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How Zak Brown Led the Revival of McLaren Racing

The CEO of the F1 champion-winning team discusses the hurdles he faced reversing McLaren’s negative momentum.

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Digital TransformationNews Feed

Why Your Company Needs a Chief Data, Analytics, and AI Officer

How to define the role, provide a clear mandate, and ensure they’re positioned to deliver value for the company.

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Customer ExperienceNews Feed

Customers Expect Empathy. Here’s How to Deliver It.

When people feel they’re treated empathically by a brand, they’re more likely to remain loyal and recommend it to others.

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Customer ExperienceMarketingNews Feed

The 3 Types of Customers Who Buy Smart Products—and How to Market to Them

Selling to comfort-seekers, purpose-seekers, and efficiency-seekers.

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AI StrategyDigitalHI + AI = ECI

Connected Intelligence, Agentic Reality

The CDAO Summit in Boston highlighted the importance of connected intelligence in retail, exemplified by the collaboration of human and artificial intelligence (HI + AI = ECI). Panelists from major companies discussed AI’s practical applications, emphasizing reliable metadata, real-time responsiveness, and seamless integration into workflows, underscoring the critical role of governance and cultural acceptance.

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Digital TransformationNews Feed

Designing a Successful Agentic AI System

To realize the technology’s promise, prioritize outcomes—not tasks.

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MarketingNews Feed

What Consumers Really Want Brands to Do About Social Issues

New research finds that when brands link social action to their core business, they earn higher trust, broader appeal, and long-term loyalty from customers.

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Change ManagementInnovationNews FeedProduct Management

How to Spark—and Steer—Disruptive Innovation

An HBR Executive Masterclass with Scott D. Anthony.

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Digital

Workslop and the Erosion of Critical Thinking: Why ECI is the Executive Antidote

In this article I cover the phenonemon of workslop also known as AI slop. With the advent of AI powered tools integrated in office suites and the mandate to leverage AI tools some workers are over relying on AI generated otput without questioning and verifiying its content. This often leads to confusion for the receiver of AI slop requiring re-work and extra time spent on remediation. The ECI formula can help reduce workslop by applying the framework. I cover some aspects leaders can put in place today to tackel this issue.

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Customer ExperienceNews FeedSales

Building a Customer-Centric Organization

The HBR Executive Playbook on building an organization where customer success is the foundation of long-term growth. 

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