Economy, Strategy & Finance Data Reactions

On the eve of the 6th Annual Global Drucker Forum in Vienna, where Professor Christensen will provide a keynote address, I asked for a preview of the territory he will cover. The following is a lightly edited transcript of our conversation.

Sheryl Sandberg may have claimed one of the catchiest titles of the decade for a whither-women book — Lean In — but Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi has a pretty good one too, if she ever wants to go there.

Will Netflix’s shareholders be sorry that they voted to let Reed Hastings carry on as both CEO and chairman? most people assume the right answer is to keep the two roles separate, in the interests of diversity of thinking and proper CEO oversight.

If you’re a senior HR leader, you’re expected to have your finger on the pulse of the organization’s top talent. Yet, I still see competent HR leaders blindsided by talent questions from the CEO. Here are five questions you should anticipate.

No area of the business world is more illogically gender imbalanced than law firms. Law firms who want to hold onto their female recruits can do so – but they need to behave differently.

Jill Abramson is out at The New York Times, and the circumstances of her departure have lots of observers feeling all flavors of depressed, angry, and tired. We’ve seen this movie before.

A recent HBR blog proposed to deliver “The Cure for the Common Corporate Wellness Program.” But as with any prescription, you really shouldn’t swallow this one unless all your questions about it have been answered.

Whether it’s the world’s largest technology company or a small manufacturer trying find its niche, just about every organization looking for a new chief executive faces the same problem: How do you find a leader who can both innovate and create a culture of disciplined execution?

A global telecoms company recently decided to do what many companies are doing: figure out how to turn big data into big profits. They put together a preliminary budget and an RFP that asked vendors to take the data the company had and identify opportunities.