Harvard Business Review
21 stories
Building a Board That Fits
How to design boards that counterbalance ownership structures and evolve with companies.
2m
Stand Out to C-Suite Recruiters
Prepare for C-suite hiring with five key strategies to impress recruiters and secure leadership roles.
Mark Thompson · 2m
What Makes Great Strategists Different in AI Era
AI levels strategy analysis, but sticky knowledge remains key advantage.
Giovanni Gavetti · 1m
Six skills your workforce needs to master AI
CEOs are drowning employees in AI training. Gartner says focus on six core capabilities instead.
CV Viverito · 2m
Most leaders misread their customer data
A seven-year study of 72 companies finds executives spend hours collecting customer feedback but rely on gut feeling instead of science to interpret it.
Gretchen Gavett · 1m
Design Supply Chains as Portfolio of Options
Companies use real options to adapt supply chains during trade volatility.
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Who owns the customer when AI agents shop
As AI agents make purchasing decisions for consumers, control of the customer relationship is shifting from retailers to the agents themselves.
Sangeet Paul Choudary · 4m
Strong climate reports don't guarantee you're ready
Companies publishing sophisticated sustainability disclosures often lack the operational capability to handle actual climate shocks. The difference only shows up under stress.
Christos Cabolis · 3m
Four questions to guide decisions in crisis
When volatility is constant, leaders need questions that expand thinking rather than narrow it too soon.
Cheryl Strauss Einhorn · 3m
When authentic leadership backfires
Research shows leaders who admit unconventional choices build more trust than those who share personal setbacks, but only if they have the credibility to back it up.
Namrata Goyal · 2m
Supercell Restructures for Mobile Game Turnaround
Supercell reorganizes into New Games and Live Games divisions to revive its mobile gaming empire after a five-year drought of global hits.
1m
Great teams need alignment, not friendship
Organizational psychologist Adam Grant argues that shared purpose matters more than liking each other for high-performing teams.
4m
Math skills matter more in the age of AI
Business leaders must master practical math to make sound decisions, even as AI excels at academic problems. Human reasoning remains essential.
3m
Most product shutdowns go unnoticed. Here's why.
A study of 360 digital product endings reveals that companies vastly overestimate the backlash risk and misunderstand what actually drives customer anger.
Evan Shellshear · 3m
AWS and Workato tackle AI agent deployment
Building AI agents is easy, but deploying them safely across enterprises remains the real challenge.
1m
Bob Iger on the CEO's real power and limits
The former Disney CEO on what decisions only he could make, how to shape culture without becoming a tyrant, and what went wrong in his first succession.
4m
Generative AI's copyright problem
Generative AI platforms trained on billions of images and texts without permission face mounting legal challenges over intellectual property rights.
4m
Managing the employee you cannot fire
When a high-performing leader inherits an underperforming team member protected by organizational ties, they face an accountability gap. Here's how to manage around the problem.
Kathryn Landis · 3m
Let go of your old job when you get promoted
Clinging to your previous role after promotion limits your growth and undermines your team. Here's how to make a clean break.
Marlo Lyons · 2m
SoundHound AI hosts webinar on customer service transformation
SoundHound AI is hosting a complimentary webinar on how agentic AI is reshaping customer service and consumer expectations.
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Work stress isn't just about workload
Research on 788,000 employees shows unclear roles and conflicting demands hurt workers as much as too much work.
Gargi Sawhney · 3m