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The 4 Types of Hope In the June 22, 2026 edition of The Insider, managing editor Gretchen Gavett highlights the benefits and pitfalls of hope as part of a leader’s toolkit. https://hbr.org/2026/06/the-4-types-of-hope hbr.org
The 5 Types of AI Investment–and How to Capture Their Value Each has its own financial logic and strategic implications. https://hbr.org/2026/06/the-5-types-of-ai-investment-and-how-to-capture-their-value hbr.org
How School of Rock Created Structure in Order to Scale with Agility and Creativity A conversation about how the music education company’s leaders empowered its franchisees while also driving better standardization. https://hbr.org/podcast/2026/06/how-school-of-rock-created-structure-in-order-to-scale-with-agility-and-creativity hbr.org
Creating Products with Curiosity, Humility, and Play A conversation with Zynga founder Mark Pincus on creating a culture of innovation. https://hbr.org/podcast/2026/06/creating-products-with-curiosity-humility-and-play hbr.org
The End of Cheap Capital And why it requires a return to the basics of business economics. https://hbr.org/2026/06/the-end-of-cheap-capital hbr.org
LLMs Misunderstand Luxury Brands. Here’s How to Optimize Your Marketing Strategy for AI. A playbook for translating the visual grammar, spatial logic, and cultural associations that make luxury brands coveted by consumers. https://hbr.org/2026/06/llms-misunderstand-luxury-brands-heres-how-to-optimize-your-marketing-strategy-for-ai hbr.org
Our Favorite Management Tips on Decision-Making A curated list from one of HBR’s most popular newsletters. https://hbr.org/2026/06/our-favorite-management-tips-on-decision-making hbr.org
Is This the Time to Raise Prices? With consumers worn out from years of price hikes, pricing strategist Rafi Mohammed argues in favor of a more creative approach to capturing value. https://hbr.org/2026/06/is-this-the-time-to-raise-prices hbr.org
How to Design Agentic Systems Around the Implicit Rules that Govern Your Company The firms that win will use agent deployment as an X-ray and redesign their organizations around what they find. https://hbr.org/2026/06/how-to-design-agentic-systems-around-the-implicit-rules-that-govern-your-company hbr.org
Video Quick Take: How Small Pieces of Code Can Defend an Entire Operating System - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM THREATLOCKER Sponsor content from Threalocker. https://hbr.org/sponsored/2026/06/video-quick-take-how-small-pieces-of-code-can-defend-an-entire-operating-system hbr.org
The Strongest Teams of AI Agents Will be Built Using Different Models Like diversity in human workforces, agentic diversity pays significant performance dividends. https://hbr.org/2026/06/the-strongest-teams-of-ai-agents-will-be-built-using-different-models hbr.org
Lessons from Chinese AI Firms on Owning Customers’ Habits Four strategic imperatives for leaders at Western companies. https://hbr.org/2026/06/lessons-from-chinese-ai-firms-on-owning-customers-habits hbr.org
Video Quick Take: Implementing Zero Trust in an AI-Driven Threat Landscape - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM THREATLOCKER Sponsor content from Threatlocker. https://hbr.org/sponsored/2026/06/video-quick-take-implementing-zero-trust-in-an-ai-driven-threat-landscape hbr.org
3 Forces Are Redefining the Transition from Manager to Leader Updating a classic HBR framework. https://hbr.org/2026/06/3-forces-are-redefining-the-transition-from-manager-to-leader hbr.org
Prevent Team Friction from Turning into Dysfunction Lessons on avoiding communication breakdowns from one of Harvard Business School’s signature programs. https://hbr.org/2026/06/prevent-team-friction-from-turning-into-dysfunction hbr.org
Why Speed and Trust Are Critical to Solving Hard Problems A conversation with author Anne Morriss on why the slow and steady approach can leave issues unresolved. https://hbr.org/podcast/2026/06/why-speed-and-trust-are-critical-to-solving-hard-problems hbr.org
When Your Colleague Keeps Meddling in Your Work Strategies for managing their behavior—and addressing what’s behind it. https://hbr.org/2026/06/when-your-colleague-keeps-meddling-in-your-work hbr.org
Video Quick Take: The Challenge of Building High-Performance Cybersecurity Teams - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM THREATLOCKER Sponsor content from Threatlocker. https://hbr.org/sponsored/2026/06/video-quick-take-the-challenge-of-building-high-performance-cybersecurity-teams hbr.org
Why Decision-Making Frameworks Fail In the June 15, 2026, edition of The Insider, managing editor Gretchen Gavett highlights recent pieces on why decision-rights frameworks fall apart, how “strategic centering” can anchor companies, and the hidden downside of leading with purpose. https://hbr.org/2026/06/gg-why-decision-making-frameworks-fail hbr.org
Don’t Let AI Slop Muck Up Your Company’s Processes Four steps leaders can take to protect one of their most valuable assets: organizational knowledge. https://hbr.org/2026/06/dont-let-ai-slop-muck-up-your-companys-processes hbr.org
The Right Way to Manage Rule Breakers A conversation with Oxford’s Michael Gill about a counterintuitive approach to leadership. https://hbr.org/podcast/2026/06/the-right-way-to-manage-rule-breakers hbr.org
Help Employees Get Better—Not Just Faster—with AI A four-step process to help people develop and apply their own judgment. https://hbr.org/2026/06/help-employees-get-better-not-just-faster-with-ai hbr.org
The Pros and Cons of Continually Assessing Performance AI is helping companies directly link assessment to coaching, reskilling, and workforce planning. But they need to be careful how they implement these systems. https://hbr.org/2026/06/the-pros-and-cons-of-continually-assessing-performance hbr.org
How AI Companies Can Pay Fair Rates for the Content They Need A new framework for how big tech and the creator economy can come to a mutually beneficial arrangement. https://hbr.org/2026/06/how-ai-companies-can-pay-fair-rates-for-the-content-they-need hbr.org
Take a Break Executives may believe their constant presence is indispensable, but HBS professor Ashley Whillans makes the case that time away is better for their own health—and the health of their organization. https://hbr.org/2026/06/take-a-break hbr.org
How Gen AI is Disrupting B2B Buying Decisions Organizations built around sales relationships and channel control must adapt to new types of recommendation systems. https://hbr.org/2026/06/how-gen-ai-is-disrupting-b2b-buying-decisions hbr.org
To Thrive Alongside AI, Focus on Mindset—Not Skillset Many leaders are asking the wrong question when it comes to AI adoption. https://hbr.org/2026/06/to-thrive-alongside-ai-focus-on-mindset-not-skillset hbr.org
How to Actually Finish What You Need to Get Done A conversation with entrepreneur Marc Zao-Sanders on how timeboxing can help you focus on what matters. https://hbr.org/podcast/2026/06/how-to-actually-finish-what-you-need-to-get-done hbr.org
For Hope to Inspire, It Has to Be Grounded in Organizational Reality A guide for leaders. https://hbr.org/2026/06/for-hope-to-inspire-it-has-to-be-grounded-in-organizational-reality hbr.org
How Do You Market to an AI Customer? Your company needs to understand what the technology rewards, ignores, and trusts. https://hbr.org/2026/06/how-do-you-market-to-an-ai-customer hbr.org
Where Does China Fit in Your Company’s Innovation Strategy? How multinationals can leverage China’s innovation ecosystem to fuel R&D efforts and mitigate risks. https://hbr.org/2026/06/where-does-china-fit-in-your-companys-innovation-strategy hbr.org
Why Employees Aren’t Transparent About Their AI Usage Research finds that companies won’t benefit from AI gains until they create a culture of trust. https://hbr.org/2026/06/why-employees-arent-transparent-about-their-ai-usage hbr.org
What Brands Get Wrong About Sports Sponsorships—and How to Get Them Right The most successful companies prioritize impact over impressions. https://hbr.org/2026/06/what-brands-get-wrong-about-sports-sponsorships-and-how-to-get-them-right hbr.org
New Data on How We’re Really Using AI In the June 8, 2026, edition of The Insider, managing editor Gretchen Gavett highlights the third installment of annual research on how people are really using AI. https://hbr.org/2026/06/new-data-on-how-were-really-using-ai hbr.org
3 Ways to Rethink Your Build-or-Buy Strategy Some capabilities need to be owned, while others can be acquired. The best leaders know how to make that distinction. https://hbr.org/2026/06/3-ways-to-rethink-your-build-or-buy-strategy hbr.org
We All Hate Meetings—Here’s How to Make Them Work A conversation with Kayak cofounder Paul English on how better meetings can become a competitive advantage. https://hbr.org/podcast/2026/06/we-all-hate-meetings-heres-how-to-make-them-work hbr.org
The Founder Mindset: Tim Ferriss on Experiments, Risk, and Freedom Tim Ferriss shows that entrepreneurial edge doesn’t come from learning; it comes from learning faster than the competition. https://hbr.org/podcast/2026/06/the-founder-mindset-tim-ferriss-on-experiments-risk-and-freedom hbr.org
How C-Suite and Board Roles Are Being Reshaped Around AI Old roles are evolving—and new ones are emerging. https://hbr.org/2026/06/how-c-suite-and-board-roles-are-being-reshaped-around-ai hbr.org
AI Has Broken Hiring. Here’s How to Fix It. Hiring managers need new methods to assess authenticity and competence. https://hbr.org/2026/06/ai-has-broken-hiring-heres-how-to-fix-it hbr.org
When Purpose Backfires New research finds that employees who feel blocked from having impact are more likely to withdraw—and to quit. https://hbr.org/2026/06/when-purpose-backfires hbr.org
Finding Your New Strategic Center Columbia Business School professor Rita McGrath previews “The Power of Strategic Centering,” an article from HBR’s upcoming July-August 2026. https://hbr.org/2026/06/finding-your-new-strategic-center hbr.org
AI Is Rewriting the Economics of Outsourcing Companies must reconsider what they own and what they buy. https://hbr.org/2026/06/ai-is-rewriting-the-economics-of-outsourcing hbr.org
What a Fragmenting Digital Economy Means for Global Competition A new index of 125 countries reveals where innovation is growing and where it’s stalling out. https://hbr.org/2026/06/what-a-fragmenting-digital-economy-means-for-global-competition hbr.org
Your Company Needs an Energy Strategy for AI’s Next Phase Organizations need a plan to measure, reduce, contract for, and strategically locate their compute. https://hbr.org/2026/06/your-company-needs-an-energy-strategy-for-ais-next-phase hbr.org
How Chinese Firms Are Saving Western Brands Emerging-market firms are rewriting the rules of global competition. https://hbr.org/2026/06/how-chinese-firms-are-saving-western-brands hbr.org
How to Cultivate Your “Personal Power” as a Leader A conversation with Tulane University’s Chris Lipp on how to drive impact and influence regardless of where you sit on the org chart. https://hbr.org/podcast/2026/06/how-to-cultivate-your-personal-power-as-a-leader hbr.org
Research: When Consumers Have More Control Over Ads, They Respond Better A smartly deployed choice menu can provide viewers, platforms, and advertisers more of what they all want. https://hbr.org/2026/06/research-when-consumers-have-more-control-over-ads-they-respond-better hbr.org
Research: What Interruptions Reveal About Company Culture Stop treating interruptions as isolated incidents and start reading them as data. https://hbr.org/2026/06/research-what-interruptions-reveal-about-company-culture hbr.org
The U.S. Research Talent Pipeline Is in Trouble Researchers training in the United States are thinking about working elsewhere. Here’s how American companies should respond. https://hbr.org/2026/06/the-u-s-research-talent-pipeline-is-in-trouble hbr.org
The Power of Knowing Your Stress Patterns In the June 1, 2026, edition of The Insider, managing editor Gretchen Gavett highlights how leaders can manage their stress responses and a reimagining of SaaS strategies in the age of AI. https://hbr.org/2026/06/the-power-of-knowing-your-stress-patterns hbr.org
