AI is reshaping work, but eliminating entry-level jobs is short-sighted. These roles are crucial for developing future leaders, fostering innovation, enriching organizational culture, and protecting society. Instead of cutting these jobs, companies should…

Multinational companies often stumble in emerging markets because they underestimate how long success takes to materialize—a phenomenon known as the temporal optimism trap. Drawing on GlaxoSmithKline’s contrasting experiences with two asthma medications,…

Disruptive innovation takes many forms, often shaped by customer needs and persistent experimentation. It is associated with famous figures like Jensen Huang or Henry Ford, but another leader in disruptive innovation? Julia Child. Child revolutionized American…

Harvard Business School’s Leslie John and Alison Wood Brooks on how curiosity, listening, and phrasing can strengthen trust and improve decisions.

If you’re a leader of transformation, you might feel like you’re in a constant “inner battle,” torn between the agency that fuels action and the ambivalence that breeds hesitation. This clash isn’t a defect; it’s the very tension that enables transformational…

Boards often mistake collegiality for alignment, avoiding tough conversations and sidelining dissent. The result is delayed decisions, superficial consensus, unequal participation, and fragmented governance. This weakens their business strategy and diminishes…

Designing the executive team is one of the most consequential choices a CEO can make. It determines how the enterprise allocates resources, resolves trade-offs, pivots in the face of unforeseen challenges, and moves at speed. Yet its composition is often…

It’s time for organizations to shift from ad hoc employee experimentation with generative AI to honed, measurable, enterprise-aligned efforts such as enterprise knowledge assistants and customer service chatbots. These tools translate generative AI’s open…

Artificial intelligence is boosting efficiency in many organizations, but too often it reinforces functional silos rather than breaking them down. Departments adopt AI tools independently, generating fragmented gains that don’t add up to strategic impact—and…

Life can sometimes feel like a zero-sum game, where you have to let go of some goals (like a successful career) in order to pursue others (like a satisfying social life). But chasing multiple dreams doesn’t have to mean choosing between them. New research…

In high-stakes situations where there’s no clear playbook, leaders regularly face tough choices with steep trade-offs. In these moments, personal core values can be a powerful, underutilized guide for making decisions and executing them. But you can’t rely…

A conversation with one leader who is struggling to interpret feedback she’s receiving.

Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appears polished but lacks real substance, offloading cognitive…

Automation offers a way to address two interconnected challenges for Western manufacturers—lackluster productivity growth and labor shortages. But progress has been patchy, not because companies lack the technology, but because companies in these markets…

Inequality in wealth and income is growing globally, with a disproportionate share of gains going to the wealthiest households. This widening gap has caused many working-class individuals to feel left behind, as wages stagnate despite rising corporate profits…

Despite headlines declaring the collapse of corporate ESG, a new study of 75 firms across the world found that only 13% have retreated from sustainability, while 85% have held steady or accelerated efforts—often under the radar. Political scrutiny has made…

The integration of generative AI into corporate workflows is highlighting the critical importance of human skills such as problem framing, collaboration, and creativity. A recent experiment by the BCG Henderson Institute demonstrated that gen AI-powered tutoring…

Our Management Tip of the Day newsletter continues to be one of HBR’s most popular newsletters. Here are seven of our favorite tips on motivating people, covering topics like resetting a team that’s lost its spark, weaving kindness into the fabric of your…

This year, licensing deals with AI developers will amount to approximately $20 billion. Next year, this could double. This rapidly expanding market need for AI model growth and training presents countless opportunities for companies with libraries of compelling…

A conversation with psychology professor Steven Pinker on a powerful force that unites us.