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  • An Announcement from HBR On Strategy

    June 25, 2025 · 1 min

    For the last two years, HBR On Strategy has been a collection of  the best conversations and case studies with the world’s top business and management experts, to help you unlock new ways of doing business. But the time has come for HBR On…

  • The Strategic Advantage of Tapping Freelancers

    June 25, 2025 · 30 min

    The rapid pace of technological change is making a big impact on hiring. Some organizations are dynamically securing freelance workers through platform apps like Upwork and Freelancer. Other companies are investing heavily in work enabled…

  • The Promises, Pitfalls, and Trade-offs of the Circular Economy

    June 18, 2025 · 21 min

    Most businesses are built on a linear model: take, make, and discard. But that norm is reaching its limits, and leaders are under pressure to find smarter, more sustainable ways to operate. Weslynne Ashton is a systems scientist and…

  • Sustainability Is Fueling Innovation at Ferrari

    June 11, 2025 · 31 min

    When Ferrari, the Italian luxury sports car manufacturer, committed to achieving carbon neutrality and to electrifying a large part of its car fleet, investors and employees applauded the new strategy. But among the company’s suppliers…

  • Stress Test Your Strategy Before It Fails

    June 4, 2025 · 27 min

    While many teams and organizations engage in scenario planning, most don’t go far enough. Arjan Singh, consultant and adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University, says a more disciplined approach, borrowed from the military, can…

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  • Rethink Your Pricing Strategies Amid Economic Uncertainty

    May 28, 2025 · 21 min

    Rafi Mohammed, founder of the consulting firm Culture of Profit, says a crisis or recession is not the time to panic and slash prices. He says leaders should instead reevaluate their pricing strategy—or develop one for the first time—to…

  • AMD’s Lisa Su on Experimenting with AI

    May 21, 2025 · 23 min

    HBR editor at large Adi Ignatius speaks with Lisa Su, CEO of leading semiconductor company AMD, about the company’s evolution toward high-performance and adaptive computing, the future of AI use in different sectors, and the importance of…

  • A Lesson on Balancing Scaling with Stability

    May 14, 2025 · 28 min

    In late 2013, Ryan Cohen, cofounder and then-CEO of online pet products retailer Chewy.com, was facing a decision that could determine his company’s future. Should he stay with a third-party logistics provider (3PL) for all of Chewy.com’s…

  • The Right Way to Launch an AI Initiative

    May 7, 2025 · 25 min

    Unfortunately, you can’t set up your organization’s artificial intelligence projects like just any other IT project. By their nature, AI endeavors are quite different and suffer high failure rates. But there are proven approaches you can…

  • The 6 Forces of Failure—and How to Protect Your Company from Them

    April 30, 2025 · 9 min

    What can failures like Harley-Davidson Cologne or Cheetos Lip Balm teach us about success? Sean Jacobsohn, partner at Norwest Venture Partners and founder of the Failure Museum, takes us on a tour of notable product failures, sharing…

  • How to Turn Your Customer Base into a Community

    April 23, 2025 · 17 min

    ”Community” is a buzzword that gets thrown around a lot in the business world. But what does it really mean to build one—and what does it take to make it last? More importantly, how can businesses create communities that drive long-term…

  • Great Strategy Starts with Experimentation

    April 16, 2025 · 23 min

    Stefan Thomke, professor at Harvard Business School, says running experiments can give companies tremendous value, but too often business leaders make decisions based on intuition. While A/B testing on large transaction volumes is common…

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About the show

Business strategy isn’t just a plan, it’s a framework for success. Whether you’re building, innovating, or executing, HBR On Strategy is your destination for insights and inspiration from the world’s top experts on business strategy and innovation. Every Wednesday, the editors at the Harvard Business Review hand-picked case studies and conversations from across HBR podcasts, videos, articles, and beyond to help you unlock new ways of doing business.