends!
Porchlight Book Company 📚@porchlightbooks
2 Feb 2023
"The short-term urgency of performing should never overwhelm the strategic importance of transforming." Read more from @williamctaylor 's #ChangeThis manifesto, "Performing While Transforming": bit.ly/3ok8Fzk
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Would you buy a car from this man?
Elon Musk
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11 Dec 2022
My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci
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“The future is rarely shaped by people who don’t believe in the future. It is created by highly motivated people, by enthusiasts, by men and women who wants something very much and believe very much.” Read my latest newsletter here… williamctaylor.com/latest-ne…

Latest Newsletter | Bill Taylor

Three Ways to Unleash Positive Energy in Exhausting Times - November, 2022 I don’t know about you, but I’m tired—exhausted, really. The last two-and-a-half years have demanded so much of us as...

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I’m tired—exhausted, really. The last few years have demanded so much of us as leaders, colleagues, family members, and citizens. Here’s my advice on how to summon new bursts of energy and inspiration in your organization and within yourself. williamctaylor.com/latest-ne…

Latest Newsletter | Bill Taylor

Three Ways to Unleash Positive Energy in Exhausting Times - November, 2022 I don’t know about you, but I’m tired—exhausted, really. The last two-and-a-half years have demanded so much of us as...

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“We are living in a new world. Customers no longer accept on ‘okay’ job. It’s exceptional or nothing. Impress me, surprise me, do something I will remember — that’s what customers want.” My latest on strategy for .@HarvardBiz hbr.org/2022/11/your-competi…

Your Competitors Aren’t Always Who You Think They Are

When it comes to strategy, one way to meet radically new expectations in your industry is to draw from the impressive and surprising strategies that are being used in other industries. Why can’t...

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My new article for .@HarvardBiz is one of the site's most popular: The ultimate test of your strategy is not how well you stack up against what your rivals are doing, but whether you live up to what your customers believe you can and should be doing. hbr.org/2022/11/your-competi…

Your Competitors Aren’t Always Who You Think They Are

When it comes to strategy, one way to meet radically new expectations in your industry is to draw from the impressive and surprising strategies that are being used in other industries. Why can’t...

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“Customers no longer accept on ‘okay’ job. It’s exceptional or nothing. Impress me, surprise me, do something I will remember — that’s what customers want. That’s what organizations have to deliver.” My latest for .@HarvardBiz hbr.org/2022/11/your-competi…

Your Competitors Aren’t Always Who You Think They Are

When it comes to strategy, one way to meet radically new expectations in your industry is to draw from the impressive and surprising strategies that are being used in other industries. Why can’t...

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