Outrage is no longer an occasional crisis—it’s a constant. In this HBR Executive Masterclass, Oxford professor Karthik Ramanna explains why traditional crisis management fails in today’s polarized ...

Companies want to rapidly digitize procurement by exploiting emerging technologies like AI. However, traditional IT ...

It used to be that legislative agendas and macro policy issues like trade policies or environmental initiatives were ...

If you want sustainable performance, break the link between speed and success—and help your team find a more human pace. Sign up for HBR Executive Agenda - for insights you need to steer your business ...

In 2022 one of us (Bob) was going through the onerous process of moving from one house to another when he stumbled upon an old sketch in his files. It depicted a prototype for a thumbs-up like ...

The past few years have been exhausting for many Western organizations. Civil strife seems to be widespread, with clashes over racial, gender, and income inequality; rising authoritarianism ...

June 18, 2025 Most businesses are built on a linear model: take, make, and discard. But that norm is reaching its limits, and leaders are under pressure to find smarter, more sustainable ways to ...

April 30, 2025 Frances Frei, professor at Harvard Business School, says that trust, empathy—and even a bit of tough love—are all essential ingredients to strong leadership in today’s world ...

While change has always been difficult, we have now entered an area in which it is continuous rather than episodic. Employees are tired and morale, productivity, and innovation all suffer as a ...

A growing body of evidence shows that hybrid or remote work arrangements lead to lower overall performance. Many firms, however, don’t have the option to bring employees back on-site, for a ...

February 25, 2025 In an age of rapidly changing technology, it’s more important than ever for organizations to effectively support employee learning. Gianpiero Petriglieri, associate professor ...

IMD Business School’s Arnaud Chevallier explains how five types of questions can improve your strategic decision-making. Few leaders have been trained to ask great questions. That might explain ...