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Kieran Setiya, a philosophy professor at MIT, says many people experience a mid-career crisis. Some have regrets about paths not taken or serious professional missteps; others feel a sense of boredom or futility in …

Anne Curzan, English professor at the University of Michigan, studies the evolution of language. While many of us roll our eyes at bizspeak — from …

Ashley Whillans, professor at Harvard Business School, researches time-money trade-offs. She argues more people would be happier if they spent more …

Amy Edmondson, professor at Harvard Business School, first identified the concept of psychological safety in work teams in 1999. Since then, she has …

Teresa Amabile, professor at Harvard Business School, is approaching her own retirement by researching how ending your work career affects your sense …

Gary Pisano, professor at Harvard Business School, studies innovation at companies large and small. He says there’s too much focus on the positive, …

Mo Gawdat, founder of One Billion Happy and former Chief Business Officer at Google's X, spent years working in technological innovation. At Google's …

Krista Tippett, host of "On Being," believes we are in the middle of a big shift in the workplace. For a long time, she says, we were taught to keep all of our personal opinions and problems out of the office — even if …

Richard Sheridan, CEO of Menlo Innovations, says it took him years to learn what really mattered at work and how to create that kind of workplace …

Thomas Steenburgh, a marketing professor at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, was inspired by his early career at Xerox to …

Corey Phelps, a strategy professor at McGill University, says great problem solvers are hard to find. Even seasoned professionals at the highest …

James Detert, a professor at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, studies acts of courage in the workplace. His most surprising …

Herminia Ibarra, a professor at the London Business School, argues that job transitions — even exciting ones that you've chosen — can come with all …

Caitlin Rosenthal, assistant professor of history at UC Berkeley, argues there are strong parallels between the accounting practices used by …

Nick Morgan, a communications expert and speaking coach, says that while email, texting, and Slack might seem like they make communication easier, they actually make things less efficient. When we are bombarded with too …

Rose Hollister and Michael Watkins, consultants at Genesis Advisers, argue that many companies today are taking on too many initiatives. Each manager …

David Smith, associate professor of sociology at the U.S. Naval War College, and Brad Johnson, professor of psychology at the United States Naval …

John Kerry, former U.S. Secretary of State, shares management and leadership lessons from his long career in public service. He discusses how to win people over to your side, bounce back from defeats, and never give up …

Francesca Gino, a professor at Harvard Business School, shares a compelling business case for curiosity. Her research shows allowing employees to …

Bill Kerr, a professor at Harvard Business School, studies the increasing importance of talent clusters in our age of rapid technological advances. …

Mike Ovitz, a cofounder of Creative Artists Agency and former president of The Walt Disney Company, says there are many parallels between the movie and music industry of the 1970s and 1980s and Silicon Valley today. …

Beth Comstock, the first female vice chair at General Electric, thinks companies large and small often approach innovation the wrong way. They either try to throw money at the problem before it has a clear market, …

Ming Zeng, the chief strategy officer at Alibaba, talks about how the China-based e-commerce company was able to create the biggest online shopping site in the world. He credits Alibaba’s retail and distribution …

Marc Effron, president of the Talent Strategy Group, looked at the scientific literature behind high performance at work and identified eight steps we can all take to get an edge. Among those steps is taking care of …

Sunil Gupta, a professor at Harvard Business School, argues that many companies are still doing digital strategy wrong. Their leaders think of "going …

Rebecca Shambaugh, a leadership coach, says being too collaborative can actually hold you back at work. Instead of showing how well you build …

David Burkus, a professor at Oral Roberts University and author of the book “Friend of a Friend,” explains common misconceptions about networking. First, trading business cards at a networking event doesn’t mean you’re …

Kathryn Hume, VP of integrate.ai, discusses the current boundaries between artificially intelligent machines, and humans. While the power of A.I. can conjure up some of our darkest fears, she says the reality is that …

Katherine Phillips, a professor at Columbia Business School, discusses research showing that African-Americans are often reluctant to tell their …

Gerry Anderson, the CEO of DTE Energy, and Robert Quinn and Anjan Thakor, professors at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and the …

Kristie Rogers, an assistant professor of management at Marquette University, has identified a free and abundant resource most leaders aren’t giving employees enough of: respect. She explains the two types of workplace …

Howard Yu, Lego Professor of Management and Innovation at IMD Business School in Switzerland, discusses how the industrial cluster in the Swiss city …

Daniel Libeskind, a former academic turned architect and urban designer, discusses his unorthodox career path and repeat success at high-profile, emotionally charged projects. He also talks about his unusual creative …

Bhaskar Chakravorti, the dean of global business at The Fletcher School at Tufts University, analyzes the economic impact of India’s unprecedented …

Heidi Grant, a social psychologist, explains the right ways and wrong ways to ask colleagues for help. She says people are much more likely to lend …

Tasha Eurich, an organizational psychologist and executive coach, talks about why we all should be working on self-awareness. Few people are truly …

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and author James Patterson discuss their new novel, The President is Missing, in which a fictional president …

Leslie K. John and Alison Wood Brooks, professors at Harvard Business School, say people in business can be more successful by asking more and better …

Avi Goldfarb, a professor at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, explains the economics of machine learning, a branch of …

Jennifer Petriglieri, an assistant professor of organizational behavior at INSEAD, asks company leaders to consider whether they really need to relocate their high-potential employees or make them travel so much. She …

Joshua Gans, a professor at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, advises against trying to commercialize a new technology or …

Whitney Johnson, an executive coach, argues that on-the-job learning is the key to keeping people motivated. When managers understand that, and understand where the people they manage are on their individual learning …

Amanda Goodall, a senior lecturer at Cass Business School in London, argues that the best leaders are technical experts, not general managers. She …

Paul Daugherty and James Wilson, senior technology leaders at Accenture, argue that robots and smarter computers aren't coming for our jobs. They …

Nancy Rothbard, a professor of management at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, draws a distinction between workaholism and working …

Dan Cable, a professor of organizational behavior at London Business School, explains why people often lose their enthusiasm for their work and how …

Professors Michael Toffel, of Harvard Business School, and Aaron Chatterji, of Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, discuss the emerging phenomenon of …

Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter, of the global consulting firm Potential Project, make their case for mindfulness, selflessness, and compassion …

Dominic Barton, the global managing partner of McKinsey&Company, discusses the firm’s sustainability efforts. He talks about the wake-up call he got about sustainability and how he tries to convince CEOs hesitant to …

Drew Gilpin Faust, the president of Harvard University, talks about leading the institution through a decade of change, from the financial crisis to the Trump era. Faust discusses how communicating as a leader is …

Tsedal Neeley, a professor at Harvard Business School, and Paul Leonardi, a management professor at UC Santa Barbara, talk about the potential that …

Kenneth Frazier, the CEO of the pharmaceutical company known as MSD outside of North America, discusses his upbringing and how it influences his leadership as chief executive. He is one of the few African-American CEOs …

Scott DeRue, the dean of University of Michigan's Ross School of Business, says the old model of business school education is gone. It's no longer …

What should you do when you become the boss? HBR's new advice podcast Dear HBR: has the answers. In this bonus episode, Dear HBR: co-hosts Alison …

Jay Conger, a leadership professor at Claremont McKenna College, goes behind the scenes to show how you can get on, and stay on, your company's fast …

In this special episode, HBR IdeaCast host Sarah Green Carmichael introduces Harvard Business Review’s new podcast “Women at Work,” about women’s experiences in the workplace. This episode about being heard tackles …

Moshe Cohen, a senior lecturer at Boston University's Questrom School of Business, says you can't take the emotion out of a negotiation. After all, …

Jagdip Singh, a professor of marketing at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University, explains his research team’s new …

Sydney Finkelstein, a professor of management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, encourages leaders to approach their direct …

Patty McCord, Netflix’s former Chief Talent Officer, sees hiring as constant matchmaking. Building a team of people that gets amazing work done, she says, requires managers to really know what they need, and for HR to …

Mihir Desai, a professor of finance at Harvard Business School, breaks down the brand-new U.S. tax law. He says it will affect everything from how …

Aron Ain, the CEO of Kronos Incorporated, explains why unlimited vacation can be in the best interests of employees and the organization. He describes how his software company tracks requests for time off and the …

Rachel Botsman, the author of “Who Can You Trust?", talks about how trust works, whether in relation to robots, companies, or other people. …

Aaron Levie, the CEO of Box, reflects on the cloud storage company’s entry into the enterprise market. He was skeptical about pivoting away from consumers, and it was challenging. But by staying disciplined with the …

Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, a senior adviser at the global executive search firm Egon Zehnder, makes the case for finding a company’s next CEO inside the firm. But to find the best contenders, organizations have to learn …

Andrew Liveris, the CEO of Dow Chemical, discusses the 120-year-old company’s ambitious sustainability agenda. He says an environmentally driven …

Freek Vermeulen, an associate professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the London Business School, argues that too many companies are following …

Irene Yuan Sun, a consultant at McKinsey, explains why so many Chinese entrepreneurs are setting up factories in Africa. She describes what it’s like …

Scott Kelly, a retired U.S. astronaut, spent 520 days in space over four missions. Working in outer space is a lot like working on earth, but with different challenges and in closer quarters. Kelly looks back on his 20 …

Pablo Isla, the CEO of Inditex, is No. 1 on Harvard Business Review’s list of “The Best-Performing CEOs in the World 2017.” He opens up about his management style and reflects on his tenure leading the Spanish clothing …

Nancy Koehn, a Harvard Business School historian, tells the life stories of three influential leaders: the abolitionist Frederick Douglass, the …

Jeff Bussgang, a venture capitalist who teaches entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School, knows from personal experience and having funded many …

Dorie Clark, a marketing strategy consultant, answers a burning question: how do people make money off of what they know? She outlines the options …

Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s third CEO, opens up about his effort to refresh the culture of the company and renew its focus on the future. He reflects …

Jennifer Riel, an adjunct professor at the Rotman School of Management, presents a model way to solve problems: integrative thinking. It’s taking the …

Annie McKee, a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and author of the book “How to Be Happy at Work,” tells the story of her journey to happiness—starting with her early job as a caregiver for an elderly …

Mark Mortensen, an associate professor of organizational behavior at INSEAD, discusses the research on "multiteaming"—when employees work not only …

Sue Ashford, a professor at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, breaks down her decades of research on leadership—who achieves it, …

Raffaella Sadun, a professor at Harvard Business School, explains why seemingly common-sensical management practices are so hard to implement. After …

Forest Reinhardt and Michael Toffel, Harvard Business School professors, talk about how a giant, global enterprise that operates and owns assets at …

Richard Clarke, former counterterrorism adviser to U.S. presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, has made a career of investigating disaster warnings. The way he sees it, catastrophes can happen at any time, so why …

Steve Blank, entrepreneurship lecturer at Stanford, UC Berkeley, and Columbia, talks about his experience of coming to Silicon Valley and building …

Kabir Sehgal, a corporate strategist, Grammy-winning producer, investment banker, bestselling author, and military reserve officer, talks about …

Erik Brynjolfsson, MIT Sloan School professor, explains how rapid advances in machine learning are presenting new opportunities for businesses. He …

Phil Knight, former chair and CEO of Nike, tells the story of starting the sports apparel and equipment giant after taking an entrepreneurship class at Stanford and teaming up with his former track coach, Bill Bowerman. …

Erin Meyer, professor at INSEAD, discusses management hierarchy and decision-making across cultures. Turns out, these two things don’t always track …

Dan McGinn, senior editor at Harvard Business Review, talks about what businesspeople can learn from how top performers and athletes prepare for their big moments. In business, a big sales meeting, presentation, or …

Robert Austin, a professor at Ivey Business School, and Gary Pisano, a professor at Harvard Business School, talk about the growing number of …

Karim Lakhani, Harvard Business School professor and co-founder of the HBS Digital Initiative, discusses blockchain, an online record-keeping …

Chris Kuenne, entrepreneurship lecturer at Princeton, and John Danner, senior fellow at the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley’s Haas …

Mihir Desai, professor at Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School, argues for re-humanizing finance. He says the practice of finance, with …

Elena Botelho, partner at leadership advisory firm ghSmart, talks about the disconnect between the stereotype of the CEO and what research shows actually leads to high performance at that level. She says the image of …

Joan C. Williams, director of the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, discusses …

Jennifer Petriglieri, professor at INSEAD, discusses how talented employees can avoid being crushed by lofty expectations -- whether their own, or others'. She has researched how people seen as "high potential" often …

Wharton professor David Robertson discusses a "third way" to innovate besides disruptive and sustaining innovations. He outlines this approach through the examples of companies including LEGO, GoPro, Victoria's Secret, …

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg talks about returning to work after her husband’s death, and Wharton management and psychology professor Adam Grant …

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, professor of business psychology at University College London, dispels some of the myths that have persisted in the 20 years …

Scott D. Anthony, Innosight managing partner, discusses why established corporations should be better at handling disruptive threats. He lays out a …

Amy Gallo, HBR contributing editor, discusses a useful tactic to more effectively deal with conflict in the workplace: understanding whether you …

Deloitte national managing director Kim Christfort talks about the different personality styles in an organization and the challenges of bringing them together. Her firm has developed a classification system to help …

Stanford economist Nicholas Bloom discusses the research he's conducted showing what’s really driving the growth of income inequality: a widening gap …

Hal Gregersen, executive director of the MIT Leadership Center at Sloan School of Management, says too many CEOs and executives are in a bubble, one …

Danielle Brown, Intel Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, talks about the corporation’s $300 million initiative to increase diversity, the …

Michael Mankins, Bain & Company partner and head of the firm's Organization practice, explains how organizations unintentionally fail to manage their employees' time and energy. He also lays out what managers can do …

Pankaj Ghemawat, professor at NYU Stern and IESE business schools, debunks common misconceptions about the current state and extent of globalization. …

Richard S. Ruback and Royce Yudkoff, professors at Harvard Business School, spell out an overlooked career path: buying a business and running it as …

Andy Molinsky, professor of organizational behavior at Brandeis International Business School, discusses practical techniques for getting outside of …

Larry Summers, former U.S. treasury secretary, is calling on American business leaders to stand up to President Donald Trump. Summers sharply criticizes the administration’s protectionist agenda, and he says it’s time …

Senior leaders Brad Feld, Sarah Robb O’Hagan, Mike Ghaffary, Heidi Roizen, and John Rogers Jr. discuss burning out on giving, the techniques they use to avoid it, and how they recognize it in their employees.

Jerry Seinfeld shares his insights into innovation, self-criticism, and how to know when to quit. The U.S. comedian conquered 1990s television with his sitcom and is now finding a new audience for his online talk show, …

Roger Martin of Rotman School of Management, Paul Zak of Claremont Graduate University, Clayton Christensen of Harvard Business School, comedian …

Harvard Law School lecturer Heidi K. Gardner discusses how firms gain a competitive edge when specialists collaborate across functional boundaries. …

Basecamp CEO Jason Fried says too many people find it difficult to get work done at the workplace. His company enforces quiet offices, fewer …

Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg discusses a nimbler approach to diagnosing problems than existing frameworks: reframing. He’s the author of “Are You …

Eddie Yoon, author of "Superconsumers" and growth strategy expert at The Cambridge Group, explains how companies can find their most passionate customers and use their invaluable insights to improve products and attract …

Clayton Christensen, professor at Harvard Business School, builds upon the theory of disruptive innovation for which he is well-known. He speaks …

HBR contributing editor Amy Gallo discusses the best tactics to recognize, react to, and recover from stressful situations. She's a contributor to …

Bharat Anand, author of The Content Trap and professor at Harvard Business School, talks about the strategic challenges facing digital businesses, …

Joan C. Williams, distinguished professor and director of the Center for WorkLife Law at UC Hastings, discusses the white working class voters who helped elect Republican Donald Trump as U.S. President, and why Democrat …

Harvard Business School professor Nancy Koehn talks about the surprising election of businessman Donald Trump as U.S. president, and what leaders …

Stephen Heidari-Robinson and Suzanne Heywood, authors of "ReOrg: How to Get It Right" explain how good planning and communication can help employees adapt.

Jeffrey Garten of Yale School of Management discusses how Genghis Khan, Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Margaret Thatcher, and others made the world more …

Long-term thinking, short-term savvy, and relentless focus on employees.

Authority changes us all. Berkeley's Dacher Keltner, author of the HBR article "Don't Let Power Corrupt You" and the book "The Power Paradox" explains how to avoid succumbing to power's negative effects.

Cathy O'Neil, author of "Weapons of Math Destruction" on how data can lead us astray–from HR to Wall Street.

Tanya Menon, associate professor at Fisher College of Management, Ohio State University, explains how to recognize if your management style is too …

Susan David, author of "Emotional Agility" and psychologist at Harvard Medical School, on learning to unhook from strong feelings.

Rob Cross, professor at the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce, explains how work became an exhausting marathon of group projects. …

Joseph Badaracco, Harvard Business School professor, explains what to do when no decision feels like a good decision. He is the author of "Managing …

David Burkus, author of "Under New Management", explains why some companies are taking extreme measures to limit electronic communication. Burkus is also a professor at Oral Roberts University and host of the podcast …

Bill von Hippel, professor at the University of Queensland, on how the ability to think and respond quickly makes someone seem more charismatic.

Moira Weigel explains how the changing nature of work has reshaped the way we meet, date, and fall in love. She's the author of "Labor of Love: The Invention of Dating" and is completing a Ph.D. at Yale University.

Leslie John, Harvard Business School professor, explains why you shouldn't waste time trying to detect your counterpart's lies; instead, use tactics …

Adam Grant, Wharton professor and author of "Originals", on the science of standing out.

Ethan Bernstein, Harvard Business School professor, and John Bunch, holacracy implementation lead at Zappos, discuss the online retailer's transition …

More of us are working in organizations employing a mix of freelancers, contractors, consultants, and full-timers, explains Jonathan Younger, …

Anne-Marie Slaughter on (finally) bringing sanity to the work/life struggle.

Tim Brown, CEO and president of IDEO, on breakthrough problem-solving.

Mark Blyth of Brown University and Gianpiero Petriglieri of INSEAD discuss Britain's vote to leave the European Union.

Tim Sullivan, co-author with Ray Fisman of "The Inner Lives of Markets," on how we shape economic theory -- and how it shapes us.

The champion diver explains how visualization and ambitious goal-setting helped him achieve double gold medals in back-to-back Olympic Games and why …

Chris Zook of Bain explains the predictable crises of growth and how to overcome them. His new book is "The Founder's Mentality," coauthored with James Allen.

The research shows we shouldn't be afraid to ask for help. Francesca Gino and Alison Wood Brooks, both of Harvard Business School, explain.

The acclaimed cellist explains how he chooses and works with partners and shares advice on honing one's talent.

Managers play a huge role in their employees' personal lives, which in turn affects productivity, morale, and turnover at work. Professor Scott …

Therese Huston, Ph.D. and author of "How Women Decide," offers research-based tips for both men and women on how to make high quality, defensible decisions -- and sell them to your team.

Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey, both of Harvard, discuss what they've learned from studying radically transparent organizations where people at all …

The bestselling author describes her creative process and explains why she was always determined to have a career.

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

Darrell Rigby of Bain and Jeff Sutherland of Scrum explain the rise of lean, iterative management tactics, and how to implement them yourself.

Todd Rose, the Director of the Mind, Brain, & Education program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the author of "The End of …

Iconic relationship expert Dr. Ruth discusses what she's learned over a long career.

Karen Dillon, author of the "HBR Guide to Office Politics", explains how to gracefully decline excessive projects–and thankless tasks.

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

There's a lot of crying and shouting both in politics and at the office. Gautam Mukunda of Harvard Business School and Gianpiero Petriglieri of …

Pay transparency is actually a way better system than pay secrecy. David Burkus, professor at Oral Roberts University and author of "Under New Management," explains why.

Kira Hudson Banks, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the department of psychology at Saint Louis University, and a principal at consulting firm the …

Job interviews can feel more like a stylized ritual than a normal conversation. Esquire writer and journalist Cal Fussman, who's interviewed scores of people from Mikhail Gorbachev to Jeff Bezos to Dr. Dre, gives us his …

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

Paul Leinwand, co-author of the book "Strategy That Works," explains how successful companies solve this thorny problem.

Lorne Michaels, Bill Walsh, Alice Waters–all have had a disproportionate impact in their respective industries through their knack for collecting and …

Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman have administered thousands of 360-degree assessments through their consulting firm, Zenger/Folkman. This has given …

Emma Seppälä, Stanford researcher and author of "The Happiness Track," explains the proven benefits of a positive outlook; simple ways to increase your sense of well-being; and why it's not about being ecstatic or …

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, professor at University College London and Columbia University and CEO of Hogan Assessments, explains how the fad for …

Tara Mohr, author of Playing Big, explains how to deal with self-doubt (or help someone else manage theirs).

Heidi Grant Halvorson, author of "No One Understands You and What to Do About It" and "9 Things Successful People Do Differently," explains how to …

Denise Lee Yohn, author of "Extraordinary Experiences" and "What Great Brands Do," explains what we can learn from retail and restaurant brands

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

In every issue, we feature a conversation with someone who's been wildly successful outside the traditional business world. This time, it's an …

Bill George, Harvard Business School professor and author of "Discover Your True North," gives advice to both new and experienced leaders.

Pierre Nanterme discusses the forces changing consulting, and other knowledge-intensive industries.

Amy Gallo, author of the "HBR Guide to Managing Conflict at Work," explains the options.

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

The renowned American journalist talks with HBR senior editor Dan McGinn.

Evan Loomis and Evan Baehr, coauthors of "Get Backed," on how to win someone over with PowerPoint.

Gareth Jones, author of "Why Should Anyone Work Here?", explains the things managers know, but struggle to do.

Norman Winarsky, coauthor of "If You Really Want to Change the World," on ventures that scale.

Clay Shirky talks about Xiaomi, the subject of his new book, "Little Rice."

Sally Osberg, president and CEO of the Skoll Foundation and author of "Getting Beyond Better" with Roger Martin.

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

Whitney Johnson, author of "Disrupt Yourself," on taking the big risks we secretly want to.

Dorie Clark, author of "Stand Out," on having more influence.

Kimberly Elsbach, author of the HBR article "Collaborating with Creative Peers," on collaborating better with a certain type of colleague.

Tiffany Shlain, filmmaker, on why we need more time to develop our inner selves.

Matt Mullenweg, founder and CEO of Automattic, on growth, leadership, and mindfulness.

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

Kate Smaje of McKinsey explains how it's about more than being tech-savvy.

How PepsiCo is harnessing the power of design.

The acclaimed writer describes how he develops his novels, what he expects from reviewers, and why business people should still read fiction.

Mark Goulston, psychiatrist and author of "Just Listen," explains how.

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

Mary Shapiro, author of the "HBR Guide to Leading Teams" and professor at Simmons, on dealing with conflict and other issues.

Juan Enriquez and Steve Gullans explain how we're "evolving ourselves."

David Krantz, the CEO of YP (formerly the Yellow Pages), explains how they've reinvented their business.

Charlene Li, author of "The Engaged Leader," on why and how senior executives are diving into online networks.

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, author of the HBR article "Ace the Assessment," explores the rising practice of using tests in hiring and promotion decisions.

Peter Cappelli, author of the HBR article, "Why We Love to Hate HR...and What HR Can Do About It," on perhaps the least popular function in business.

The CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment discusses the crisis with editor-in-chief Adi Ignatius.

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

Alexandra Samuel, online engagement expert and author of "Work Smarter with Social Media," on the tools you should use--and the ones you could be …

James Bessen, economist and former software executive, on what we can learn from 19th century mill workers about innovation, wages, and technology.

The former U.S. Senate majority leader and U.S. envoy to Northern Ireland and the Middle East describes his approach to resolving disputes and …

Phil Libin discusses the impact of technology--from Microsoft Word to wearables--on our collaboration and productivity.

R. "Ray" Wang, author of "Disrupting Digital Business" on how business is transforming.

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

Timothy Morey and Allison Schoop, both of frog, on designing customer data systems that promote transparency and trust.

Erin Reid of Boston University on why men (but not women) feign long working hours.

Fred Kiel, author of "Return on Character," explains his research on why being good benefits the bottom line.

The Oscar-winning producer explains why a passion for learning--about other people and pursuits--has been the key to his success.

Heidi Grant Halvorson, author of "No One Understands You and What to Do About It," explains the science of perception.

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

Regina Herzlinger, Harvard Business School professor, talks about how to dismantle the barriers to innovation in care delivery.

Hear this story based on real events at J.C. Penney. A discussion with contributor Jill Avery and editor Andy O'Connell follows.

Ron Friedman, Ph.D., author of "The Best Place to Work," on how to structure your day to get the most done.

Renée Mauborgne of INSEAD explains how a landmark idea is evolving. She is coauthor, along with W. Chan Kim, of "Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded …

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

Gretchen Rubin, author of "Better than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives," explains that you've got to know your habit-setting style.

The Hollywood icon explains why she moved from acting to producing and directing, then launched a foundation that teaches mindfulness to kids.

Peter Bregman, author of "Four Seconds," on changing the way you lead.

Nicholas Carlson, author of "Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo," on the CEO's management style.

Herminia Ibarra, author of "Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader" and professor at INSEAD, on moving forward, even when it's not comfortable.

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

Blake Irving talks about the company's renewed focus on small businesses and bringing on a new leadership team.

Muriel Maignan Wilkins, coauthor of "Own the Room," on the flaws everyone's too polite to point out.

David Duncan, senior partner at Innosight and coauthor of "Build an Innovation Engine in 90 Days," explains how to organize corporate creativity.

Pamela Stone, professor at Hunter College, on the surprising findings from a massive study of MBAs.

Jeff Weiss, author of the "HBR Guide to Negotiating" and partner at Vantage Partners, explains how to prepare to be persuasive.

Andrew Innes, game designer, product manager, and author of "What Board Games Can Teach Business."

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

Cass Sunstein, Harvard professor and author of "Wiser: Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter."

Tsedal Neeley, Harvard Business School professor, explains how globally distributed teams can collaborate better together.

AnnaLee Saxenian, author of the classic book "Regional Advantage," still thinks the area's future is bright.

Dorothy Leonard, author of "Critical Knowledge Transfer" ​and Harvard Business School professor, on retaining organizational expertise.

Stanford's Ron Howard, one of the fathers of decision analysis, explains how it's done.

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

The mayor of London explains why Churchill is a role model and whether his aspirations include the Prime Minister's office.

Steve J. Martin, coauthor of "The Small Big: Small Changes That Spark Big Influence," on the little things that persuade.

Jennifer Magnolfi, Founder & Principal Investigator at Programmable Habitats LLC, on how digital work, and the Internet of Things will …

Linda Rottenberg, author of "Crazy Is a Compliment," on what it really takes to start a business.

Famed producer Norman Lear on developing groundbreaking sitcoms, managing creative partnerships and the lessons he wants to pass on to the next generation.

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

Stefan Michel, professor at IMD, says your business should rethink how it captures value, not just how it creates it.

Frank Cespedes, HBS professor and author of "Aligning Strategy and Sales," explains how to get the front line on board.

Eric Schmidt, executive chairman, and Jonathan Rosenberg, former SVP of products, explain how the company manages their smart, creative team.

Sanjeev Agrawal, Collegefeed cofounder and CEO, explains what recruiters, new graduates, and college career centers need to do differently.

Walter Frick, HBR editor, explains why we valorize tech heroes from the past, but scoff at today's entrepreneurs.

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

Roger Martin, former dean of the Rotman School of Management, on why talent's powerful economic position is unsustainable.​

Scott Berinato, senior editor at Harvard Business Review, on how companies benefit from transparency about customer data.

Bill George and Mihir Desai, professors at Harvard Business School, explain why our corporate tax code is driving American business overseas.

David Upton and Sadie Creese, both of Oxford, explain why the scariest threats are from insiders.

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

J. Craig Venter, the biologist who led the effort to sequence human DNA, on unlocking the human genome and the importance of building extraordinary …

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, professor at University College London, on how confidence masks incompetence.

Linda Hill, Harvard Business School professor, and Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, senior adviser at Egon Zehnder, on the talent strategies that set up a …

Greg McKeown, author of "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less," on the importance of being "absurdly selective" in how we use our time.

The tech luminaries on bundling and unbundling in the digital age.

Charles Casto, recently retired from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, on how smart leadership saved the second Fukushima power plant.

Lenovo's CEO on how the PC leader is poised to win in the "PC plus" world.

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

Gerd Gigerenzer, director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, on how to know when simple rules and snap decisions will outperform …

David Zweig, author of "Invisibles," on employees who value good work over self-promotion.

Nikil Saval, editor at n+1, on how gender, politics, and unions have affected the American workplace since the Civil War.

Erin Meyer, affiliate professor at INSEAD and author of "The Culture Map," on why memorizing a list of etiquette rules doesn't work.

Sam Palmisano, former CEO of IBM, on striking a balance between running a company for the long term and keeping investors happy.

Gautam Mukunda, HBS professor, on the dangers of managing companies for shareholders.

Michael Mankins, partner at Bain & Company, on how to get the most out of meetings.

The renowned author and former editor of Gourmet talks about the magazine's closure and her recent transition to fiction writing.

Sandy Pentland, MIT professor, on how big data is revealing the science behind how we work together, based on his book "Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread."

Featuring Jeff Bezos, Howard Schultz, Francis Ford Coppola, Maya Angelou, Nancy Koehn, Rob Goffee, Gareth Jones, Cathy Davidson, and Mark Blyth.

John Kotter, author of "Accelerate," on how slow-footed organizations can get faster.

William Thorndike, investor and author of "The Outsiders," looks at some less-known but more effective executives.

Harvard's Robert Kegan on companies that do really personal development.

Robert Simons, Harvard Business School professor, says companies still struggle to choose the right customer.

Andrew O'Connell, HBR editor, explains why we find tales of disaster so compelling.

Stewart D. Friedman, Wharton professor and author of "Baby Bust," presents new research.

John Jullens of Booz & Company says multinationals from China and other emerging markets must learn to innovate and manage quality while …

Walter Friedman, director of the Business History Initiative at Harvard Business School, on the pioneers of market prediction.

Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, says the U.S. can remain a global leader only if it addresses issues at home.

The iconic comedian speaks with HBR's Adi Ignatius about work, life, and, yes, comedy.

Bob Sutton, Stanford University professor, talks about his book, "Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More Without Settling for Less" (coauthored by Huggy Rao).

Jeffrey Joerres, CEO of ManpowerGroup, on finding the talent you need in an unpredictable world.

The founder of the Khan Academy talks with HBR senior editor Alison Beard.

The former Secretary of Defense talks with HBR editor-in-chief Adi Ignatius about his new book, "Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War."

Gianpiero Petriglieri, professor at INSEAD, on the new global elite.

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

Freek Vermeulen of London Business School explains how best practices become bad practices.

Paul Oyer, Stanford economist and the author of "Everything I Ever Needed to Know About Economics I Learned from Online Dating," explains the …

Maria Gonzalez, author of "Mindful Leadership," explains how to minimize stress -- not just manage it. Contains a brief guided breathing exercise.

Francesca Gino and Adam Grant, of Harvard Business School and Wharton, respectively, discuss their research on gratitude and generosity.

Eric Clayberg, Google software-engineering manager, talks with Harvard Business School professor David Garvin about the feedback and training that he …

Roger Schwarz, author of "Smart Leaders, Smarter Teams," explains how to build trust and accountability on your team.

HBR editors read top posts from HBR.org.

Erica Ariel Fox, who teaches negotiation at Harvard Law School, discusses how to resolve inner conflict to lead wisely and live well.

Ram Charan, coauthor of "Boards that Lead," talks about what he's learned in three decades of helping executives make tough decisions.

The Dilbert creator talks with HBR senior editor Dan McGinn.

The managing director of the International Monetary Fund talks with HBR editor in chief Adi Ignatius.

Steven G. Mandis of Columbia Business School discusses his book, "What Happened to Goldman Sachs: An Insider's Story of Organizational Drift and Its …

Lisa Rosh, assistant professor of management at the Sy Syms School of Business at Yeshiva University, explains how to build trust through skillful …

The HBS sage and McKinsey head discuss how to stay on top in a rapidly changing industry.

William D. Eggers and Paul Macmillan, authors of "The Solution Revolution," discuss why "triple-strength" leaders are the best problem solvers.

Jonathan Berman, author of "Success in Africa," busts media myths about the continent.

Karen Dillon, author of the "HBR Guide to Office Politics," talks with Dorie Clark, author of "Reinventing You."

Richard Adelstein, professor of economics at Wesleyan University and author of "The Rise of Planning in Industrial America, 1864-1914."

Dan McGinn, HBR senior editor.

Joan C. Williams, Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California and coauthor of the forthcoming book, "What Works for Women at Work."

Julian Birkinshaw and Jordan Cohen, coauthors of the HBR article "Make Time for the Work that Matters."

Boris Groysberg and Deborah Bell, authors of the HBR article "Dysfunction in the Boardroom."

Adam Waytz and Malia Mason, authors of the HBR article "Your Brain at Work."

Thomas Mooney, co-owner and CEO of House Spirits Distillery.

Russell Sanna, executive director of the Division of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Aaron Levie, cofounder and CEO of Box.

Joseph Badaracco, Harvard Business School professor.

Scott Barry Kaufman, adjunct assistant professor of psychology at New York University and author of "Ungifted: Intelligence Redefined."

Sandeep Baliga and Jeff Ely, professors at the Kellogg School of Management and Northwestern University.

Jonah Berger, Wharton School professor and author of "Contagious: Why Things Catch On."

Michael Raynor, director at Deloitte Services LP and coauthor of the HBR article "Three Rules for Making a Company Truly Great."

Ben Casnocha and Chris Yeh, coauthors of the HBR article "Tours of Duty: The New Employer-Employee Compact."

Heidi Grant Halvorson and E. Tory Higgins, authors of "Focus: Use Different Ways of Seeing the World to Power Success and Influence."

Dr. Maya Angelou, renowned author.

Mark Tercek, CEO of The Nature Conservancy and author of "Nature's Fortune: How Business and Society Thrive by Investing in Nature."

Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones, authors of the HBR article "Creating the Best Workplace on Earth."

Mark Blyth, professor at Brown University and author of "Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea."

Leigh Thompson, professor at Kellogg School of Management and author of "Creative Conspiracy: The New Rules of Breakthrough Collaboration."

Bruce Feiler, New York Times columnist and author of "The Secrets of Happy Families."

Elizabeth Grace Saunders, founder and CEO of Real Life E and author of "The 3 Secrets to Effective Time Investment."

Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO and author of "Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead."

Bruce Nussbaum, professor at Parsons The New School of Design and author of "Creative Intelligence: Harnessing the Power to Create, Connect, and …

Bryan Garner, editor in chief of Black's Law Dictionary and author of the "HBR Guide to Better Business Writing."

Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland.

Daniel Pink, author of "To Sell Is Human" and the HBR article "A Radical Prescription for Sales."

Jorge Cauz, president of Encyclopaedia Britannica.

Jeanne Meister, partner at Future Workplace and contributor to the "HBR Guide to Managing Up and Across."

Christine Porath, associate professor at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business and coauthor of the HBR article "The Price of …

John Mackey, co-CEO of Whole Foods Market and coauthor of "Conscious Capitalism: Liberating the Heroic Spirit of Business."

Tim Sullivan, editorial director of Harvard Business Review Press and coauthor of "The Org: The Underlying Logic of the Office."

Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon.com.

Alexandra Samuel, vice president of social media at Vision Critical.

Chrystia Freeland, editor of Thomson Reuters Digital and author of "Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else."

Maxwell Wessel, fellow at the Forum for Growth and Innovation and coauthor of the HBR article "Surviving Disruption."

Gautam Mukunda, Harvard Business School assistant professor and author of "Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter."

James Allworth, regular contributor to HBR and coauthor of the Nieman Reports article "Breaking News: Mastering the Art of Disruptive Innovation in …

Tom and David Kelley, leaders of IDEO and authors of the forthcoming HBR article "Reclaim Your Creative Confidence."

Nancy Koehn, Harvard Business School historian and editor of "The Story of American Business."

Jodi Glickman, founder of the communication training firm Great on the Job and contributor to the "HBR Guide to Getting a Job."

Gary Pisano, Harvard Business School professor and coauthor of "Producing Prosperity: Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance."

Nate Silver, statistician and founder of The New York Times political blog FiveThirtyEight.com.

Kevin Boudreau, London Business School professor.

Dorie Clark, strategy consultant and author of the HBR article "A Campaign Strategy for Your Career."

Michael Silverstein, cofounder of The Boston Consulting Group's global consumer practice and coauthor of "The $10 Trillion Prize."

Tom Ricks, journalist and author of the HBR article "What Ever Happened to Accountability?"

Nilofer Merchant, author of "11 Rules for Creating Value in the Social Era."

Russ Feingold, former US senator from Wisconsin and founder of Progressives United.

Frank Barrett, jazz pianist and author of "Yes to the Mess: Surprising Leadership Lessons from Jazz."

Cassie Mogilner, assistant professor of marketing at the Wharton School and author of the HBR article "You'll Feel Less Rushed If You Give Time Away."

Frank Partnoy, professor of law and finance at the University of San Diego and author of "Wait: The Art and Science of Delay."

Dan McGinn, HBR senior editor and author of the article "Too Many Pivots, Too Little Passion."

Matt Dixon, director at Corporate Executive Board and coauthor of the HBR article "The End of Solutions Sales."

Sally Ride, former NASA astronaut and founder of Sally Ride Science.

Susan Cain, author of "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking."

Andrew Zolli, director of PopTech and coauthor of "Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back."

Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind, authors of "Talk, Inc.: How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations."

Sallie Krawcheck, former president of Bank of America Global Wealth & Investment Management and author of the HBR article "Four Ways to Fix Banks."

Don Thompson, economist and author of "Oracles: How Prediction Markets Turn Employees into Visionaries."

Michael Schrage, research fellow at MIT Sloan School's Center for Digital Business and author of the HBR Single "Who Do You Want Your Customers to …

Charles Duhigg, reporter for The New York Times and author of "The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business."

Grant McCracken, anthropologist and author of "Culturematic: How Reality TV, John Cheever, a Pie Lab, Julia Child, Fantasy Football . . . Will Help …

Marcus Buckingham, founder of TMBC and author of "StandOut."

Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever.

Daniel Gross, columnist and economics editor for Yahoo! Finance and author of "Better, Stronger, Faster: The Myth of American Decline . . . and the …

Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group and author of "Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in a G-Zero World."

Doc Searls, alumnus fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and author of "The Intention Economy."

Ken Favaro, senior partner at Booz & Company and coauthor of the HBR article "Creating an Organic Growth Machine."

Christiane Amanpour, renowned war correspondent and news anchor.

Charlotte Fritz, assistant professor at Portland State University.

Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, CEO of the consultancy 20-first and author of "How Women Mean Business."

Tom Davenport, Babson College professor and coauthor of "Judgment Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams That Got Them Right."

Chris Zook, partner at Bain & Company and co-head of the firm's global strategy practice.

John Lees, career strategist and author of "How to Get a Job You'll Love."

Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School professor and author of the HBR article "Enriching the Ecosystem."

Mihir Desai, Harvard Business School professor and author of the HBR article "The Incentive Bubble."

Tiziana Casciaro and Lotte Bailyn discuss the HBR case study "When to Make Private News Public."

Andy O'Connell and Scott Berinato, editors of the Idea Watch section of HBR and The Daily Stat.

Frances Frei and Anne Morriss, authors of "Uncommon Service: How to Win by Putting Customers at the Core of Your Business."

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball legend, New York Times best-selling author, and filmmaker.

Scott Doorley and Scott Witthoft, co-directors of the Environments Collaborative at the Stanford University d.school and authors of "Make Space."

Carol Dweck, professor at Stanford University and author of "Mindset: The New Psychology of Success."

Peter Bregman, author of "18 Minutes: Find Your Focus, Master Distraction, and Get the Right Things Done."

Stephanie Coontz, professor of history at The Evergreen State College and author of "A Strange Stirring."

Umair Haque, director of the Havas Media Labs and author of "Betterness: Economics for Humans."

Dan Pallotta, president of Advertising for Humanity and author of "Uncharitable."

Scott Berinato, HBR senior editor, featuring the ideas of Yale economist Robert Shiller, journalist Gregg Easterbrook, and Pulitzer Prize-winning …

John Coleman, coauthor of "Passion and Purpose," with contributors Patrick Chun, Umaimah Mendhro, and Rye Barcott.

Cathy Davidson, Duke University professor and author of "Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn."

Gary Hamel, director of the Management Innovation eXchange and author of the HBR article "First, Let's Fire All the Managers."

Misiek Piskorski and Anthony J. Bradley, of Harvard Business School and Gartner Research, respectively.

Heidi Grant Halvorson, motivational psychologist and author of "Nine Things Successful People Do Differently."

Nancy Koehn, Harvard Business School historian and editor of "The Story of American Business."

Michael Beer, Harvard Business School professor and coauthor of "Higher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value."

Douglas Conant, former CEO of Campbell's Soup Company.

Steven Levy, senior writer at Wired and author of "The Perfect Thing" and "Insanely Great."

Sir Michael Rake, chairman of BT Group, and Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's former communications director, sat down with editor in chief Adi Ignatius at the launch of Harvard Business Review's London office.

Francis Ford Coppola, acclaimed film director.

Muhtar Kent, CEO of Coca-Cola.

Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Ripa Rashid, authors of "Winning the War for Talent in Emerging Markets: Why Women Are the Solution."

Jib Ellison, founder of Blu Skye and coauthor of the HBR article "The Sustainable Economy."

Fred Reichheld and Rob Markey, authors of "The Ultimate Question 2.0."

Rick Ridgeway, vice president of environmental initiatives at Patagonia.

Robert S. Kaplan, Harvard Business School professor and coauthor of the HBR article "How to Solve the Cost Crisis in Health Care."

Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile, executive director of UN Women.

Robert Kaplan, Harvard Business School professor and author of "What to Ask the Person in the Mirror."

Rafi Mohammed, pricing strategy consultant and author of "The 1% Windfall: How Successful Companies Use Price to Profit and Grow."

Rob Cross, associate professor at the University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce and coauthor of the HBR article "A Smarter Way to Network."

Dan McGinn and Scott Berinato, HBR senior editors.

Nicholas Dunbar, author of "The Devil's Derivatives: The Untold Story of the Slick Traders and Hapless Regulators Who Almost Blew Up Wall Street ... …

Morten Hansen, professor at the UC Berkeley School of Information and author of "Collaboration."

Justin Fox, editorial director of the HBR Group and author of the article "Disrupting Higher Ed."

Robert Iger, CEO of Disney.

Stefano Puntoni, professor at the Rotterdam School of Management and author of the HBR article "The Color Pink Is Bad for Fighting Breast Cancer."

Maggie Craddock, author of "Power Genes: Understanding Your Power Persona--and How to Wield It at Work."

Tom DeLong, Harvard Business School professor and author of "Flying Without a Net: Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success."

Henry Nothhaft, serial entrepreneur and author of "Great Again: Revitalizing America's Entrepreneurial Leadership."

Anita Woolley, assistant professor of organizational behavior and theory at Carnegie Mellon University and coauthor of the HBR article "What Makes a …

David Bryce, professor of strategy at Brigham Young University's Marriott School of Management and coauthor of the HBR article "Competing Against …

Pankaj Ghemawat, IESE Business School professor and author of "World 3.0: Global Prosperity and How to Achieve It."

Marc Freedman, founder and CEO of Civic Ventures and author of "The Big Shift: Navigating the New Stage Beyond Midlife."

Anthony Bourdain, celebrity chef and host of the Travel Channel's "Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations."

Bob Pozen, senior lecturer at Harvard Business School and author of the HBR article "Extreme Productivity."

Sherry Turkle, MIT professor and author of "Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other."

Jonah Keri, sports and stock market writer; author of "The Extra 2%."

Ricky Gervais, creator of the hit television series "The Office."

Ben Dattner, founder of Dattner Consulting and author of "The Blame Game."

Martin Seligman, director of the Positive Psychology Center at the University of Pennsylvania and author of the HBR article "Building Resilience."

Bernd Vogel, assistant professor of leadership and organizational behavior at the Henley Business School and coauthor of "Fully Charged."

Andrew Waldeck, partner at Innosight and coauthor of the HBR article "The New M&A Playbook."

Paul Leinwand, partner in Booz & Company's global consumer, media, and retail practice; coauthor of "The Essential Advantage."

Saul Berman, vice president and global lead partner for Strategy Consulting at IBM Global Business Services and author of "Not for Free."

Zakary Tormala, associate professor of marketing at Stanford's Graduate School of Business.

John Donahoe, CEO of eBay.

Paul Nunes, executive director of research at the Accenture Institute for High Performance and coauthor of "Jumping the S-Curve."

Michael E. Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor and coauthor of the HBR article "Creating Shared Value."

With insights from A.G. Lafley, Dan Ariely, Bob Sutton, Daniel Pink, and more.

Anne Habiby and Deirdre Coyle, cofounders of the AllWorld Network and authors of the HBR article "The High-Intensity Entrepreneur."

Frank Flynn, Stanford Business School professor and subject of the HBR article "Guilt-Ridden People Make Great Leaders."

Susanne Bruckmüller, research associate at the Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and coauthor of the HBR article "How Women End Up on the 'Glass Cliff'."

Rita McGrath, Columbia Business School professor and coauthor of "Discovery-Driven Growth."

Shawn Achor, CEO of Aspirant and author of "The Happiness Advantage."

Dan McGinn and Scott Berinato, HBR editors.

Thomas Hout, visiting professor at the University of Hong Kong's School of Business and coauthor of the HBR article "China vs the World: Whose …

Larry Kramer, founder of MarketWatch, Inc., and author of "C-Scape: Conquer the Forces Changing Business Today."

Leslie Gaines-Ross, chief reputation strategist at Weber Shandwick and author of the HBR article "Reputation Warfare."

Don Tapscott, chairman of nGenera Insight and coauthor of "Macrowikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World."

Adm. Thad Allen, USCG (Ret.)

Dr. Oliver Sacks, neurologist and author of "The Mind's Eye."

Beth Comstock, chief marketing officer of General Electric and coauthor of the HBR article "Unleashing the Power of Marketing."

Tom Davenport, Babson College professor and coauthor of the HBR article "Competing on Talent Analytics."

Steve New, head of degree programs at Oxford University's Said Business School and author of the HBR article "The Transparent Supply Chain."

Josh Bernoff, senior vice president of idea development at Forrester Research and coauthor of "Empowered."

Peter Cappelli, Wharton School professor and coauthor of "Managing the Older Worker: How to Prepare for the New Organizational Order."

Herminia Ibarra, professor of organizational behavior at INSEAD and coauthor of the HBR article "Why Men Still Get More Promotions Than Women."

Amar Bhidé, professor at Tufts University's Fletcher School and author of "A Call for Judgment: Sensible Finance for a Dynamic Economy."

Jeff Cruikshank, coauthor of "The Man Who Sold America: The Amazing (but True!) Story of Albert D. Lasker and the Creation of the Advertising …

Scott Berinato and Andy O'Connell, editors of the Idea Watch section of Harvard Business Review.

Warren Bennis, professor at the University of Southern California and author of "Still Surprised: A Memoir of a Life in Leadership."

Matthew Dixon, managing director of the Corporate Executive Board's Sales and Service Practice.

Monika Hamori, professor at IE Business School in Madrid and author of the HBR article "Job-Hopping to the Top and Other Career Fallacies."

Cathleen Benko, vice chairman and chief talent officer for Deloitte LLP and coauthor of "The Corporate Lattice."

Bob Sutton, Stanford University professor and author of "The No Asshole Rule."

Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks.

Jeffrey Pfeffer, Stanford Business School professor and author of the HBR article "Power Play."

Richard Pascale, associate fellow of Said Business School at Oxford University and coauthor of "The Power of Positive Deviance."

Oded Shenkar, professor at Ohio State University's Fisher College of Business and author of "Copycats."

Tony Schwartz, president and CEO of The Energy Project and author of "The Way We're Working Isn't Working."

Daniel Isenberg, professor of management practice at Babson College and author of the HBR article "The Big Idea: How to Start an Entrepreneurial …

Gregory Berns, the Distinguished Chair of Neuroeconomics at Emory University and author of "Iconoclast."

Jean Martin and Conrad Schmidt, executive directors of the Corporate Executive Board's Corporate Learning Council based in Washington, DC.

Alexandra Samuel, director of the Social + Interactive Media Centre at Emily Carr University.

Heike Bruch, professor of leadership at the University of St. Gallen and coauthor of the HBR article "The Acceleration Trap."

Gregory Unruh, director and professor of the Lincoln Center for Ethics in Global Management at the Thunderbird School.

Susan Cantrell, fellow at the Accenture Institute for High Performance and coauthor of "Workforce of One: Revolutionizing Talent Management Through …

Dr. Thomas Lee, network president of Partners HealthCare System and professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.

Mansour Javidan, dean of research at the Thunderbird School of Global Management and coauthor of the HBR article "Making It Overseas."

Justin Fox, editorial director of the HBR Group and author of "The Myth of the Rational Market: A History of Risk, Reward, and Delusion on Wall Street."

Michael Schrage, research fellow at MIT Sloan School's Center for Digital Business and author of "Serious Play."

Morten Hansen, professor at the UC Berkeley School of Information and author of "Collaboration."

Walter Kiechel, former managing editor at Fortune magazine and author of "The Lords of Strategy: The Secret Intellectual History of the New Corporate World."

Daniel Pink, author of "Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us."

Anna Bernasek, financial journalist and author of "The Economics of Integrity."

Nathan Myhrvold, CEO of Intellectual Ventures and author of the HBR article "Funding Eureka."

Tom Davenport, Babson College professor and coauthor of "Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results."

Dr. Atul Gawande, surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital and author of "The Checklist Manifesto."

Julia Kirby, HBR editor at large.

Herminia Ibarra, professor of organizational behavior at INSEAD and coauthor of the HBR article "The Best-Performing CEOs in the World."

Tammy Erickson, author of "What's Next, Gen X?: Keeping Up, Moving Ahead, and Getting the Career You Want."

Nicholas Eisenberger, managing principal of GreenOrder, joins us from Copenhagen.

Whitney Johnson, founding partner of Rose Park Advisors.

Andrew McAfee, principal research scientist at MIT's Center for Digital Business and author of "Enterprise 2.0."

Umair Haque, director of the Havas Media Lab.

Roger Martin, dean of the Rotman School of Management and author of "The Design of Business."

Dr. Robert Blendon, professor at the Harvard School of Public Health and the John F. Kennedy School of Government.

William Eggers, global research director at Deloitte and coauthor of "If We Can Put a Man on the Moon."

Vijay Govindarajan, director of the Center for Global Leadership at the Tuck School of Business and coauthor of the HBR article "How GE Is Disrupting …

Nancy Koehn, Harvard Business School historian and editor of "The Story of American Business."

John Baldoni, leadership consultant and author of "Lead Your Boss: The Subtle Art of Managing Up."

Leslie Perlow, Harvard Business School professor and coauthor of the HBR article "Making Time Off Predictable--and Required."

Cesare Mainardi, managing director of Booz & Company and coauthor of "Cut Costs, Grow Stronger."

Bill Sahlman, Harvard Business School professor and Senior Associate Dean for External Relations.

Gareth Jones, fellow of the Centre for Management Development at London Business School and coauthor of "Clever."

Stewart Friedman, Wharton School professor and author of "Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life."

Roberto Verganti, professor of management of innovation at Politecnico di Milano and author of "Design Driven Innovation."

Paul Hemp, HBR contributing editor and author of the HBR article "Death by Information Overload."

Featuring the ideas of Jeff Stibel, Dan Gillmor, and Tom Davenport.

Gary Pisano, Harvard Business School professor and coauthor of the HBR article "Restoring American Competitiveness."

Sylvia Ann Hewlett, founding president of the Center for Work-Life Policy and coauthor of the HBR article "How Gen Y and Boomers Will Reshape Your …

Ron Heifetz, founder of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School and coauthor of "The Practice of Adaptive Leadership."

Darrell Rigby, partner at Bain & Company and author of "Winning in Turbulence."

Richard Bohmer, physician, Harvard Business School professor, and author of "Designing Care: Aligning the Nature and Management of Health Care."

Niall Ferguson, professor of history at Harvard University and professor of business administration at Harvard Business School.

David Silverman, author of "Typo: The Last American Typesetter or How I Made and Lost 4 Million Dollars."

Bob Seelert, chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi and author of "Start with the Answer: And Other Wisdom for Aspiring Leaders."

Ira Kay and Anne Sheehan, executive compensation debaters.

Dave Ulrich, cofounder of the RBL Group and coauthor of "The Leadership Code: Five Rules to Lead By."

Bob Sutton, professor of management science and engineering at Stanford University and author of the HBR article "How to Be a Good Boss in a Bad Economy."

Paul Osterman, professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management and author of "The Truth About Middle Managers."

Bill Drayton, founder and CEO of Ashoka.

Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, senior adviser at Egon Zehnder International and coauthor of the HBR article "The Definitive Guide to Recruiting in Good Times and Bad."

Ann Livermore, executive vice president of Hewlett-Packard's Technology Solutions Group.

Dick Beatty, professor of human resource management at Rutgers University and coauthor of "The Differentiated Workforce."

Rita McGrath, Columbia Business School professor and coauthor of "Discovery-Driven Growth."

Umair Haque, director of the Havas Media Lab.

Paul Levy, president and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

Henry Mintzberg, professor of management at McGill University.

John Quelch, Harvard Business School professor and coauthor of the HBR article "How to Market in a Downturn."

Philip Lay and Todd Hewlin, managing directors at TCG Advisors and coauthors of the HBR article "In a Downturn, Provoke Your Customers."

Bronwyn Fryer, HBR senior editor and author of the case study "The Layoff."

Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize-winning economist and op-ed columnist for The New York Times.

Colonel Tom Kolditz, professor and head of the department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Sydney Finkelstein, Tuck School of Business professor and author of "Why Smart Executives Fail: And What You Can Learn from Their Mistakes."

Barbara Kellerman, lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School and author of "Followership: How Followers Are Creating Change and Changing Leaders."

David Rhodes, global leader of The Boston Consulting Group's Financial Institutions Practice.

Peter Ubel, physician and behavioral scientist at the University of Michigan and author of "Free Market Madness."

Marshall Goldsmith, executive coach and author of "Succession: Are You Ready?"

Annie McKee, founder of the Teleos Leadership Institute and coauthor of "Becoming a Resonant Leader."

Michael Watkins, cofounder of Genesis Advisers and author of the HBR article "Picking the Right Transition Strategy."

Diane Coutu, HBR senior editor and coauthor of the article "What Can Coaches Do for You?"

Featuring the ideas of Vineet Nayar, Jeff Stibel, and Stewart Friedman.

Tammy Erickson, McKinsey Award-winning author.

Clay Christensen, Harvard Business School professor and coauthor of the HBR article "Reinventing Your Business Model."

Jeffrey Cohn, consultant at Spencer Stuart and coauthor of the HBR article "Finding and Grooming Breakthrough Innovators."

Joseph Pine and James Gilmore, founders of Strategic Horizons LLP and authors of "Authenticity: What Consumers Really Want."

Featuring the ideas of Tom Davenport, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, John Baldoni, and Annie McKee.

Scott Anthony, president of Innosight.

Hal Sirkin, senior partner and managing director at The Boston Consulting Group and coauthor of "Globality."

Walter Kiechel, former managing editor at Fortune magazine.

Lew McCreary, HBR senior editor and author of the article "What Was Privacy?"

Holly Weeks, communication consultant and author of "Failure to Communicate: How Conversations Go Wrong and What You Can Do to Right Them."

Scott Cook, cofounder and chairman of the executive committee at Intuit.

Andrew Winston, founder of Winston Eco-Strategies and coauthor of "Green to Gold."

Adam Werbach, global CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi S and author of "Strategy for Sustainability: A Business Manifesto."

Diane Coutu, HBR senior editor and coauthor of the article "How to Protect Your Job in a Recession."

Ed Catmull, cofounder of Pixar and president of Pixar and Disney Animation Studios.

Erich Joachimsthaler, founder and CEO of Vivaldi Partners.

Rohit Deshpande, Harvard Business School professor.

John Kotter, Harvard Business School professor and author of "A Sense of Urgency."

Scott Kirsner, author of "Inventing the Movies: Hollywood's Epic Battle Between Innovation and the Status Quo, from Thomas Edison to Steve Jobs."

Marshall Goldsmith, executive coach.

Jeff Stibel, president of Web.com.

Bill Taylor, cofounder of Fast Company magazine.

Melissa Raffoni, president of Raffoni CEO Consulting.

A.G. Lafley, chairman and CEO of Procter & Gamble.

Christina Bielaszka-DuVernay, editor of Harvard Management Update.

Andrew Winston, founder of Winston Eco-Strategies and coauthor of "Green to Gold."

Susan Cramm, founder and president of Valuedance.

Bill Taylor, cofounder of Fast Company magazine.

Tammy Erickson, McKinsey Award-winning author.

Dr. Robert Rosen, founder and CEO of Healthy Companies International and author of "Just Enough Anxiety: The Hidden Driver of Business Success."

Linda Hill, Harvard Business School professor and author of the HBR article "Where Will We Find Tomorrow's Leaders?"

Katherine Bell, senior editor of hbr.org.

Josh Bernoff, vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research and coauthor of "Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social …

Mark Gordon, founding partner of Vantage Partners and coauthor of "The Point of the Deal: How to Negotiate When Yes Is Not Enough."

Rakesh Khurana, Harvard Business School professor.

Tom Davenport, Babson College professor and coauthor of the HBR article "Reverse Engineering Google's Innovation Machine."

Stewart Friedman, Wharton School professor and author of "Total Leadership: Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life."

Boris Groysberg, Harvard Business School professor.

Marshall Goldsmith, executive coach.

Peter Cappelli, Wharton School professor and author of the HBR article "Talent Management for the Twenty-First Century."

David Garvin and Amy Edmonson, Harvard Business School professors and coauthors of the HBR article "Is Yours a Learning Organization?"

John Elkington, founder and chief entrepreneur of SustainAbility and coauthor of "The Power of Unreasonable People."

Scott Anthony, president of Innosight and lead author of "The Innovator's Guide to Growth: Putting Disruptive Innovation to Work."

George Stalk, senior partner at The Boston Consulting Group and author of "Five Future Strategies You Need Right Now."

Tammy Erickson, McKinsey Award-winning author.

Steve Bishop, global lead of sustainability at IDEO.

Marshall Goldsmith, executive coach and author of "What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful."

John Boudreau, USC Marshall School of Business professor and coauthor of "Beyond HR: The New Science of Human Capital."

Tom DeLong, Harvard Business School professor.

Kevin Coyne, founder of Kevin Coyne Partners and coauthor of the HBR article "Breakthrough Thinking from Inside the Box."

Bill Taylor, cofounder of Fast Company magazine and coauthor of "Mavericks at Work."

Ron Ashkenas, managing partner of Robert H. Schaffer & Associates and author of the HBR article "Simplicity-Minded Management."

Gill Corkindale, executive coach and former management editor of the Financial Times.

Danny Ertel, founding partner of Vantage Partners and coauthor of "The Point of the Deal: How to Negotiate When Yes Is Not Enough."

Behnam Tabrizi, consulting professor at Stanford University and author of "Rapid Transformation: A 90-day Plan for Fast and Effective Change."

Joseph Bower, Harvard Business School professor and author of "The CEO Within: Why Inside Outsiders Are the Key to Succession Planning."

Michael Maccoby, director of the Project on Technology, Work, and Character; author of "The Leaders We Need: And What Makes Us Follow."

Peter Williamson, Judge Business School professor and coauthor of "Dragons at Your Door: How Chinese Cost Innovation Is Disrupting Global …

Alyson Slater, director of strategy for the Global Reporting Initiative.

Cheryl Perkins, founder and president of Innovationedge.

Noel Tichy, University of Michigan Business School professor and coauthor of "Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls."

Cathleen Benko, vice chairman and chief talent officer for Deloitte LLP and coauthor of "Mass Career Customization."

Alice Eagly, professor of social psychology at Northwestern University and coauthor of "Through the Labyrinth."

Joseph Pine, cofounder of Strategic Horizons LLP and coauthor of "Authenticity: What Consumers Really Want."

Pankaj Ghemawat, IESE Business School professor and author of "Redefining Global Strategy: Crossing Borders in a World Where Differences Still …

Patrick Lencioni, founder and president of The Table Group and author of "The Three Signs of a Miserable Job: A Fable for Managers."

Chris Resto, founding director of MIT's Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program and coauthor of "Recruit or Die."

Richard Ogle, author of "Smart World: Breakthrough Creativity and the New Science of Ideas."

Noel Capon, Columbia Business School professor and author of "The Marketing Mavens."

Deborah Ancona, MIT Sloan School of Management professor and coauthor of "X-Teams: How to Build Teams that Lead, Innovate, and Succeed."

John Landry, HBR book reviewer.

David Weinberger, fellow at Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet & Society and author of "Everything Is Miscellaneous."

Paul Saffo, technology forecaster and author of the HBR article "Six Rules for Effective Forecasting."

John Boudreau, USC Marshall School of Business professor and coauthor of "Beyond HR: The New Science of Human Capital."

Tammy Erickson, McKinsey Award-winning author.

Jonathan Zittrain, professor at the Oxford Internet Institute and cofounder of Harvard Law School's Berkman Center for Internet & Society.

Alan Murray, assistant managing editor of the Wall Street Journal and author of "Revolt in the Boardroom."

Chris Zook, partner at Bain & Company and author of "Unstoppable: Finding Hidden Assets to Renew the Core and Fuel Profitable Growth."

Marshall Goldsmith, executive coach and author of "What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful."

Sylvia Ann Hewlett, founding president of the Center for Work-Life Policy and author of "Off-Ramps and On-Ramps."

Bill George, Harvard Business School professor and author of "True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership".

Duncan Watts, professor of sociology at Columbia University.

Dr. Leonard Marcus and Dr. Barry Dorn of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative.

Erich Joachimsthaler, CEO of Vivaldi Partners and author of "Hidden in Plain Sight: How to Find and Execute Your Company's Next Big Growth Strategy."

Adrian Slywotzky, author of "The Upside: The 7 Strategies for Turning Big Threats into Growth Breakthroughs."

Larry Bossidy, former chairman and CEO of Honeywell and AlliedSignal.

Howard Gardner, Harvard Graduate School of Education professor and author of "Five Minds for the Future."

Tim Butler, director of career development programs at Harvard Business School and author of "Getting Unstuck: How Dead Ends Become New Paths."

Tammy Erickson, McKinsey Award-winning author.

Tom Davenport and Jeanne Harris, authors of "Competing on Analytics: The New Science of Winning."

Chip Heath, Stanford Graduate School of Business professor and coauthor of "Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die."

Jim Andrew, senior partner at The Boston Consulting Group and coauthor of "Payback: Reaping the Rewards of Innovation."

Don Tapscott, CEO of New Paradigm and coauthor of "Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything."

Anthony Mayo, director of the leadership initiative at Harvard Business School and coauthor of "Paths to Power."

Paul Hemp, HBR senior editor, discusses the magazine's annual survey of ideas and trends that will make an impact on business.

Chris Trimble, Tuck School of Business faculty and coauthor of "Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators: From Idea to Execution."

Ram Charan, author of "Know-How: The 8 Skills That Separate People Who Perform from Those Who Don't."

Tom Stewart, HBR editor, discusses the January 2007 issue of the magazine.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Bill Taylor, Herminia Ibarra, Paul Hemp, Tammy Erickson, and Tom Davenport, suggest New Year's resolutions for business …

John Landry, HBR book reviewer.

Annie McKee, managing director of the Teleos Leadership Institute and coauthor of "Resonant Leadership."

Mark Kramer, managing director of FSG Social Impact Advisors.

Sylvia Ann Hewlett, founding president of the Center for Work-Life Policy.

Ken Denman, CEO of iPass.

Darrell Rigby, Bain & Company partner and head of the firm's global retail practice. Also: Leon Gorman, chairman of L.L.Bean.

Jon Lukomnik, managing parter of Sinclair Capital LLC and coauthor of "The New Capitalists: How Citizen Investors Are Reshaping the Corporate Agenda."

Gary Pisano, Harvard Business School professor and author of "Science Business: The Promise, the Reality, and the Future of Biotech."

Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School professor. Also: "How to Manage Urban School Districts."

David Lax and James Sebenius, authors of "3-D Negotiation: Powerful Tools to Change the Game in Your Most Important Deals."

Robert Galford, coauthor of "Your Leadership Legacy: Why Looking Toward the Future Will Make You a Better Leader Today."

Paul Hemp, HBR senior editor and author of the article "Are You Ready for E-tailing 2.0?"

Felix Oberholzer, Harvard Business School professor.

Pankaj Ghemawat, Harvard Business School professor.

Henry Chesbrough, author of "Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from Technology."

Malcolm Salter, Harvard Business School professor.

Mark Gerzon, mediation expert and author of "Leading Through Conflict: How Successful Leaders Transform Differences into Opportunities."