When the World Is Too Distracting — and It Feels Impossible to Work

When the World Is Too Distracting — and It Feels Impossible to Work

A curated list of HBR advice to help you support yourself, your team, and your organization.

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How to Avoid Strategy Myopia

Stop prioritizing the urgent, the proven, and the easily measured, and focus instead on the long term.

Stop Ignoring Your High Performers

Lack of support and feedback can create feelings of isolation and neglect.

Ruth Gotian

A Toolkit to Help You Manage Uncertainty Around AI

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How to Manage a Distracted Team

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Design Products That Won’t Become Obsolete

Design Products That Won’t Become Obsolete

Vijay Govindarajan, Tojin T. Eapen and Daniel J. Finkenstadt

Why Employees Quit

Ethan Bernstein, Michael B. Horn and Bob Moesta

Personalization Done Right

Mark Abraham and David C. Edelman

The CEO of Abbott on Revamping Its Breakthrough Diabetes Device

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