ADI IGNATIUS: I’m Adi Ignatius, and this is the HBR IdeaCast. A few weeks ago, Harvard Business Review hosted a day-long event looking at the cutting edge of strategy research and practice, the HBR Strategy Summit 2026. The day was filled with expert advice and guidance from both executives and academics. And for the next […]
Leaders need to treat performance as a design problem. #Turn #Individual #Talent #Organizational #Excellence
Leaders must build systems that turn continuous transformation into something employees help shape, not simply endure. by Rachel DuRose March 12, 2026 Research from Gartner suggests that the average employee experienced 10 organization-wide strategy shifts in 2022 (a sharp increase from the reported two changes in 2016). Yet, employee willingness to support these changes plummeted […]
Is 36 months too long for a new-product cycle? It was for Kraft Heinz. So, starting with a pilot project, it was able to cut time to market to just six months by redesigning how people worked. Today, units throughout the company are applying that model’s step-by-step approach to change and are seeing measurable improvements […]
A “center of excellence” model at the Mayo Clinic offers coordinated, multidisciplinary evaluations that can diagnose complex health conditions quickly. #Solve #Expensive #Problems #Employer #Healthcare
Tone can matter just as much as content. #Companys #Sound #Customers
Healthcare has always struggled with translation. Not between English and other languages but between the dialects spoken by different corners of the industry. Radiologists write in precise measurements. Psychiatrists craft narrative assessments. Oncologists think in probabilities and protocols. Even the word “stable” means different things to different specialists—sometimes “unchanged,” sometimes “improving,” occasionally “precarious but holding.” […]
Annalisa Grassano/Ikon Images Summary: Employers often see a resume gap due to caregiving as a career liability. But research shows that caregiving cultivates the specific skills that employers report they need most, such as adaptability and empathy. At a time when artificial intelligence is expanding throughout the workplace, these uniquely human skills are vital. It’s […]
For decades, Americans have been taught to build their financial lives around one event: retirement. Save early, save often, and one day you can stop working altogether. Retirement has been marketed as the pinnacle of a successful life, the moment that finally belongs to you. #Retirement #Changed #Plan
Adding friction can help protect people’s ability to evaluate, adapt, and improve ideas rather than just copy them. #Research #Stifle #Innovation #Doesnt
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