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Discover top ideas and strategies from today’s leading business voices.

Black and white photo of a NASA Earth Survey Aircraft parked on a tarmac, with four people crouching in front of it and another plane taking off in the background.
Long before “move fast and break things,” aerospace pioneer Kelly Johnson built the Skunk Works — Lockheed Martin’s R&D arm famous for its problem-solving and revolutionary creations.
Two scenes: Top shows climbers on an ice-covered terrain, embodying fun and success. Bottom captures an airplane in flight against a clear sky.
Fun in business is no laughing matter — it can create a golden strategic advantage and bring serious success in the long term.
Four workers assemble a large wooden tank using scaffolding and ladders at an outdoor construction site, with stacks of materials in the background.
What would your company do if it lost all its customers at once?
Book cover for "How Change Really Works" features multicolored lines radiating from a center, with one red line forming an arrow. The design reflects the dynamic process of transformation. Authors' names are displayed at the bottom.
Directives rarely inspire change. The most effective leaders use stories to make transformation memorable, resonant, and actionable.
A man in business attire walks upstairs while talking, with an orange silhouette of another person beside him against a white and blue background.
Feedback only feels high-stakes when you've been saving it up.
Book cover titled "Never Settle: Persuasion and Negotiation Skills to Get What You Want" by Attia Qureshi and John Richardson, featuring bold "never settle" typography on a striking blue background.
Agreeable people may be a pleasure to be around, but they also have a harder time walking away from a bad deal.
A person in dress shoes steps onto a blue ladder with a missing rung, casting a shadow on a pale background—a subtle nod to the challenges of navigating a nonlinear career.
As traditional career paths break down, a more uncertain — and potentially more fulfilling — model is taking shape.
A man in a suit floats underwater, releasing bubbles. The words "WORK WISE" are written vertically on the right side against a light green background.
Your to-do list isn't a debt to pay off. It's a menu to choose from.
A person sits at a cluttered desk with a large stack of files, an old printer, and office supplies; their face is covered by an orange circle labeled "WORK WISE.
Behavioral scientist Danny Kenny on the simple power of asking, "What is this actually for?"
Book cover for "Anchored, Aligned, Accountable" by Aiko Bethea, featuring gold stacked stones on a blue background and a subtitle about transforming lives and work by overcoming the false urgency myth.
Our obsession with speed and productivity creates unnecessary pressure that quietly fuels burnout and anxiety.
A hand holds up a small gold trophy against a dramatic sky with lightning and a burst of light, symbolizing victory when you lead with love.
When leaders embrace positive personal energy, everyone feels the benefits — in trust, innovation and creativity.
Book cover of "Design Love In: How to Unleash the Most Powerful Force in Business" by Marcus Buckingham, featuring bold "design love in" text and colorful, intersecting lines on a sleek black background.
Leadership isn’t about mastering a fixed set of skills, but creating the meaningful, human-centered experiences that inspire others.
Book cover of "The Wage Standard" by Arindrajit Dube, featuring blue steps forming an upward arrow and highlighting key labor market issues and solutions through the wage standard.
In this excerpt from The Wage Standard, Arindrajit Dube explains how "monopsony" gives some employers the power to set wages below competitive levels.
Two stylized trees with intertwined roots and branches stand against a gradient background, symbolizing resilience, with floating leaves above them and abstract dark clouds overhead.
Long-lived companies show that resilience comes not from individual toughness, but from the strength of the systems around us.
Book cover of "The Algorithm" by Jon McNeill, featuring a bold red background with yellow patterns that evoke the complexity of the algorithm, along with striking white and black text.
Inside GM’s race to build the electric Hummer lies a powerful lesson in speed, simplicity, and the operating system required for exponential growth.
Office chair wrapped in bubble wrap and secured with brown tape, placed against a plain light blue background.
Activist, author, and Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani explains why playing it safe is hurting workplaces — and how to change it.
Illustration of several modern office buildings with geometric shapes and overlaid graphs on a grid background.
Cities and organizations alike risk becoming highly efficient — but indistinguishable — unless leaders actively preserve space for imagination and deviation.