Today's dynamic markets and technologies have called into question the sustainability of competitive advantage. Under pressure to improve productivity, quality, and speed, managers have embraced tools ...

Performance feedback is crucial to a career in the information-rich global economy. However, feedback is psychologically stressful to both give, and hear. This teaching note explains why feedback is ...

As organizations large and small face the twin challenges of increasingly strained budgets and burned out workforces, what can managers do to keep employees engaged—without breaking the bank? In this ...

When leaders and aspiring leaders seek out advice, they're often told to try harder. Dig deeper. Look in the mirror and own your natural-born strengths and fix any real or perceived career-limiting ...

Harvard Business School (HBS) and the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship today announced the 2026 cohort of the Rock ...

HBS announces the launch of The Founder Mindset with Reza Satchu, a new podcast examining what it actually takes to become a founder—not in hindsight, but in the moments before outcomes are known.

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Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: Parasocial Relationships Are Just Imaginary Friends for Adults." The Atlantic (April 6, 2023).

As autonomous AI agents move from experimentation to execution, companies are discovering they need a new kind of leader to manage them. Drawing on examples from Salesforce and other large ...

Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: The Sociopaths Among Us—And How to Avoid Them." The Atlantic (October 19, 2023).

Most AI initiatives fail not because the models are weak, but because organizations aren’t built to sustain them. A large Latin American conglomerate developed a simple management system that aligns ...

Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: Why You Should Trust Your Gut." The Atlantic (July 18, 2024).