Summer 2025

Articles included in this issue:

Create Mental Space to Be a Wiser Leader
By Megan Reitz and John Higgins

Take CEO Succession Planning Off the Back Burner
By J. Yo-Jud Cheng and Paul Healy

How Companies Profit From an International C-Suite
By Niccolò Pisani and Ivy Buche

Time Well Spent: A New Way to Value Time Could Change Your Life
By Leslie Perlow and Salvatore Affinito

Will AI Disrupt Your Business? Key Questions to Ask
By Julian Birkinshaw

The Business Cost of the Shrinking STEM Research Pipeline
By Chris Carr and Dave Christy

People Follow Structure: How Less Hierarchy Changes the Workforce
By Markus Reitzig and Kathrin Heiss

Use Design Choices to Prevent Imitation
By Samuel C. MacAulay and Dmitry Sharapov

How Neuroinclusion Builds Organizational Capabilities
By Robert D. Austin, Neil Barnett, Chloe R. Cameron, Hiren Shukla, Thorkil Sonne, and Jose Velasco

Why AI Will Not Provide Sustainable Competitive Advantage
By David Wingate, Barclay L. Burns, and Jay B. Barney

Maximize the Wisdom of the Crowd for Complex Problems
By Michael Zaggl, Arvind Malhotra, Oliver Alexy, and Ann Majchrzak

When Launching a Product During a Recession Pays Off
By Steven H. Seggie, Berk Talay, and Koen Pauwels

The New Rules of Doing Business With China
By Dan Prud’homme and Max von Zedtwitz

The Surprising Viability of the Four-Day Workweek
Juliet B. Schor, interviewed by MIT Sloan Management Review

Why the Law Against Business Bribes Is Good for Business
By Michael H. Posner

Ask Sanyin: What Does Vulnerability Really Mean for Leaders?
By Sanyin Siang