Harvard Business Review #103 – November/December 2024

Harvard Business Review publishes new and authoritative ideas for improving the practice of management. Written by leading business thinkers and executives, HBR gives readers a first look at cutting-edge ideas and their real-world applications in areas like strategy, leadership, marketing, team management, and professional development. Each monthly issue presents groundbreaking research, analysis of the forces shaping the business agenda, and proven best practices designed to help individuals and organizations lead, manage, and compete more effectively and with greater purpose.

This issue features the following articles:

• "Reducing the Risks of Corporate Activism"
• "People Who Keep Company Secrets Find More Meaning at Work" by Juan Martinez
• "The CEO of NatureSweet on What Happens When You Champion Workers" by Rodolfo Spielmann
• "We’re Still Lonely at Work" by Constance Noonan Hadley and Sarah L. Wright
• "Scaling Up Transformational Innovations" by Peter Koen, Ananya Sheth, Mike DiPaola, and Linda A. Hill
• "How Robust Is Your Climate Governance?" by Lynn S. Paine and Suraj Srinivasan
• "Design Products That Won’t Become Obsolete" by Vijay Govindarajan, Tojin T. Eapen, and Daniel J. Finkenstadt
• "Personalization Done Right" by Mark Abraham and David C. Edelman
• "A Better Way to Link Sales and Marketing" by Prabhakant Sinha, Arun Shastri, and Sally Lorimer
• "How to Avoid the Agility Trap" by Jianwen Liao and Feng Zhu
• "Should Your Next CEO Come from Your Board?" by Reshmi Paul, Heidi Smith, Samantha Hellauer, and Shoma Hayden
• "Retire Without Regrets" by Teresa M. Amabile, Lotte Bailyn, Marcy Crary, Douglas T. (Tim) Hall, and Kathy E. Kram
• "HBR Case Study: Should We Deploy a Gen AI Salesbot?" by Jill Avery and Thomas Steenburgh with expert commentary by Jim Lecinski and Dharmesh Shah
• "Getting Over Overwork" by Gretchen Gavett
• "Life’s Work: An Interview with Ketanji Brown Jackson" by Alison Beard