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By Mark Hughes, DXC Technology The year 2020 will be remembered for many things. In cybersecurity circles, it was the year of the data breach. While Covid-19 spread around the world and tens of millions of people moved...

As an owner of capital who wants to use it to improve the world, my professional life has been divided into two parts. On the one hand, I seek to smartly grow that capital through investments. On the other hand, I seek...

With the many demands at home and at work, working parents need to strategically prioritize their responsibilities, so their time is spent on what make matters. They must ask themselves, what do I, as a parent, need to...

Among the countless insights to emerge in this era of sudden and accelerating digital transformation, your enterprise may have experienced the fragility of a supplier ecosystem that’s easily disrupted by...

Teach people to fish and you feed them for a lifetime. Give people the power to customize their own rod, reel, tackle, and bait, and you provide them with the flexibility and agility to quickly react to changes and...

ALISON BEARD: Welcome to the HBR IdeaCast from Harvard Business Review. I’m Alison Beard. Getting started in your career isn’t easy. Depending on the economy and the field you’ve chosen, it can mean dozens of...

By Kwasi Mitchell, Chief Purpose Officer, Deloitte As a chemist by training, I often apply my scientific background to complex problem-solving—most recently as Deloitte’s new Chief Purpose Officer. By definition,...

Successful companies actively manage their businesses through periods of economic growth, downturn, and recovery. They do so by innovating, making strategic shifts, rewiring existing operations, reallocating resources,...

By Deborah Soye, VP of Consumer & Digital Technology for IDA Ireland When the pandemic began, many organizations in Ireland were ready for full remote-work operations. That’s because they had already implemented...

Because they’re smaller than large companies and less encumbered by bureaucracy, midsize companies have an opportunity to take advantage of the market changes that will persist post-Covid (some permanently). The ones...

Agile is a highly effective tool for product development, especially software-driven offerings. But as companies expand its use into new areas (budgeting, talent management), agile is too often used an excuse to avoid...

Chronic complainers in the workplace are toxic not only to themselves but also to the people around them.  A habit often formed in childhood, it arises from a need for validation and attention and over time can alter...

The daily challenge of feeding, caring for, and educating children is tough. Add the stress of earning enough money to sustain the family’s well-being and feeling fulfilled in your own career, and it becomes daunting....

Cookies have long enabled companies to track their customers’ web activity, and then use that data to personalize ads and product offerings. But they also pose serious issues when it comes to privacy, and regulators...

April 07, 2021 IonQ has built the world’s first quantum computer that’s accessible via the cloud. The company’s co-founder/chief scientist Chris Monroe and president/CEO Peter Chapman join Azeem Azhar to explore...

Companies need to find ways to improve their people’s capacity to adapt when things don’t go well. Swarm intelligence refers to the ways in which decentralized and self-organized organisms behave. Their ability to...

In the early 20th century, the US saw what’s been called a golden age of Black business and of Black business thinkers, one that has been elided in traditional business history taught in classrooms and leadership...

CURT NICKISCH: Welcome to the HBR IdeaCast from Harvard Business Review. I’m Curt Nickisch. The creative economy may be having a bit of a moment. I’m saying this partly from feeling, but look at job postings or TV...