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

Thomas Malone on Building Smarter Teams The head of MIT’s Center for Collective Intelligence explains how the social intelligence factor is critical for business success.

The four X factors of exceptional leaders Understanding what differentiates a great leader from a good leader will help companies make the right choices for the top jobs.

Rita Gunther McGrath thinks it’s time for most companies to give up their quest to attain strategy’s holy grail: sustainable competitive advantage. Neither theory nor practice of strategy has kept ...

10 principles of organizational culture Companies can tap their natural advantage when they focus on changing a few important behaviors, enlist informal leaders, and harness the power of employees’ ...

A version of this article appeared in the Spring 2019 issue of strategy+business. Leaders today are well aware that their organization’s culture is an asset that must be managed with purpose and care.

A strategist’s guide to Industry 4.0 Global businesses are about to integrate their operations into a seamless digital whole, and thereby change the world.

Rethinking Strategy in a Networked World (or Why Michael Porter is Wrong about the Internet) The Harvard strategy guru errs when he says partnerships erode competitive advantage, the author contends.

How to build disruptive strategic flywheels Gaming, artificial intelligence, and deep learning are paving the way for dynamic and resilient 21st-century business models.

Revealing leaders’ blind spots There is very little overlap between the management areas leaders think they need to improve and the weaknesses identified by those they lead. Reconciling these ...

A strategist’s guide to upskilling Companies and local governments can unlock opportunity by working together to raise the quality of talent. See also “ 6 steps to upskilling your people.” ...

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.