1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (130+ words) The arrival of AI has exposed a growing organizational fault line. Although AI and IT are often grouped together as “technology,” they typically operate with very different priorities: IT emphasizes control, standardization, and risk reduction, while AI depends on experimentation,…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (83+ words) People don’t learn from feedback simply because they receive it—they learn when the emotions feedback triggers keep their attention focused on improving the work rather than protecting themselves. Drawing on more than a decade of research, the authors explain…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago   (139+ words) In 1965, Harvard Business Review surveyed 2,000 male and female executives to track perceptions of women in leadership. Since then, researchers have replicated that study every twenty years to gauge shifting attitudes toward women in top posts. In this latest installment, which…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (115+ words) Successful AI adoption requires HR to operate as a strategic partner deeply embedded in business transformation, balancing technological innovation with trust, empathy, judgment, and organizational clarity. This emerged from an HBR Executive panel discussion featuring three CHROs: Daisy Auger-Domínguez from…...

1+ year, 1+ week ago   (170+ words) Teams need to be able to take risks—from making hard decisions, to naming inconvenient truths, to having a hard conversation—in order to be successful. But human biology makes risk-taking the exception, rather than the rule. So, how can…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (131+ words) There are countless situations where you’re put on the spot and questioned by an executive. Maybe it’s a board member pulling you aside, a skip-level pinging you for a quick assessment on a situation, or a customer catching you at…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (496+ words) Research shows a wide gap between how executives perceive AI adoption and how employees actually experience it—most workers feel anxious and far less enthusiastic than their bosses assume. Without psychological safety, employees are less likely to experiment with new…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1049+ words) A conversation with cognitive scientist Maya Shankar on how leaders can better react, reframe, and adapt to personal and professional upheaval....

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (785+ words) You’ve reached a leadership position, and have worked hard for years to achieve it. But now you’re realizing that the ambition that used to fuel you is starting to exhaust you. What do you do when your relationship with achievement…...

8+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1476+ words) Wharton’s Jonah Berger shares tactics for how to push even the most resistant people in new directions. Key episode topics include: AMANDA KERSEY: Welcome to HBR On Leadership. These episodes are case studies and conversations with the world’s top business…...