Innovation - HBR - Harvard Business Review
Mar 13, 2026 · Find new ideas and classic advice for global leaders from the world's best business and management experts.
4 Pillars of Innovation Every Organization Needs
Sep 5, 2024 · Innovation doesn’t just come from serendipity. Leaders who nurture great ideas rely on concrete mechanisms to ensure that they see the right ideas, give them breathing room to develop, …
Turn Your Supply Chain into an Innovation Engine
Feb 19, 2025 · In this episode, Kasra Ferdows, an operations management professor at Georgetown University, explains how open digital platforms facilitate innovation and problem solving by making …
Why Great Innovations Fail to Scale - Harvard Business Review
Scaling innovation today demands contributions from multiple partners. Many innovations fail not because of flawed ideas but because teams and organizations struggle to collaborate across ...
Research: Using AI Can Stifle Innovation. But It Doesn’t Have To.
Mar 10, 2026 · Leaders love AI because it makes knowledge instantly reusable—drafts, code, analysis on demand. A recent study uses a formal model to show what happens when “good-enough” …
To Drive Innovation, Create the Conditions for Serendipity
May 13, 2025 · Serendipity has led to many scientific breakthroughs. For instance, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin while doing research on influenza. But unlike scientists, business leaders and …
Supercharging Innovation with “Flash Teams”
Sep 16, 2025 · A conversation with Stanford’s Melissa Valentine about how organizations can use online labor markets and AI tools to reshape collaboration.
How to Drive Digital Innovation Without Wasting Resources
Oct 6, 2025 · Companies are under pressure to pause digital innovation as costs rise and uncertainty grows—but holding back risks falling further behind in the age of AI and data-driven change. …
Two Frameworks for Balancing AI Innovation and Risk
Mar 6, 2025 · Organizations that view AI as just another technology project will increasingly find themselves irrelevant. Success will go to those who adopt a balanced approach—being radically …
How Designing with Disability in Mind Sparks Innovation
Feb 9, 2026 · Innovations created for users with accessibility needs can be amplified to unlock universal value. This process, “design amplification,” begins with products designed for people with physical ...