Uncertainty and disruption often push organizations toward passivity, but the most effective leaders do the opposite: They deliberately cultivate “high agency”: the capacity to act despite ambiguity ...

Companies are missing out on AI’s value because they have not changed the way work is organized around it. Treating AI agents less like new technology and more like employees—with defined roles, clear ...

Pinterest CEO Bill Ready is trying to prove that social media can succeed without relying on outrage-driven engagement, instead using AI to promote positivity and real-world utility. In this HBR ...

Starting your own business means stepping into constant uncertainty: making decisions without clear answers, navigating pressure, and carrying the weight of outcomes. Self-doubt is inevitable, but ...

Despite frequent claims that employees are a company’s greatest asset, many organizations still treat their workforce as mere operational inputs, leading to disengagement and low motivation. While ...

Typically in times of geopolitical turmoil, analysts look to the past for precedents and templates, but history is ...

Generative AI agents can reason, plan, and take actions across enterprise systems, which means deploying them is not just a software installation but a change to how work gets done. When agents gain ...

Yesterday’s tip laid out what sophisticated AI use looks like at the individual level. As a leader, how can you drive this sophisticated approach to AI on your team? Start with these three tactics.

Early forecasts underestimated the Iran War’s duration and reach. Now, revised projections anticipate several more weeks of ...

Leaders might assume that LLMs are able to offer a kind of unbiased, outside perspective. But new research found that leading ...

Amid rising volatility and uncertainty, leaders are increasingly withdrawing, or fighting an urge to withdraw, from decision-making and the emotional labor of leadership—or even from the belief that ...

McKinsey’s research shows that roughly 70% of transformation efforts fail, and the root cause is rarely a flawed business ...