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AI Adoption Is Testing Modular Firms
Organizational restructuring Digital ArticleModularity has helped firms manage complexity. But to stay competitive, they will need to be able to rapidly reconfigure their existing capabilities. -
AI Adoption Is Overloading Your Middle Managers
Leadership and managing people Digital ArticleThey’re caught between executive ambition and operational reality, with little formal support. -
Teach Your AI How You Make Decisions
Generative AI Digital ArticleCompanies need to translate tacit principles into structured guidance for agents. -
The 4 Types of Hope
Business and society Digital ArticleIn the June 22, 2026 edition of The Insider, managing editor Gretchen Gavett highlights the benefits and pitfalls of hope as part of a leader’s toolkit. -
The 5 Types of AI Investment–and How to Capture Their Value
Investment management Digital ArticleEach has its own financial logic and strategic implications. -
How to Design Agentic Systems Around the Implicit Rules that Govern Your Company
Generative AI Digital ArticleThe firms that win will use agent deployment as an X-ray and redesign their organizations around what they find. -
The Pros and Cons of Continually Assessing Performance
AI and machine learning Digital ArticleAI is helping companies directly link assessment to coaching, reskilling, and workforce planning. But they need to be careful how they implement these systems. -
Finding Your New Strategic Center
Competitive strategy Agenda NewsletterColumbia Business School professor Rita McGrath previews “The Power of Strategic Centering,” an article from HBR’s upcoming July-August 2026. -
A Year of Insight and Inspiration
Business and society Agenda NewsletterOn the first anniversary HBR Executive’s launch, editor at large Adi Ignatius shares a few highlights from the past year of conversations with CEOs. -
10 Questions About Project-Driven Organizations, Answered
Organizational transformation Digital ArticleAntonio Nieto-Rodriguez, author of “Powered by Projects,” on balancing operations with transformation, reducing hierarchy, and more. -
Leading the Human-AI Organization
Human resource management Executive LiveThree CHROs on which skills matter most, how to build them at scale, and how to ensure leaders can guide organizations through rapid technological change. -
What Really Gets in the Way of Change
Organizational change Digital ArticleIn the May 18, 2026, edition of The Insider, managing editor Gretchen Gavett highlights the traps that quietly undermine senior leaders. -
Do You Recognize Burnout in Your Organization?
Talent management Agenda NewsletterBurnout isn’t a personal failing. It’s a structural problem that leaders must solve. -
Research: Why You Shouldn’t Treat AI Agents Like Employees
Generative AI Digital ArticleThe unintended consequences of putting agents in the org chart. -
Empathetic Leadership Can Make or Break AI Adoption
Generative AI Digital ArticleIt reduces employee resistance, improves learning, and accelerates impact. -
Our Favorite Management Tips on Organizational Change
Organizational change Digital ArticleA curated list from one of HBR’s most popular newsletters. -
What the Best Private Equity-Backed CEOs Do Differently
Private equity Digital ArticleFive behaviors that stand out. -
Create an Onboarding Plan for AI Agents
Generative AI Digital ArticleAgents need structure, feedback, and evaluations. -
How Leaders Can Build a High-Agency Culture
Organizational culture Digital ArticleThe psychology of rewiring your company’s invisible belief systems. -
When Senior Leaders Lack People Skills, Transformations Fail
Organizational transformation Digital ArticleFour strategies for closing the gap between what leaders perceive and what employees actually experience.
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From Resistance to Reinvention: How Bosch Navigated Intrapreneurship and Strategic Change
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How Change Really Works: Seven Science-Based Principles for Transforming Your Organization
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Omio: Mapping the Future of Global Travel
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Dara Khosrowshahi Drives Uber
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HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leading Digital Transformation, Updated and Expanded (featuring "Discovery-Driven Digital Transformation" by Rita McGrath and Ryan McManus)
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Whoz: Building an Agentic Operating Model (A)
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Whoz: Building an Agentic Operating Model (B)
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YPO Turns 75
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Optimax: Ownership, Management, and Culture in Precision Optics Manufacturing
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Unilever: Building for the Age of AI
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Future-Proof Marketing: Informatica's AI Integration for B2B
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Do More in Four: Why It's Time for a Shorter Workweek
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MetLife Xcelerator: Driving Digital Transformation
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Harley-Davidson: On the Road to Digitization
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Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions: The Deployment of Copilot and Agents (B)
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Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions: The Deployment of Copilot and Agents (C)
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Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions: The Deployment of Copilot (A)
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