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Can You Be A Shaper Of Great Institutions?

Former Tata Group director R. Gopalakrishnan says the best leaders focus on building both a better business and a better world.

What Avengers: Infinity War Can Teach Us About Business

The movie shows that diverse individuals can work together to overcome extraordinarily daunting challenges.

Jabil's Manufacturing Leap

How one of the biggest companies you’ve never heard of may create the future of manufacturing.

China's Herd Of Unicorns

About 200 Chinese startups have valuations of $1 billion or more, and many of them are preparing to go global.

Transforming TV By Going Back To The Future

For virtually its entire existence, the vast global television industry has survived and thrived amid a series of transformations. Here’s how it can surf the next wave.

The Wisdom Of Charles Handy

In his new book, the renowned business thinker and philosopher passes on his experiences of life, work, and how not to fall into the management trap.

India's New Unicorns

The world’s largest democracy is becoming a seedbed for billion-dollar startups.

When Startups Spread Their Wings

Successful new companies must eventually face the chrysalis effect: a difficult metamorphosis into a mature company.

Us versus Them: Reframing Resistance to Change

How to bridge the gap between those who champion transformation and those who challenge it.

Management Lessons From One Hospital's Dramatic Turnaround

Putting people at the core is the key to major improvements in financial, performance, regulatory, and quality indicators.

The Business Of Tetris

The Tetris Effect: The Game That Hypnotized the World,

Building Trust While Cutting Costs

During a restructuring, rumors spread and fear takes hold. You can reduce the turmoil by finding ways to inform, empower, and inspire employees.

Is Your Company's Diversity Training Making You More Biased?

Corporate inclusion programs often trigger an us-versus-them mind-set. But establishing shared goals can help get teams on track.

Howard Yu Disrupts Disruptive Innovation

The IMD professor describes how the accelerating pace of technological change puts new pressures on established companies.

The New Class Of Digital Leaders

Faced with organizational challenges, more and more companies are hiring an executive to manage their digital transformation.

Fan Favorites

In order to build engagement and loyalty in a climate of intense competition and distraction, media companies have to understand their customers, viewers, and readers as fans.

Augmented Reality Comes to Retail

The Pokémon Go craze may have faded, but it provides clues for retailers using technology to engage consumers.

Why Good Employees Do Bad Things

Kellogg’s Maryam Kouchaki on understanding — and avoiding — ethical breakdowns.

The Machine Age Is Upon Us

Nixon and Kissinger’s effort to fix an overextended foreign policy was more like Obama’s than you might think.

In High Spirits

How to capitalize on the boom in craft liquors.

Innovation From Farm To Table

Investment in agricultural R&D is essential to feeding the world’s growing population.

Nanomaterials Hit It Big

Discoveries surrounding a new class of impossibly small and improbably powerful compounds could reshape the materials industry — and the world around us.

Woman At Work

Own It: The Power of Women At Work, by Sallie Krawcheck, Crown Business, 2017

Getting Psyched

Psyched Up : How The Science Of Mental Preparation Can Help You Succeed by Daniel McGinn, Portfolio, 2017

Hedge Fund, Meet Highway

New investments in infrastructure by private asset managers are changing the way the world finances its cities, power systems, and transportation links.

10 Principles Of Strategy Through Execution

How to link where your company is headed with what it does best.