Move from "small talk" to "deep talk.

Three strategies can help employees anywhere feel connected. Plus, one way to beat inflation, what umpires'' calls reveal about our "attention budget," and more.

Harvard Business Review published its first issue 100 years ago with a mission to help leaders put the best management thinking into practice. To mark our centennial, we asked eight current and former CEOs from some of the world''s top companies to describe the ideas that have propelled their own careers and organizations. Stephane Bancel, the CEO of Moderna, on planning from the future back; Anish Shah, CEO of Mahindra, on purpose-driven .....more

The new system in a day-care center is producing biased results--setting off an alarm when some dark-skinned parents enter the lobby. The director of the center must decide whether improving security is worth the possible legal ramifications. This fictional case study by Mary C. Gentile, David Danks, and Maralee Harrell features expert commentary by Joseph Steinberg, Cedric L. Alexander. This HBR Case Study includes both the case and the commentary. .....more

The new system in a day-care center is producing biased results--setting off an alarm when some dark-skinned parents enter the lobby. The director of the center must decide whether improving security is worth the possible legal ramifications. This fictional case study by Mary C. Gentile, David Danks, and Maralee Harrell features expert commentary by Joseph Steinberg, Cedric L. Alexander. For teaching purposes, this is the case-only version of the .....more

The new system in a day-care center is producing biased results--setting off an alarm when some dark-skinned parents enter the lobby. The director of the center must decide whether improving security is worth the possible legal ramifications. This fictional case study by Mary C. Gentile, David Danks, and Maralee Harrell features expert commentary by Joseph Steinberg, Cedric L. Alexander. For teaching purposes, this is the commentary-only version .....more

We can all be more intentional about the words we use.

The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) has organized the presidential and vice-presidential debates in the United States since 1988. In the spring of 2022, the Republican National Committee threatened to bar their nominees from participating in any CPD-sponsored debates in the upcoming election. The CPD must decide how to handle this challenge.

Mastering the ABCs of innovation at scale.