Our Insights

March 2016 – To make meaningful progress on gender diversity, companies must move beyond the averages and focus on the biggest pain points.

February 2016 – Leaders of high-intensity, high-performing organizations are beginning to recognize the important effects of mindfulness, exercise,... and sleep on the body—and the brain.

June 2017 – The aerospace and defense company is charting a course to software and services, focusing on creating new data-driven models to... complement its hardware platforms.

June 2017 – The war for traditional technical talent is now less fierce, while intensifying for new skill types. We see three themes for HR... of the future in oil and gas, with implications for HR strategy and operating model.

June 2017 – A Sanofi executive discusses his company’s leadership-development programs and approach to building employee capabilities amid... rapid change.

June 2017 – Your salesforce needs help to remain objective, build trust, get the price right, and keep selling until the deal is done.

May 2017 – To serve end customers better, begin with your employees.

May 2017 – Debiasing business decision making has drawn board-level attention, as companies doing it are achieving marked performance improvements.

May 2017 – Contrary to conventional wisdom, a commoditized chemical business can be as profitable as a specialty one. The key is to change... to a different operating model.

May 2017 – As cars achieve initial self-driving thresholds, some supporters insist that fully autonomous cars are around the corner. But... the technology tells a (somewhat) different story.

May 2017 – Laura Furgione, the NWS’s former deputy director, discusses where the customer fits in with the agency’s mission of... protecting lives and property.