From Louis Vuitton to Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams How is the ultimate employee

 That's because Williams is the singer Michael Jackson sounds vaguely Hedi Slimane in a glittering suit in the video for the easy "Get Lucky". The song topped the charts RAM Daft Punk has more than 2.5 million copies just a week after the album was released, and has nearly 60 million Vevo games. Pharrell and The song is almost literally everywhere.

But not to be confused with a man before. Williams, 40, is a creative force and background scenes design for fashion labels - Louis Vuitton and clothing Ice Cream and Billionaire Boys Club. It helps pioneer a new material for sustainable clothes and manufacturing process called Bionic Yarn. He created sonic platform brand UJAM and accompanying app VJAM with composer Hans Zimmer. He won four Grammy Awards, has created original music for Despicable Me, and worked as a producer for many music projects on the list. When he gives its name to a promotion for, say, HTC, because he really wants to share great ideas with the company, and not just throw the launch party.

As he said in a recent Fast Company VIP dinner, some of our recent Innovation Uncensored event New York, he feels most rewarded when he learns on the job. See an excerpt from the interview above or below to hear the full interview - with more cooperation Daft Punk Williams and a story about the time he made Madonna cry.