Harvard Business Review
Confidence 0.85 · 8 sources · last confirmed 2026-05-07
Harvard Business Review (HBR) is the management magazine published by Harvard Business Publishing, an affiliate of Harvard Business School. Founded 1922. Long-form articles aimed at executives and managers, blending academic research with practitioner perspectives.
A primary publishing venue for academic strategy and management work intended to reach C-suite readers.
Role in the wiki
HBR sources span both the print magazine (with hbr_reprint codes) and HBR.org Digital pieces. Print articles are tabulated here; digital pieces are listed separately below.
Print magazine — Nov–Dec 2025 issue:
| Article | Authors | Reprint | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Gen AI Playbook for Organizations | Bharat N. Anand, Andy Wu | R2506K | Strategy: where to deploy GenAI today |
| Become an Octopus Organization | Jana Werner, Phil Le-Brun | R2506C | Change management: org adaptability |
Print magazine — earlier issues:
| Article | Authors | Issue | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Why You Need Systems Thinking Now | Tima Bansal, Julian Birkinshaw | Sept–Oct 2025 | Systems thinking for wicked problems |
HBR.org Digital pieces:
| Article | Authors | Date | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reuniting Strategy and Foresight | Amy Webb | Jan 2024 | Strategic foresight methodology |
| The Best Leaders Encourage “Spacious Thinking” | Megan Reitz, John Higgins | July 2025 | Leadership attention modes |
| How to Move from AI Experimentation to AI Transformation | Arjun Dutt et al. (Bain & Company + OpenAI) | 30 April 2026 | AI transformation framework + micro-productivity-trap |
| The End of One-Size-Fits-All Enterprise Software | Deep Nishar, Nitin Nohria | 23 April 2026 | Firm-boundary 4-model framework (Build / Compose / Collaborate / Buy Outcomes) |
| Leaders, Treat Resistance to Change as Valuable Data | Ron Carucci | 20 April 2026 | Resistance-as-data framework with four signal categories and three leader traps |
HBR articles in the wiki use this convention: source kind: article. Print pieces include an hbr_reprint field; digital pieces use journal_volume: "HBR.org Digital, <date>".
Article structure (recurring “Idea in Brief”)
HBR articles open with a “Idea in Brief” panel: The Problem / The Solution / The Payoff (or variants like Problem / Why It Happens / The Solution). Useful when summarizing — the panel often distills the entire argument in 50–100 words.
Cross-referenced HBR articles (not yet ingested)
The Anand-Wu article cites two earlier HBR pieces worth tracking:
- “How Generative AI Can Augment Human Creativity” (HBR Jul–Aug 2023) — relevant to generative-ai creative-catalyst quadrant.
- “How Is Your Team Spending the Time Saved by Gen AI?” (HBR Mar–Apr 2025) — relevant to enterprise-ai-adoption productivity-redeployment question.
Open questions
- HBR’s editorial process for AI-strategy articles (peer review? practitioner review?). Worth investigating once a third HBR source is ingested.
- Distinguishing HBR’s flagship articles from HBR Press books and HBR.org “online” pieces — different rigor levels.