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Customer workarounds (such as customers sharing accounts, or teams stitching together third-party tools) are not merely signs ...

Frequent leadership transitions have become a defining feature of modern organizations, creating both disruption and ...

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As organizations race to deploy agentic AI, many initiatives fail to deliver meaningful results, often due to a narrow focus ...

AI is becoming a regular part of team meetings, with many leaders expecting it to improve collaboration and decision-making. But adding AI to a discussion without clear norms can backfire, limiting ...

In this week’s The Insider newsletter, managing editor Gretchen Gavett writes on three new HBR articles for senior leaders.