HBR On Strategy
Business strategy isn’t just a plan, it’s a framework for success.
Whether you’re building, innovating, or executing, HBR On Strategy is your destination for insights and inspiration from the world’s top experts on business strategy and innovation.
Every Wednesday, the editors at the Harvard Business Review hand-picked case studies and conversations from across HBR podcasts, videos, articles, and beyond to help you unlock new ways of doing business.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 117
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
An Announcement from HBR On Strategy
For the last two years, HBR On Strategy has been a collection of the best conversations and case studies with the world’s top business and management experts, to help you unlock new ways of doing bu…
00:01:05 |
Wed 25 Jun 2025
The Strategic Advantage of Tapping Freelancers
The rapid pace of technological change is making a big impact on hiring. Some organizations are dynamically securing freelance workers through platform apps like Upwork and Freelancer. Other companie…
00:30:26 |
Wed 25 Jun 2025
The Promises, Pitfalls, and Trade-offs of the Circular Economy
Most businesses are built on a linear model: take, make, and discard. But that norm is reaching its limits, and leaders are under pressure to find smarter, more sustainable ways to operate. Weslynne …
00:20:36 |
Wed 18 Jun 2025
Sustainability Is Fueling Innovation at Ferrari
When Ferrari, the Italian luxury sports car manufacturer, committed to achieving carbon neutrality and to electrifying a large part of its car fleet, investors and employees applauded the new strateg…
00:30:36 |
Wed 11 Jun 2025
Stress Test Your Strategy Before It Fails
While many teams and organizations engage in scenario planning, most don’t go far enough. Arjan Singh, consultant and adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University, says a more disciplined appro…
00:26:51 |
Wed 04 Jun 2025
Rethink Your Pricing Strategies Amid Economic Uncertainty
Rafi Mohammed, founder of the consulting firm Culture of Profit, says a crisis or recession is not the time to panic and slash prices. He says leaders should instead reevaluate their pricing strategy…
00:20:40 |
Wed 28 May 2025
AMD’s Lisa Su on Experimenting with AI
HBR editor at large Adi Ignatius speaks with Lisa Su, CEO of leading semiconductor company AMD, about the company’s evolution toward high-performance and adaptive computing, the future of AI use in d…
00:23:05 |
Wed 21 May 2025
A Lesson on Balancing Scaling with Stability
In late 2013, Ryan Cohen, cofounder and then-CEO of online pet products retailer Chewy.com, was facing a decision that could determine his company’s future. Should he stay with a third-party logistic…
00:28:28 |
Wed 14 May 2025
The Right Way to Launch an AI Initiative
Unfortunately, you can’t set up your organization’s artificial intelligence projects like just any other IT project. By their nature, AI endeavors are quite different and suffer high failure rates. B…
00:25:01 |
Wed 07 May 2025
The 6 Forces of Failure—and How to Protect Your Company from Them
What can failures like Harley-Davidson Cologne or Cheetos Lip Balm teach us about success? Sean Jacobsohn, partner at Norwest Venture Partners and founder of the Failure Museum, takes us on a tour of…
00:08:53 |
Wed 30 Apr 2025
How to Turn Your Customer Base into a Community
”Community” is a buzzword that gets thrown around a lot in the business world. But what does it really mean to build one—and what does it take to make it last? More importantly, how can businesses cr…
00:17:22 |
Wed 23 Apr 2025
Great Strategy Starts with Experimentation
Stefan Thomke, professor at Harvard Business School, says running experiments can give companies tremendous value, but too often business leaders make decisions based on intuition. While A/B testing …
00:23:28 |
Wed 16 Apr 2025
Bringing Innovation to an Underserved Market
Founded in 2014, Thinx, Inc. makes absorbent underwear that can be worn during menstruation. But the feminine care market had seen virtually no innovation in half a century because of the taboo again…
00:26:32 |
Wed 09 Apr 2025
To Make Better Decisions, Think Like a Venture Capitalist
Venture capital firms notoriously embrace risk and take big swings, hoping that one startup will become a monster hit that pays for many other failed investments. This VC approach scares established …
00:24:44 |
Wed 02 Apr 2025
How to Lead a Successful Turnaround
When a company, division, or product line has been struggling for some time, it can feel nearly impossible to get things back on track. But big turnarounds are possible, provided you have a team will…
00:28:33 |
Wed 26 Mar 2025
Alphabet CEO on AI as a Workplace Collaborator
The use of artificial intelligence—specifically generative AI—is growing rapidly, and tech giants like Google have an important role to play in how that technology gets adopted and developed. Sundar …
00:29:03 |
Wed 19 Mar 2025
How to Push for Change in a Large Organization
Getting a big, bureaucratic organization to innovate or adopt new technologies is hard. That’s why Harvard Business School professor Maria Roche wrote a case study about U.S. Air Force Major Victor “…
00:27:04 |
Wed 12 Mar 2025
The Right Way to Make Data-Driven Decisions
Fueled by the promise of concrete insights, organizations are increasingly prioritizing data in their decision-making processes. But that process can easily go wrong. Many leaders don’t understand th…
00:27:04 |
Wed 05 Mar 2025
To Grow Profitably, Take It Slow
Many companies, especially in the tech world, have come to embrace the idea of growth at all costs. But according to research from Gary Pisano, professor at Harvard Business School, most firms fail t…
00:30:10 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
Turn Your Supply Chain into an Innovation Engine
Imagine a company that, in a matter of weeks, can develop, prototype, build, and deliver innovative products. That’s exactly what Haier, one of the world’s largest home appliance manufacturers, achie…
00:25:29 |
Wed 19 Feb 2025
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