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EARLY-RATE DEADLINE: JANUARY 20
Early-Rate Deadline Approaching!
Don't delay—with the early-rate deadline for this year's Best Workplaces for Innovators fast approaching, Friday, January 20, there is no better time to start your application than now!

Fast Company is looking to feature companies of all sizes that are most successful at building a culture that empowers employees to invent new ways of doing business.

Here are 6 reasons why you should apply right now:

  1. Brand Exposure: All winners and finalists will be featured in the September issue of Fast Company and on fastcompany.com.
  2. Talent Retention: This recognition provides powerful third-party validation to enhance your ability to recruit and retain top talent.
  3. Editorial Access: Fast Company editors will have the opportunity to review all applications highlighting individuals and projects that showcase your company's innovation prowess.
  4. Credibility: Fast Company reputation for writing about innovation is unparalleled in business media. Inclusion on the list is a powerful stamp of approval of your company's efforts.
  5. Employee Recognition: In addition to Innovation Team of the Year, which recognizes outstanding team efforts, we will also celebrate Innovation Leader of the Year, as well as a number of finalists.
  6. Expanded Opportunities for Recognition: Last year, we introduced some new categories, and this year we are debuting a few more including Banking and Finance, Science and Technology, and Sustained Excellence.
APPLY NOW
Early-Rate Deadline: January 20 ($795)
WHY APPLY
 
Get Featured in Fast Company
All winners will be featured in our September issue and on fastcompany.com.
 
National Recognition
Be honored as an employer of choice, and elevate your firm’s employer brand.
 
 
Boost Your Brand
We’ll provide you with a branding kit and optional trophy to help leverage and promote your victory to prospects, clients, and peers.
 
Get Influencers to Take Notice
Gain the attention of Fast Company editors, business leaders, and judges who are industry leaders.
 
CATEGORIES
 
Best Workplaces for Innovators United States
Workplaces based in the U.S. that have invested in human capital and innovation infrastructure in their home markets
 
 
Best Workplaces for Innovators International   
Workplaces based outside of the U.S. that have invested in human capital and innovation infrastructure in global markets
 
Innovative Team of the Year
Teams that have gone above and beyond, driving important innovations in their workplace
 
 
Innovative Leader of the Year
Individuals at any level, from CEO to department head, who have enhanced the innovation culture of their workplace
 
Sustained Excellence (New!)
BWFI's equivalent of General Excellence, recognizing companies that can demonstrate they've sustained strong innovation cultures 
 
 
Advertising/Marketing/
Communications (New!)
Companies focused on advertising, marketing or communications that have created strong cultures for innovation
 
Banking and Finance (New!) 
Companies focused on banking or finance that have created strong cultures of innovation 
 
 
Consumer Products and Services 
Workplaces in consumer products and services that have created exceptional cultures of innovation
 
Enterprise Products and Services
Workplacesin enterprise products and services that have created exceptional cultures of innovation 
 
 
Education (New!)
Workplaces with educational missions that have created strong cultures of innovation
 
Food (New!)
Workplaces focused on the production or distribution of food that have created strong cultures for innovation
 
 
Health and Wellness (New!)
Workplaces focused on achieving better health outcomes that have created strong cultures for innovation
 
Science and Technology (New!)
Companies and organization focused on science or technology that have created strong cultures for innovation    
 
 
Sustainability
Workplaces whose innovative cultures have resulted in meaningful reactions in harm to the environment
 
Social Good  (New!)
Companies and organizations focused on socially beneficial missions that have created strong cultures for innovation
 
 
Early Career Innovators
Workplaces that have successfully encouraged and nurtured innovation among early career innovators
 
Diverse Innovators
Workplaces that have successfully encouraged and nurtured innovation among diverse employees
 
 
Women Innovators
Workplaces that have successfully encouraged and nurtured innovation among their female employees
 
Nonprofit Companies 
Nonprofit and not-for-profit organizations with an outstanding culture of innovation
 
 
Small Companies
Workplaces with fewer than 100 employees that have outpaced their cohort in fostering cultures of innovation
 
Midsized Companies
Workplaces with between 100 and 999 employees that have outpaced their cohort in fostering cultures of innovation
 
 
Large Companies
Workplaces with over 1000+ employees that have outpaced their cohort in fostering cultures of innovation  
 
APPLY NOW
Early-Rate Deadline: January 20