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How do you know when something becomes the norm? Trends in corporate sustainability have been mostly consistent — an expanding climate crisis, lightning-speed growth in clean tech, rising pressure from many...

For close to two years, leaders have been thrust into the role of Counselor in Chief, helping teams recover from the grief and loss of the pandemic, buoying the declining mental health of their employees, being...

Leadership teams are pulling out all the stops to blunt the damage of the global semiconductor chip shortage on their businesses. But many are overlooking a critical factor that can position their company for a much...

Even in the best of times, you may feel some ambivalence about making new year’s resolutions. On the one hand, it’s a fresh start where you’re unboxing 12 new months of opportunity. On the other hand, your past...

Role incredulity is a form of gender bias where women are mistakenly assumed to be in a support or stereotypically female role — an administrative assistant, nurse, wife, or girlfriend, for instance — rather than a...

Arguably, the most important invention of the 20th century wasn’t the automobile, plane, or even the internet. It was the transistor, a revolutionary type of semiconductor that became the foundation of all modern...

ALISON BEARD: Welcome to the HBR IdeaCast from Harvard Business Review. I’m Alison Beard. Walk around any American city or town today, and you’ll see help wanted signs everywhere. There are currently 10 million...

Supply chains must meet multiple objectives: a high level of customer fulfillment, profitability targets, and resilience to disruptions. Companies are also beginning to prepare their supply chains for a responsible...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has crossed a threshold. “In the past five years, AI has made the leap from something that mostly happens in research labs or other highly controlled settings to something that’s out in...

During my decade as dean of Harvard Business School, I spent hundreds of hours talking with our alumni. To enliven these conversations, I relied on a favorite question: “What was the most important thing you learned...

When you need help with something, do you send an email, make call, schedule a Zoom, or ask in person? A recent study found that although many of us assume that the mode of communication doesn’t make much of a...

Jio Platforms’ unique experiment of co-opetition with global tech giants combined with its local prowess allows it to address an enormous market of price-sensitive customers. Thanks to its sheer scale, innovation, and...

MORRA AARONS-MELE: I’m Morra Aarons-Mele, and this is The Anxious Achiever. We look at stories from business leaders who’ve dealt with anxiety, depression or other mental health challenges, how they felt down, how...

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As investors struggled to respond to the Covid crisis in early 2020, countless impact-first companies had to wait six or more months for funds, because investors were using that precious time to set up emergency...

Coaching sales reps is about clarifying relevant behaviors and whether the issue is motivation or ability. Some reps may work hard, but lack certain capabilities while others demonstrate capability but seemingly lack...

Several major tech companies have recently built platforms that claim to educate companies about how best to market themselves and their products online. Examples include Meta for Business (formerly Facebook for...