Michael Mankins, partner at Bain & Company, on how to get the most out of meetings.

Gautam Mukunda, HBS professor, on the dangers of managing companies for shareholders.

Sam Palmisano, former CEO of IBM, on striking a balance between running a company for the long term and keeping investors happy.

Erin Meyer, affiliate professor at INSEAD and author of "The Culture Map," on why memorizing a list of etiquette rules doesn't work.

Nikil Saval, editor at n+1, on how gender, politics, and unions have affected the American workplace since the Civil War.

David Zweig, author of "Invisibles," on employees who value good work over self-promotion.

Gerd Gigerenzer, director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, on how to know when simple rules and snap decisions will outperform analytical models.

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

Lenovo's CEO on how the PC leader is poised to win in the "PC plus" world.

Charles Casto, recently retired from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, on how smart leadership saved the second Fukushima power plant.

The tech luminaries on bundling and unbundling in the digital age.

Greg McKeown, author of "Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less," on the importance of being "absurdly selective" in how we use our time.

Linda Hill, Harvard Business School professor, and Claudio Fernández-Aráoz, senior adviser at Egon Zehnder, on the talent strategies that set up a company for long-term success.

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, professor at University College London, on how confidence masks incompetence.

J. Craig Venter, the biologist who led the effort to sequence human DNA, on unlocking the human genome and the importance of building extraordinary teams for long-term results.

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

David Upton and Sadie Creese, both of Oxford, explain why the scariest threats are from insiders.

Bill George and Mihir Desai, professors at Harvard Business School, explain why our corporate tax code is driving American business overseas.

Scott Berinato, senior editor at Harvard Business Review, on how companies benefit from transparency about customer data.

Roger Martin, former dean of the Rotman School of Management, on why talent's powerful economic position is unsustainable.​

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

Walter Frick, HBR editor, explains why we valorize tech heroes from the past, but scoff at today's entrepreneurs.

Sanjeev Agrawal, Collegefeed cofounder and CEO, explains what recruiters, new graduates, and college career centers need to do differently.

Eric Schmidt, executive chairman, and Jonathan Rosenberg, former SVP of products, explain how the company manages their smart, creative team.

Frank Cespedes, HBS professor and author of "Aligning Strategy and Sales," explains how to get the front line on board.

Stefan Michel, professor at IMD, says your business should rethink how it captures value, not just how it creates it.

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

Famed producer Norman Lear on developing groundbreaking sitcoms, managing creative partnerships and the lessons he wants to pass on to the next generation.

Linda Rottenberg, author of "Crazy Is a Compliment," on what it really takes to start a business.

Jennifer Magnolfi, Founder & Principal Investigator at Programmable Habitats LLC, on how digital work, and the Internet of Things will fundamentally change the how we use the buildings and neighborhoods we work in.

Steve J. Martin, coauthor of "The Small Big: Small Changes That Spark Big Influence," on the little things that persuade.

The mayor of London explains why Churchill is a role model and whether his aspirations include the Prime Minister's office.

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

Stanford's Ron Howard, one of the fathers of decision analysis, explains how it's done.

Dorothy Leonard, author of "Critical Knowledge Transfer" ​and Harvard Business School professor, on retaining organizational expertise.

AnnaLee Saxenian, author of the classic book "Regional Advantage," still thinks the area's future is bright.

Tsedal Neeley, Harvard Business School professor, explains how globally distributed teams can collaborate better together.

Cass Sunstein, Harvard professor and author of "Wiser: Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter."

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

Andrew Innes, game designer, product manager, and author of "What Board Games Can Teach Business."

Jeff Weiss, author of the "HBR Guide to Negotiating" and partner at Vantage Partners, explains how to prepare to be persuasive.

Pamela Stone, professor at Hunter College, on the surprising findings from a massive study of MBAs.

David Duncan, senior partner at Innosight and coauthor of "Build an Innovation Engine in 90 Days," explains how to organize corporate creativity.

Muriel Maignan Wilkins, coauthor of "Own the Room," on the flaws everyone's too polite to point out.

Blake Irving talks about the company's renewed focus on small businesses and bringing on a new leadership team.

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features.

Herminia Ibarra, author of "Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader" and professor at INSEAD, on moving forward, even when it's not comfortable.

Nicholas Carlson, author of "Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo," on the CEO's management style.

Peter Bregman, author of "Four Seconds," on changing the way you lead.

The Hollywood icon explains why she moved from acting to producing and directing, then launched a foundation that teaches mindfulness to kids.