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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 Reserve, as he prepares to succeed Jerome Powell amid political scrutiny. While ...

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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.

Our guide to all things strategy, from “adjacency expansion” to “value stick.” by HBR Editors What is strategy? This question may be familiar if you’re a seasoned HBR reader: It’s the title of a ...

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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 ...

Is innovation inherently a hit-or-miss endeavor? Not if you understand why customers make the choices they do. by Clayton M. Christensen, Taddy Hall, Karen Dillon and David S. Duncan For as long as we ...

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