My AI Investments Haven’t Paid Off. Should I Tap the Brakes?
A new study has warned that 95% of AI pilots fail, so how should businesses think about their investments in the technology? A number of experts weigh in.
AI and machine learning
Beware the AI Experimentation Trap
Leaders are repeating the mistakes of the digital transformation era by funding scattered pilots that don’t connect to real business value.
3 Ways AI Can Improve Team Meetings
New research on the dos and don’ts of integrating gen AI into your realtime collaboration.
AI Is Making the Workplace Empathy Crisis Worse
We expect more than ever from leaders today—including that they be strongly empathetic. But that hasn’t always been the case. Until recently, in fact, many people considered empathy in a leader to ...
How to Communicate Layoffs to Your Staff
The HBR Playbook on keeping employees motivated in troubling times. by Ania W. MasinterAugust 13, 2025Layoffs cause fear, anger, and deep loss of trust among remaining employees. These feelings ...
Job Interviews Aren’t Evaluating the Right Skills
Every year, millions of job seekers carefully parse job descriptions, tailoring their resumes to match the specific skills and qualifications employers claim to value. Meanwhile, hiring managers ...
HBR’s Most-Read Gen AI Articles of 2025 So Far
A collection of our most popular pieces, from how to build your own AI assistant to how the technology is redefining managerial roles.
Are You Considering Chinese AI In Your Strategy?
ADI IGNATIUS: I am Adi Ignatius. ALISON BEARD: I’m Alison Beard, and this is the HBR IdeaCast. ADI IGNATIUS: All right, so Alison, today we have a topic that’s really ...
How AI Can Help Tackle Collective Decision-Making
Collective decision-making is hardly a perfect science. Broken processes, data overload, information asymmetry, and other inequities only compound the challenges that come from large, disparate ...
Should You Stop Investing in AI (for Now)?
The conventional wisdom—AI is the future; keep investing—is pushing corporate leaders to spend and scale, faster, faster, faster. Leaders around the world are greenlighting massive investments in ...
How Finance Teams Can Succeed with AI
During the past seven years, we’ve worked closely with CFOs, finance leaders, and business partners across industries to answer one question: What does it take for the finance function to lead, ...
Does Your Board Really Understand AI?
Most directors lack the exposure to understand how the technology will reshape their companies and the global economy, says economist and board expert Dambisa Moyo.
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