For Honda, Waigaya Is the Way At the Japanese auto giant, unplanned, agenda-free meetings are ubiquitous and indispensable.

One of the best new books on innovation, How Breakthroughs Happen: The Surprising Truth About How Companies Innovate, by Andrew Hargadon (Harvard Business School Press, 2003), contains perhaps the ...

Practicing strategy in an uncertain world A modern strategy that works will require leaders to learn new skills and apply new tools. Here’s a primer for a refreshed approach.

A strategist’s guide to blockchain The distributed ledger technology that started with bitcoin is rapidly becoming a crowdsourced system for all types of verification. Could it replace notary publics, ...

How to cultivate leadership that is honed to solve problems Achieve breakthroughs by bringing together experts who love challenges.

Li & Fung CEO Spencer Fung has explicitly championed a digital transformation of one of the world’s most influential supply chain solutions platforms.

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.

Leadership Is a Contact Sport: The "Follow-up Factor" in Management Development A review of leadership development programs at eight major corporations reveals that nothing works better than ...

Mastering the connection between strategy and culture Business leaders often are tempted to focus on strategy over culture. But the strongest companies take four key actions that deliver the best of ...

Culture and the chief executive CEOs are stepping up to a new role, as leaders of their company’s thinking and behavior.

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

A CEO guide to today’s value creation ecosystem The drivers of enterprise value extend beyond financial productivity — and as disruption intensifies, businesses must adapt to avoid value destruction.