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 […]
Here’s a familiar pitch: Augmenting human intelligence with AI—and AI intelligence with humans—will allow companies to supercharge productivity while maintaining standards. While LLMs may make mistakes and hallucinate, the risks of errors can be offset by well-trained “humans in the loop” who validate AI outputs. #LLMs #Manipulating #Users #Rhetorical #Tricks
“Mindy,” a chief transformation officer at a growth biotech firm, was six weeks into a transformation when the data told her what her senior team couldn’t see: Engagement scores had dropped 40%. Turnover had doubled. And no one at the executive table had seen it coming. #Senior #Leaders #Lack #People #Skills #Transformations #Fail
How to make clearer decisions, lead more steadily, and ultimately build a more resilient company. #Overcoming #SelfDoubt #Launching #Business
Editor at large Adi Ignatius talks to analysts at ING Bank about how they’re revising their forecasts. #Recalculating #Iran #Wars #Impact #Global #Economy
Watch the length of the conflict and how shocks compound. #Iran #War #Deliver #LongPredicted #U.S #Recession
ALISON BEARD: I’m Alison Beard, and this is the HBR IdeaCast. Harvard Business Review recently hosted the HBR Strategy Summit 2026, a day filled with expert advice and guidance from executives and academics alike, and we’re sharing the highlights of the event in this special IdeaCast series. Today, you’ll hear a masterclass, an interactive lecture, […]
Organizations have moved quickly to put AI tools in the hands of their employees. But for all of this investment, many leaders struggle to assess how it’s going. Is AI measurably improving the quality, speed, and ambition of people’s work? Is it strengthening professional judgment? Who is succeeding with it, and why? What does successful […]
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