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Tech at Work: How to Get the Most Out of Digital Collaboration Tools 31 May 2024 --- Tools for collaborating online — email, instant messengers, videoconferencing apps, and so many others — have become the norm for most of us. But few managers have taken the time to learn the best ways for their teams to actually use them. In our latest episode of “Tech at Work,” we discuss how to best match colla...

Lead Through Change by Reimagining What's Possible 12 Feb 2026 --- When change closes doors, we often shrink our sense of what’s still possible—without realizing it. On HBR IdeaCast, cognitive scientist @drmayashankar how expanding your “possible selves” (and even learning from other leaders) can help you reimagine your future and grow through change. Listen to the full episode here: https://s.hbr...

How Do I Make the Case for My First Raise? | S1E6 | New Here 30 Nov 2023 --- Asking for your first raise is a big moment in your career. But how do you know when to ask or how to start the conversation? Getting a raise isn’t just a conversation about money. It’s a process, and you need a strategy. Author and personal finance expert Anne-Lyse Ngatta, also known as Anne-Lyse Wealth on her podcast, a...

Identify Your Leadership Blindspots 7 Aug 2025 --- In this HBR Executive Masterclass, author and leadership psychologist Martin Dubin reveals why even seasoned executives misread themselves—and how to turn those blindspots into strengths. Learn more at https://s.hbr.org/4kbybkB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Is It Like to Be a Software Engineer? | Career Crush 22 Jul 2021 --- 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮! ✨ https://www.youtube.com/c/HBRAscend ✨ I am fascinated by coding. Seriously, how does it even work? And what is it like to be the person behind the code — a software engineer? 00:00 Coding is magic. 00:53 Meet Lindsey Redd 01:46 What a day look like for a coder? 02:12 How Lindsey started coding...

Want to Be Happier? Value Time Over Money 18 Nov 2020 --- Here’s how to know if you’re making enough time for happiness, and what to do if you’re not. A preponderance of evidence shows that the feeling of having enough time — “time affluence” — is now at a record low in the United States. This situation is so severe it could even be described as a “famine” — a collective cultural failure to effect...

Senior Leaders, Here's How to Articulate Your Contributions 17 Feb 2026 --- At senior levels, impact isn’t about doing all the work—it’s about showing how you led it. Executive coach @melodywildinglmsw shares how to own your wins without overshadowing your team. Read the full article here: https://s.hbr.org/3MB8Dm2 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...

Whole Foods CEO Jason Buechel on the Challenges and Opportunities of Following a Visionary Leader 29 Sep 2023 --- Jason Buechel, the CEO of Whole Foods, faced a unique challenge when he took over from cofounder John Mackey, who had been the company's CEO for 42 years. Buechel, who became CEO in 2022, had the opportunity to work closely with Mackey for nine years and had an 11-month transition peri...

6 Ways to Practice Everyday Courage 6 Nov 2025 --- In today’s volatile environment, even routine decisions can carry real risk. UC Berkeley’s Alex Budak shares how leaders can build “everyday courage”—acting on their values in the face of uncertainty to strengthen trust, culture, and impact. Read the full article here: https://s.hbr.org/47D6xsd ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your...

Stop Solving Your Team's Problems for Them 27 Aug 2025 --- Five questions leaders can use to remain accessible, coach your team to problem-solve independently, and safeguard your time. Read the full article here: https://s.hbr.org/4mAk0au ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should Leaders Experiment with Chinese AI? 3 Sep 2025 --- Chinese AI models like DeepSeek are advancing fast. Amit Joshi explains why leaders should explore them—and what risks and opportunities to watch. 🎧 Listen to full IdeaCast episode here: https://s.hbr.org/4fYbeRh ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why Cybersecurity Isn’t Only a Tech Problem | HBR IdeaCast | Podcast 20 Dec 2022 --- Thomas Parenty and Jack Domet, cofounders of the cybersecurity firm Archefact Group, say that most organizations are approaching cybersecurity all wrong. Whether they’re running small companies or working in multinational corporations, leaders have to think beyond their IT department and technology systems to inst...

How to Receive Feedback Like an Olympic Athlete 28 Aug 2024 --- Listening to critical feedback is hard, especially because a lot of us still equate our self-worth to our performance at work. That's why it can feel like a direct threat to our identities — as opposed to useful information about how we can get better. But ... there's a better way to process this kind of feedback. Here are some tips f...

The Explainer: What is a Business Model? 2 Jul 2019 --- "Business model" and "strategy" are among the most sloppily used terms in business. --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more pro...

From Operations to Projects: The New Model for Change 19 Feb 2026 --- Most transformations fail because we run them like business-as-usual. The real shift? Stop squeezing change into old models—and start building your company around projects. That’s how strategy becomes reality. Read the full article by Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez here: https://s.hbr.org/4aXa5s5 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​...

Where Does DEI Go from Here? 17 Jan 2025 --- In the past few years, efforts to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion at work have increased. This means, much of the progress we’ve made since the pandemic is at risk, and advocates for DEI may feel at a loss. Here’s how leaders can orient around a broader goal: creating the conditions in which all workers can flourish. Read the full article by...

Twitch CEO on the Future of the Creator Economy - and the Challenge to Keep the Platform Safe 19 May 2022 --- Emmett Shear is cofounder and CEO of Twitch, the fast-growing streaming service popular with video gamers, which was purchased eight years ago by Amazon for nearly $1 billion. Emmett is also a part-time partner for the startup accelerator, Y Combinator. Twitch has been in the news recently...

How Amazon Uses Startup Thinking to Stay Fast and Focused 10 Jul 2025 --- What does it take to run one of the world’s most innovative companies in 2025? Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sat down with Adi Ignatius, HBR Editor at Large and co-host of IdeaCast, to discuss his strategy and why Amazon’s approach to AI is built to stand apart. Listen to the full IdeaCast episode here: https://s.hbr.org/43q4I0O ​ ​...

Reskilling in the Age of AI 10 Dec 2024 --- As AI transforms industries, experts argue that some people may be pushed to change occupations entirely. That will require reskilling. The problem is, not a lot of companies have addressed the critical role they can play in helping workers do this. Here are four key insights that can help your company meet the challenges and opportunities of AI reskilli...

The Explainer: Finding Your Company's Core Competencies 2 Jul 2019 --- What does your company do better than anyone else? In the short run, a company’s competitiveness derives from the price/performance attributes of current products. But in the long run, competitiveness derives from an ability to build, at lower cost and more speedily than competitors, the core competencies that spawn unanticipat...

What Do I Need to Know About Workplace Etiquette? | S1E5 | New Here 22 Nov 2023 --- What Do I Need to Know About Workplace Etiquette? When you’re starting your career, navigating the unwritten rules around to how to behave at work can be really difficult. So how do you learn that etiquette? This week comedian and author Sarah Cooper tells host Elainy Mata how she learned those invisible rules earl...

What Failure Does to Your Brain—and Your Strategy 18 Feb 2026 --- We love to say “celebrate failure”—but here’s the science behind why it actually helps you grow. Failing is how your brain learns, rewires, and gets stronger. Listen to the full IdeaCast episode here: https://s.hbr.org/4rfZLBw ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Responding to the "Pet-to-Threat" Treatment 23 Oct 2024 --- Have you ever felt like you’ve been so good at accomplishing your work goals that your boss suddenly sees you as a threat? Women at Work co-hosts Amy Gallo and Amy Bernstein have some tactics for dealing with “pet-to-threat” scenarios like this. Listen to HBR’s Women at Work podcast for more advice from Amy and Amy. Season 10 starts Octob...

The Hidden Anxiety No One Talks About in Leadership 14 Nov 2025 --- Many leaders imagine the top job brings joy—but the first two years of a CEO’s tenure are often dominated by loneliness and anger. Here’s why leadership amplifies anxiety, and what executives can do to manage it. Sign up to receive @drarthurbrooks six-week newsletter “The Leader’s Happiness Reset" here: https://s.hbr.org/3LIarc0 ​...

Mixing Sports and Money: Adidas and the Commercialization of the Olympics | Cold Call 26 Jul 2023 --- Horst Dassler, the son of the founder of Adidas, cultivated relationships with athletes and national associations – with the aim of expanding his family’s sports apparel business. In doing so, he created the first sports sponsorships for the Olympics, and ultimately became a key force behind the c...