The Trouble With Your Innovation Contests

Not all innovation contests should be winner-takes-all or judged by senior executives. New research shows how to structure contests to meet specific goals.

Scaling Automation: Two Proven Paths to Success

Lessons from two leading hospital systems show how to overcome the obstacles to automation.

How Tech Fails Late-Career Workers

Managers must make deliberate choices to support older workers' use of complex technologies.

Building Culture From the Middle Out

Midlevel leaders are critical to fostering an organizational culture that’s healthy and vibrant.

Why Manufacturers Need a Phased Approach to Digital Transformation

Those that succeed with this difficult work break it into three stages, each with its own guiding metrics.

Will Large Language Models Really Change How Work Is Done?

Even as organizations adopt increasingly powerful LLMs, they will find it difficult to shed their reliance on humans.

How to Make Better Friends at Work

Friendships in the workplace can enrich our lives and make us better leaders and workers if we make the effort to cultivate truly healthy relationships.

Health Care Platforms Need a Strategy Overhaul

To succeed, digital health platforms must shift their approach in three key areas.

Steer Clear of Corporate Venture Capital Pitfalls

Big companies and risk capital can be awkward partners. Here’s how to get corporate venturing right.

New Markets, New Opportunities: Identifying Where and How to Make Your Play

How do leaders determine whether to build a new business around a promising new technology?

Own Your Words to Gain Authority

Managers undermine their credibility when they speak for others too frequently.

What the Smart Money Says About Black CEOs

Investors’ reactions to an executive appointment often reflect negative bias, while institutional investors take a more positive view.

Doubling Down on Impact Reporting

New EU reporting mandates will affect businesses well beyond Europe's borders and require them to report on material impacts far beyond their own walls.

Are Enterprise Social Platforms All Talk?

To get the most from corporate knowledge-sharing tools, encourage users to engage with more content, not just build their personal brand.

Radical Innovation Needs Old-School VC

Scientists and entrepreneurs working on the world's most urgent problems can't solve them without funders who understand deep-tech opportunities and take long-term views.

The Real Issues Driving the Nursing Crisis

Our analysis of nurses' employer reviews reveals the true source of burnout and why nurses are leaving the field. Here's how health care leaders can improve nurse job satisfaction to fight a looming nursing shortage.

How Ghost Scenarios Haunt Strategy Execution

Strategic planners are often blind about how the future will challenge their status quo. A scenario-planning mindset can help them see what they’re missing.

How to Productively Disagree on Tough Topics

Instead of avoiding divisive issues, learn how to have thoughtful conversations that build mutual understanding and respect.

What Managers Everywhere Must Know About Caste

Hari Bapuji, Kamini Gupta, Snehanjali Chrispal, and Thomas Roulet

Leadership Development Is Failing Us.Here's How to Fix It

Executive development programs are big business, but too many fail to yield meaningful results. Here’s how to be a savvy consumer.

Make Better Allies of Your Workforce

Leaders can avoid labor disputes and create value by improving communication with employees and including them in strategic decision-making

Can Friction Improve Your Customers' Experiences?

Many companies are on a quest to make online shopping as hassle-free as possible but slowing down the purchase process can boost buyer satisfaction and loyalty.

The Hidden Opportunity in Paradoxes

When faced with impossible choices, organizations that embrace seemingly contradictory options expand the scope of what's possible.

Set Ambitious but Realistic Environmental Goals

How far from business realities can companies stretch when setting critical goals to reduce carbon emissions?

There Actually Is an 'I' in Team

Research shows that when dealing with fundamental change, teams that retrain individuals before focusing on collaboration have better results.

R&D Leaders Must Play a key Role in the Journey to Net Zero

CTOs and other executives who lead research and innovation are positioned to be critical change agents in cutting enterprises’ carbon footprints.

The Looming Challenge of Chemical Disclosures

New sustainability rules make consumer brands accountable for the composition of their products, but most companies are in the dark.

Use Open Source for Safer Generative AI Experiments

Commercial Al services can put proprietary data at risk but there are alternatives.

The Working Limitations of Large Language Models

Overestimating the capabilities of Al models like ChatGPT can lead to unreliable applications.

When Doing Less Adds Up to More

Companies that reduce and simplify workload on the front lines find that they can position employees to deliver a better customer experience