HBR’s 10 Must Reads 2019: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review

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A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place. We've reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to keep you up-to-date on the most cutting-edge, influential thinking driving business today. With authors from Thomas H. Davenport to Michael E. Porter and company examples from Facebook to DHL, this volume brings the most current and important management conversations right to your fingertips. This book will inspire you to: Make stronger connections and build greater trust among people who work on multiple teams; Engage customers and employees alike with the help of artificial intelligence; Channel your outrage about sexual harassment in the workplace into effective action; Consider how CEO activism can generate goodwill for your company--and weigh its risks; Pair data with qualitative research to increase diversity in your organization; Remain competitive in a hub economy by using your company's assets and capabilities differently. This collection of articles includes: "The Overcommitted Organization," by Mark Mortensen and Heidi K. Gardner; "Why Do We Undervalue Competent Management?" by Raffaella Sadun, Nicholas Bloom, and John Van Reenen; "'Numbers Take Us Only So Far,'" by Maxine Williams; "The New CEO Activists," by Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel; "Artificial Intelligence for the Real World," by Thomas H. Davenport and Rajeev Ronanki; "Why Every Organization Needs an Augmented Reality Strategy," by Michael E. Porter and James E. Heppelmann; "Thriving in the Gig Economy," by Gianpiero Petriglieri, Susan Ashford, and Amy Wrzesniewski; "Managing Our Hub Economy," by Marco Iansiti and Karim R. Lakhani; "The Leader's Guide to Corporate Culture," by Boris Groysberg, Jeremiah Lee, Jesse Price, and J. Yo-Jud Cheng; "The Error at the Heart of Corporate Leadership," by Joseph L. Bower and Lynn S. Paine; and "Now What?" by Joan C. Williams and Suzanne Lebsock. Copyright......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Editors' Note......Page 8 Ch 1: The Overcommitted Organization......Page 16 Ch 2: Why Do We Undervalue Competent Management?......Page 34 Ch 3: "Numbers Take Us Only So Far"......Page 52 Ch 4: The New CEO Activists......Page 62 Ch 5: Artificial Intelligence for the Real World......Page 82 Ch 6: Why Every Organization Needs an Augmented Reality Strategy......Page 100 Ch 7: Thriving in the Gig Economy......Page 124 Ch 8: Managing Our Hub Economy......Page 132 Ch 9: The Leader's Guide to Corporate Culture......Page 148 Ch 10: The Error at the Heart of Corporate Leadership......Page 180 Ch 11: Now What?......Page 222 About the Contributors......Page 254 Index......Page 258