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Jay Woodruff is a senior editor at Fast Company. After helping launch the quarterly Doubletake, he joined Esquire and later held senior editorial positions at Entertainment Weekly and oversaw digital at Maxim, Blender and Stuff. His articles, essays and short stories have appeared in the New York Times, GQ, the Atlantic, Esquire, Story, Columbia Journalism Review, and other publications.

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Rich Ross Makes Moves (And Movies) At Disney

Rich Ross Makes Moves (And Movies) At Disney

Innovation in Hollywood isn't for the faint of heart. Meet Rich Ross, the outsider (from television, no less!…

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The Collected Stories of Richard Yates

The Collected Stories of Richard Yates

It was Richard Yates' lousy luck to emerge as a full-blown, dyed-in-the-wool realist at precisely the moment …

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Sea of Tranquillity | Esquire | JANUARY 2002

Sea of Tranquillity | Esquire | JANUARY 2002

When your father doesn't leave a note, it falls on you to make sense of what he did

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Taxi Driver: Tales of a Nocturnal Veteran | News | The Harvard Crimson

Taxi Driver: Tales of a Nocturnal Veteran | News | The Harvard Crimson

A lone figure, hands buried in his pockets, fumbles around the bend in Mass. Ave. near Dudley House. Hunched …

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Mejores lugares de trabajo para innovadores 2026: ganadores en publicidad, marketing y relaciones públicas

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By Jay Woodruff Verified
| Fast Company Mexico Verified
Estas ocho empresas destacaron ante el jurado de los premios Mejores Lugares de Trabajo para Innovadores 2026 de Fast Company. Todas han creado condiciones para que sus empleados puedan impulsar la innovación en el trabajo mediante nuevas tecnologías y procesos eficaces. Entre ellas está Autumn Communications, una agencia integrada de marketing y relaciones públicas.
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Ivo Stivoric is the 2026 Innovative Leader of the Year

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By Jay Woodruff Verified
| Fast Company Verified
In keeping with a tradition among leaders at X, the Moonshot Factory, Ivo Stivoric has a quirky title: Lt. Trouble + Maker. Since joining more than a dozen years ago, Stivoric has led a host of diverse projects, from industrial robots to ocean health initiatives.
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DoorDash Labs is the Innovation Team of the Year

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By Jay Woodruff Verified
| Fast Company Verified
DoorDash’s cute delivery robot Dot launched in the fall of 2025 and has gotten all the attention, but Dot’s success, of course, was the result of a massive amount of back-end work. The company’s labs team developed an autonomous delivery platform that integrates directly into delivery workflows while taking into account the order-fulfillment capacities of local businesses.
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