ALISON BEARD: I’m Alison Beard. ADI IGNATIUS: And I’m Adi Ignatius, and this is the HBR IdeaCast. ALISON BEARD: Adi, how do you like to handle disagreement at work? ADI IGNATIUS: I don’t think I handle it very well. I’m very conflict avoidant. So I do an end run around disagreement and try to resolve […]
Your team is finalizing a new strategy during a meeting. The recommendations seem logical on the surface and everyone is nodding along, ready to execute. Yet you feel hesitant. Something is nagging at you. You can’t pinpoint a specific data point that’s incorrect, but the analysis feels off. If you speak up and say “I […]
Company leaders have long claimed that people are their greatest asset. Yet many still design work as if employees were just one of many operational inputs, leaving their greatest assets feeling dissatisfied and unmotivated. Companies have become masters at understanding their customers. They map customer journeys, study their behaviors, and use predictive analytics to anticipate […]
In this episode of the Me, Myself, and AI podcast, host Sam Ransbotham speaks with Taylor Stockton, chief innovation officer at the U.S. Department of Labor, about how artificial intelligence is reshaping the workforce. Taylor emphasizes that AI is having an economywide impact, transforming tasks within nearly every job rather than affecting only certain industries […]
You have an idea to bring in revenue in the next quarter. The case is solid and you’ve done the homework. But you can’t get your peers on board—and your boss isn’t biting either. The problem isn’t always you. It’s that getting traction at this level requires more than a strong argument. So how do […]
Picture a familiar scene. A vendor demonstrates a new generative AI “agent” to your leadership team. It’s impressive: The agent triages support tickets, updates customer records, drafts a proposal, and routes it for approval. The demo is seamless. Pretty soon, inevitably, someone asks the question: How soon can we deploy this across the enterprise? #Scale […]
Years of upheaval and uncertainty have chipped away at their confidence. Here’s how they can get it back. #Leaders #Feel #Agency #Erodingand #Theyre #Starting #Withdraw
Topics Column Our expert columnists offer opinion and analysis on important issues facing modern businesses and managers. More in this series Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images Summary: When the stakes are high and there’s pressure to get to the right decision, a leader’s natural way of working through the options can become more pronounced […]
BRIAN KENNY: Welcome to Cold Call, the podcast where we dive deep into groundbreaking ideas and Harvard Business School case studies. Today on Cold Call, we’re talking about a company that looks like it’s winning. It has customers, momentum, and a growing reputation in the market. Revenue is coming in, the product is resonating. From […]
Organizations are spending significant dollars on AI. According to one estimate, U.S. companies spent $37 billion in 2025 for generative AI alone. Increasingly, senior executives and boards are asking about returns and there are looming consequences for leaders that don’t have good answers. Seventy-one percent of global chief information officers in a recent survey said […]
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