The Big Idea
HBR’s digital series on the most pressing topics facing business today. Join us for articles, videos, podcasts, webinars, events, and more.
Previous Big Idea series
MAY 2024 | WORKING WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS
Long Covid at Work: A Manager’s Guide
by Katie Bach, Ludmila Praslova, and Beth Pollack
DECEMBER 2023 | STRATEGIZE YOUR LIFE
Use Strategic Thinking to Create the Life You Want
by Rainer Strack, Susanne Dyrchs and Allison Bailey
SEPTEMBER 2023 | THE NEXT PHASE OF DEI
Where Does DEI Go from Here?
by Laura Morgan Roberts
MAY 2022 | WELCOME TO WEB3
What Is Web3?
by Thomas Stackpole
MARCH 2022 | GETTING THE BEST OUT OF THE FIVE-GENERATION WORKFORCE
Harnessing the Power of Age Diversity
by Megan Gerhardt, Josephine Nachemson-Ekwall, and Brandon Fogel
NOVEMBER 2021 | PREPARING FOR THE ERA OF UNCERTAINTY
New Crisis Playbook for an Uncertain World
by John E. Katsos and Jason Miklian
SEPTEMBER 2021 | RETHINKING “BACK TO WORK”
The Future of Flexibility at Work
by Ellen Ernst Kossek, Patricia Gettings, and Kaumudi Misra
MAY 2021 | GETTING SERIOUS ABOUT STAKEHOLDER CAPITALISM
How to Lead in the Stakeholder Era
by Hubert Joly
JULY 2020 | THE NEW REALITY OF WFH
Do We Really Need the Office?
by Gretchen Gavett
MAY 2020 | MANAGING IN AN ANXIOUS WORLD
Leading Through Anxiety
by Morra Aarons-Mele
MARCH 2020 | DEMOCRACY UNDER ATTACK
The Business Case for Saving Democracy
by Rebecca Henderson
NOVEMBER 2019 | ADVANCING BLACK LEADERS
Toward a Racially Just Workplace
by Laura Morgan Roberts and Anthony J. Mayo
MAY 2019 | ENGAGING EMPLOYEES
The Power of Hidden Teams
by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall
MARCH 2019 | TRANSFORMING HEALTH CARE
How Employers Are Fixing Health Care
by Lisa Woods, Jonathan R. Slotkin, MD, and M. Ruth Coleman
JANUARY 2019 | TIME POOR AND UNHAPPY
Time for Happiness
by Ashley Whillans
MARCH 2018 | LEADERSHIP IN A HOT-BUTTON WORLD
Divided We Lead
by Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel
SEPTEMBER 2017 | CONNECTING AT WORK
Work and the Loneliness Epidemic
by Vivek Murthy
JULY 2017 | AI, FOR REAL
The Business of Artificial Intelligence
by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee