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AI Can Help You Ask Better Questions — and Solve Bigger Problems
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What Leaders Really Do
Change management Magazine ArticleThey don’t make plans; they don’t solve problems; they don’t even organize people. What leaders really do is prepare organizations for change and help them cope as they struggle through it. -
Change Management Requires a Change Mindset
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleOur ability to manage change hinges on our ability to manage ourselves, including our fears and anxieties. -
Employees Are Losing Patience with Change Initiatives
Organizational change Digital ArticleA Gartner survey found that employees’ willingness to support enterprise change fell from 74% in 2016 to just 43% in 2022. -
The Hard Side of Change Management
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleEveryone agrees that managing change is tough, but few can agree on how to do it. Most experts are obsessed with "soft" issues, such as culture and motivation,... -
The Real Reason People Won’t Change
Managing people Magazine ArticleIt’s a psychological dynamic called a “competing commitment,” and until managers understand how it works and the ways to overcome it, they can’t do a thing about change-resistant employees. -
How to Survive a Recession and Thrive Afterward
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAccording to an analysis led by Ranjay Gulati, during the recessions of 1980, 1990, and 2000, 17% of the 4,700 public companies studied fared very badly:... -
How to Deal with Resistance to Change (HBR Classic)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleTwo studies investigating resistance to change reveal that the social aspects of change, rather than the technological aspects, cause the most strident... -
The Most Successful Approaches to Leading Organizational Change
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An Agile Approach to Change Management
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleSix lessons on moving quickly under pressure. -
The Top 20 Business Transformations of the Last Decade
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Ten Reasons People Resist Change
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Putting the Balanced Scorecard to Work
Balanced scorecard Magazine ArticleWhat do companies like Rockwater, Apple Computer, and Advanced Micro Devices have in common? They’re using the scorecard to measure performance and set strategy. -
Radical Optionality
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe next era of competition is at hand. To succeed in an environment of high uncertainty, greater short-term pressure, and tighter resource constraints,... -
Office of Strategy Management
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThere is a disconnect in most companies between strategy formulation and strategy execution. On average, 95% of a company's employees are unaware of,... -
4 Actions Transformational Leaders Take
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6 Key Levers of a Successful Organizational Transformation
Organizational Development Digital ArticleLeaders, don't overlook your employees' emotional journey. -
How "Perspective Swaps" Can Unlock Organizational Change
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleStepping into a colleague's shoes can reveal surprising new ways of thinking. -
Implementing New Technology
Digital transformation Magazine ArticleFor all the dollars spent by American companies on R&D, there often remains a persistent and troubling gap between the inherent value of the technology they develop and their ability to put it to work effectively. At a time of fierce global competition, the distance between technical promise and genuine achievement is a matter of […] -
Choosing Strategies for Change (HBR Classic)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleThe rapid rate of change in the world of management continues to escalate. New government regulations, new products, growth, increased competition, technological...
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Malaysia Airlines: Culture Transformation While Flying Through Turbulence
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case study follows Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) through its Culture Journey (2018-2021), an initiative to rebuild the corporate culture as part... -
SEAS in 2016
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The case explores opportunities and challenges facing the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences as it: 1) grapples with rapid undergraduate... -
Whither the Weather (Company): Forecasting 2016
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details CEO David Kenny led the transformation of the Weather Company from a television business to a Big Data technology company from 2012 until 2016, when IBM... -
Note on Workplace Psychology Theories
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Several psychological theories can help explain organizational behaviour, but many students are not exposed to the benefits that these types of concepts... -
Sarva Pharmaceuticals in Cambodia: Fight or Fold?
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details In January 2020, Jai Prakash Chaubey, the managing director of Sarva Pharmaceuticals Private Limited (Sarva), needed to decide whether or not to accept... -
Providian Trust: Tradition and Technology (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details A major trust company attempts to implement a major software system while simultaneously reengineering business processes. Providian Trust, a previously... -
OneTen: One Million Careers for Black Talent (B)
Management Case Study5.00View Details The OneTen case study examines the nonprofit organization's origin story. Its founding team includes a roster of corporate superstars-Ken Chenault (former... -
Hewlett-Packard-Compaq: The Merger Decision
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Hewlett-Packard's proposed $24 billion acquisition of rival Compaq marked the largest merger in the history of the computer industry. The merger was Hewlett-Packard's... -
Primer on Organizational Culture
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This note discusses organizational culture, distinguishing among surface-level artifacts, formal and informal practices and norms, and deep-seated assumptions... -
The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
35.00View Details The bestselling classic on disruptive innovation, by renowned author Clayton M. Christensen. His work is cited by the world's best-known thought leaders,... -
Arcelik: From a Dealer Network to an Omnichannel Experience
Sales & Marketing Case Study15.05View Details Arcelik Turkey, the country's market leader in household appliances, was at an omnichannel crossroads in January 2020. Arcelik was a B2B player utilizing... -
SEAS and HBS in Allston
Strategy & Execution Case Study14.00View Details The case describes opportunities for and barriers to collaboration between the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and Harvard Business... -
Ashok Leyland (B): Shattered Dreams - Transformation For Survival
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details The second part of this two-part case examines the actions that Ashok Leyland (AL) took to achieve its aggressive growth plan and the consequences it... -
Man Jit Singh at Sony Entertainment Television (A)
Organizational Development Case Study14.00View Details Explores the role of CEO Man Jit Singh and his senior management committee in leading Multi Screen Media Pvt. Ltd. (formerly SET Pvt. Ltd.), a leading... -
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation: Leading Transformational Change
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The case describes the transformation of the large independent oil and gas company, Anadarko. The company had fallen into bad times as a consequence... -
Kuoni: Missing the Digital Boat - The Downfall of an Icon in the Travel Industry
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details This case illustrates the challenges for a non-digital player adjusting to digital disruption in the travel and tourism industry. The rise and fall of... -
Fujifilm: A Second Foundation
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Fujifilm was the second largest manufacturer of photographic film in the world when digital imaging began to substitute for its core business. In contrast... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership (Paperback + Ebook)
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer34.95View Details How can you transform yourself from a good manager into an extraordinary leader? We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles on... -
Dynashears, Inc.
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Rospil.info
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details What should business leaders do about corruption? In December 2011, four HBS alumni met to debate how to engage the unprecedented protests against Vladimir...
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AI Can Help You Ask Better Questions — and Solve Bigger Problems
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleLeaders should focus less on automation and more on innovation. -
What Leaders Really Do
Change management Magazine ArticleThey don’t make plans; they don’t solve problems; they don’t even organize people. What leaders really do is prepare organizations for change and help them cope as they struggle through it. -
Change Management Requires a Change Mindset
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleOur ability to manage change hinges on our ability to manage ourselves, including our fears and anxieties. -
Employees Are Losing Patience with Change Initiatives
Organizational change Digital ArticleA Gartner survey found that employees’ willingness to support enterprise change fell from 74% in 2016 to just 43% in 2022. -
The Hard Side of Change Management
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleEveryone agrees that managing change is tough, but few can agree on how to do it. Most experts are obsessed with "soft" issues, such as culture and motivation,... -
The Real Reason People Won’t Change
Managing people Magazine ArticleIt’s a psychological dynamic called a “competing commitment,” and until managers understand how it works and the ways to overcome it, they can’t do a thing about change-resistant employees. -
How to Survive a Recession and Thrive Afterward
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAccording to an analysis led by Ranjay Gulati, during the recessions of 1980, 1990, and 2000, 17% of the 4,700 public companies studied fared very badly:... -
How to Deal with Resistance to Change (HBR Classic)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleTwo studies investigating resistance to change reveal that the social aspects of change, rather than the technological aspects, cause the most strident... -
The Most Successful Approaches to Leading Organizational Change
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleA closer look at four distinct ways to drive transformation. -
An Agile Approach to Change Management
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleSix lessons on moving quickly under pressure.