As 2026 begins, outdated operating models, rising risk, and AI speed are testing how prepared leaders really are.

Trust rarely breaks in big moments but in daily signals that go unaddressed. This week, we examine how leaders rebuild alignment, resilience, and confidence at speed.

Transformation sticks when people choose it. This week’s On Culture explores why meaning drives adoption and how leaders design change that earns belief.

Coherence is the organizing principle of intelligent work—aligning purpose, systems, and behavior so organizations can adapt without losing clarity or trust. The piece examines how AI, autonomy, and culture converge to sustain meaning and human connection in complex systems.

Leaders are learning to hold tension at speed—advancing AI, trust, and transformation without losing clarity, care, or the human core.

How do we scale flourishing at work? At the Harvard SHINE Summit, leaders explored how purpose, place, and people set the conditions.

A wealth of information creates a poverty of attention. This week’s issue explores how leaders can protect focus and spark renewal.

AI is speeding up low-value work. Here’s how to strip noise, rewire incentives, and make the work that matters unavoidable.

Stories shape people and organizations. This week’s On Culture shows how narrative drives strategy, collaboration, and care in an AI era.

AI isn’t a mind; use it as a tool. Build psychological closeness, curb clock botching, and rethink value →

Stuck in the trough of disillusionment? Real leadership isn’t hype. It’s clarity, structure & courage when momentum dips.

Leadership in grief means presence, not performance. This week’s On Culture explores tension, trust, & the courage to stay human.

Leadership is the space you carve, not the spotlight you fill. From sim labs to AI polymaths, see how top leaders unlock performance in On Culture

Fear taxes performance; courage compounds it. See how brave orgs reset structure, rehearse risk & reward growth—this week in On Culture

AI is the engine—leadership is the architect. Frontier firms, moral AI, upskilling, mental health, generational disillusionment—unpack it all in On Culture

AI, trust, and purpose are rewriting work. See how leaders redesign tasks, contracts, and culture to future-proof teams.

Frontier Firms, geopolitical chess, mattering, the Great Stay, and Severance—what links them? Culture by design. Read On Culture

Forget 'right' answers. In uncertain times, real leadership is courage to face tough questions—together. Ready to adapt?

Discover how AI literacy is reshaping opportunity—outpacing degrees, driving innovation, and redefining who’s left behind.

Discover how clarity, psych safety, and the “connection-trust loop” transform leadership, spark innovation, and strengthen culture.