An HBR Executive Live conversation with Pinterest CEO Bill Ready. by Adi Ignatius March 25, 2026 What if social media didn’t have to run on outrage to succeed? That’s a question on the mind of Bill Ready, CEO of Pinterest, who is on a mission to reorient the platform away from the attention-maximizing algorithms that…
new video loaded: What Soaring Fuel Costs Mean for Your Air Travel The price of jet fuel has almost doubled since the start of the war. Our reporter Niraj Chokshi, who covers aviation, describes what that will mean for flights. By Niraj Chokshi, Léo Hamelin, Stephanie Swart, Rebecca Suner and Lauren Pruitt March 25, 2026…
Company leaders have long claimed that people are their greatest asset. Yet many still design work as if employees were just one of many operational inputs, leaving their greatest assets feeling dissatisfied and unmotivated. Companies have become masters at understanding their customers. They map customer journeys, study their behaviors, and use predictive analytics to anticipate…
Picture a familiar scene. A vendor demonstrates a new generative AI “agent” to your leadership team. It’s impressive: The agent triages support tickets, updates customer records, drafts a proposal, and routes it for approval. The demo is seamless. Pretty soon, inevitably, someone asks the question: How soon can we deploy this across the enterprise? Source:…
You have an idea to bring in revenue in the next quarter. The case is solid and you’ve done the homework. But you can’t get your peers on board—and your boss isn’t biting either. The problem isn’t always you. It’s that getting traction at this level requires more than a strong argument. So how do…
Organizations have moved quickly to put AI tools in the hands of their employees. But for all of this investment, many leaders struggle to assess how it’s going. Is AI measurably improving the quality, speed, and ambition of people’s work? Is it strengthening professional judgment? Who is succeeding with it, and why? What does successful…
new video loaded: The Unexpected Impacts of High Oil Prices Our chief economics correspondent, Ben Casselman, breaks down how gasoline prices have responded to the oil crisis in the Persian Gulf, and what is in store for inflation if the price of oil remains above $100 per barrel. By Ben Casselman, Sutton Raphael, James Surdam,…
“Mindy,” a chief transformation officer at a growth biotech firm, was six weeks into a transformation when the data told her what her senior team couldn’t see: Engagement scores had dropped 40%. Turnover had doubled. And no one at the executive table had seen it coming. Source: Read Full Article
Share buybacks are widely misunderstood. This is true not only for investors but also for boards of directors. At the highest level, boards approve repurchase authorizations as “capital return,” much like dividends. But today, a growing share of buybacks represent not a payout choice, but an antidote to dilution of shares issued for stock-based compensation…
Organizations are spending significant dollars on AI. According to one estimate, U.S. companies spent $37 billion in 2025 for generative AI alone. Increasingly, senior executives and boards are asking about returns and there are looming consequences for leaders that don’t have good answers. Seventy-one percent of global chief information officers in a recent survey said…
