Despite headlines declaring the collapse of corporate ESG, a new study of 75 global firms found that only 13% have retreated ...

The integration of generative AI into corporate workflows is highlighting the critical importance of human skills such as ...

It is natural to view management as a profession. Managers’ status is similar to that of doctors or lawyers, as is their obligation to contribute to the well-being of society. Managers can also be ...

The HBR Executive Playbook on removing chronic barriers to collaboration. by Ania W. Masinter Cross-functional collaboration has always been critical for innovation. New problems and new solutions ...

We all know the truism “Correlation doesn’t imply causation,” but when we see lines sloping together, bars rising together, or points on a scatterplot clustering, the data practically begs us to ...

A bold new way of thinking has taken the medical establishment by storm in the past decade: the idea that decisions in medical care should be based on the latest and best knowledge of what actually ...

Five years after the official end of the Great Recession, corporate profits are high, and the stock market is booming. Yet most Americans are not sharing in the recovery. While the top 0.1% of income ...

The first rigorous approach to ESG reporting by Robert S. Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna The August 2021 report of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warns that pollution caused by humans ...

Lessons from companies that are defying the odds by Michael Mankins and Patrick Litre Nearly every major corporation has embarked on some sort of transformation in recent years. By our estimates, at ...

Are you afraid of boredom? In this video, Harvard professor Arthur C. Brooks, author of The Happiness Files: Insights on Work and Life, makes the case that boredom isn’t a problem to escape with ...

Welcome to the HBR Executive Agenda for September 4, 2025. Adi Ignatius is the editor at large at Harvard Business Review and its former editor in chief. Explore HBR ...

Standardizing your company’s approach can pay off. Here’s how. by Michael Mankins In lean manufacturing, the goal is to establish precise procedures for making products in the safest, easiest, and ...