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Generative AI adoption is skyrocketing. Yet for many organizations the promised productivity gains remain elusive. A recent MIT Media Lab study found that while AI usage in workplaces has doubled ...

HBR editor-at-large Adi Ignatius examines the potential impact of Kevin Warsh’s expected appointment to lead the Federal ...

The challenge of AI adoption is proving frustrating for many incumbent companies. They’re deploying the technology widely—adding it to existing workflows, using it to automate individual tasks, ...

I have spent more than three decades studying leadership excellence—how people perform at their best, why some leaders consistently move others to action, and why others fail even while holding power.

For the past couple of years, Gartner research has suggested that organizations have a management problem. For example, in an April 2024 Gartner survey of 162 HR leaders, only 35% and 27% reported ...

To leaders of successful organizations, strategy can feel like a slow, political exercise that invites too much debate, ...

You can’t bring your business into the future when your KPIs are stuck in the past. by Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez We are living in a new era, what I call the “transformation age.” This is a period of ...

The crowd is challenging traditional leadership. Here’s how to harness its energy. by Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms We all sense that power is shifting in the world. We see increasing political ...

CEOs must put projects, not operations, at the center of how their companies create value. Here’s how. by Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez In an environment of constant change, projects are how businesses ...

Twenty years after the introduction of the theory, we revisit what it does—and doesn’t—explain. by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor and Rory McDonald Please enjoy this HBR Classic. Clayton M.

The focus is shifting from accountability to learning. by Peter Cappelli and Anna Tavis When Brian Jensen told his audience of HR executives that Colorcon wasn’t bothering with annual reviews anymore, ...