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Harvard Business Review | Weekly Hotlist
 

February 02, 2026

 

Companies Are Laying Off Workers Because of AI’s Potential—Not Its Performance

A new survey of executives suggests that companies are reducing headcount in anticipation of what AI might be able to do in the near future.

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How Gen Z Uses Gen AI—and Why It Worries Them

A new Gallup survey of 18- to 28-year-olds reveals their complicated relationship with the technology.

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When You Have to Assign Work No One Wants to Do

Offering some element of choice, signaling finality, and ensuring a legitimate decision process works better than trying to “sell” an undesirable assignment.

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Why Great Innovations Fail to Scale

Breakthrough solutions aren’t enough. New ideas can’t flourish without “bridgers”—leaders who excel at collaborating across boundaries.

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When Tipping Becomes a Customer Experience Problem

And how companies can solve it.

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