A conversation with IMD’s Amit Joshi on weighing the risks and rewards of new technology.

HBR IdeaCast• Episode 1039

Why this “scanning” behavior develops — and how to overcome it.

If you’re trying to define your organization’s purpose, this episode is for you.

HBR On Leadership• Episode 47

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 years of working for NASA, including being the commander of the International Space Station during his final, yearlong mission. He talks about the kind of cross-cultural collaboration and decision making he honed on the ISS, offering advice that leaders can use in space and on earth. His memoir is “Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery.”

HBR IdeaCast• Episode 601

Do you really want people to speak up? Or do you only say you do?

CEO Josh Silverman’s purpose-driven turnaround at Etsy made the company profitable and improved its social and environmental impact.

Cold Call• Episode 171

After Wordle became an instant hit, Josh Wardle had to consider long-term options for the web-based word game he created.

Cold Call• Episode 191

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

HBR IdeaCast• Episode 212

It’s time for me to weigh in on the question: can companies be part of the social world? This is in part a reaction to Shel Israel’s comments of a few months back and my colleague Jeremiah’s Owyang’s responses. But it’s an ongoing issue that comes up often in the blogosphere and in my conversations […]

Case Study Reprint

On a visit to her ancestral village in India, an entrepreneur found that maintaining the sanctity of traditional Madhubani paintings was no longer something...

Lack of boundaries and formal structure create potential for nasty (and lasting) disagreements.

Last week we held our Annual Meeting for my firm, Cue Ball, and as part of it we gathered our investor members for a stimulating dinner discussion with HBR editors Eric Hellweg and Katherine Bell, and group publisher Josh Macht. One of the unique aspects of our firm is our Cue Ball Collective — an […]

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