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Harvard Business Review | Strategy & Execution
 

December 09, 2025

 
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Get Off the Transformation Treadmill

By Darrell Rigby and Zach First

Too much change can traumatize your organization. The remedy is to minimize the need.

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How to Lead When Things Feel Increasingly Out of Control by Eric Solomon and Anup Srivastava

Five ways to preserve imagination, morale, and momentum through fear and uncertainty. Read more >

 

Why Your Company Needs a Chief Data, Analytics, and AI Officer by Randy Bean, et al.

How to define the role, provide a clear mandate, and ensure they’re positioned to deliver value for the company. Read more >

 

Leaders Assume Employees Are Excited About AI. They’re Wrong. by Stephan Meier, et al.

New research shows that the more senior a leader is, the more they overestimate employee sentiment about how companies are using AI. Read more >

 

Quantum Thinking Can Help You Solve Complex Strategy Challenges by Graham Kenny and Ganna Pogrebna

How three companies used quantum modeling to solve their toughest problems. Read more >

 
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