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| | | | Organizations today are navigating technological disruption, economic uncertainty, geopolitical shifts, and evolving workforce expectations. In our featured article, Alexis Krivkovich, Damian Klingler, Dana Maor, Patrick Guggenberger, and Michael Anzenhofer examine how leaders can respond to these forces with clarity and focus. Drawing on a survey of more than 10,000 senior executives across 15 countries and 16 industries, the research finds that sustaining productivity and delivering long-term impact—by placing technology and AI at the center of organizational transformation—are top priorities.
Other highlights include the following topics:
| | | | | how the Great Ownership Transfer could reshape economic mobility, local communities, and long-term business stewardship | | | | | | | understanding competitive advantage | | | | | | | what leading organizations can do to translate growth intent into sustained performance | | | | | | | capturing value from agentic AI in telecom | | | | |
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| | | | | The State of Organizations 2026 report highlights sharper focus on performance at a time of tech innovation, economic disruption, and changing workforce structures. | | Unlock organizational resilience today  | | | | | |
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| | | | | As millions of baby boomers retire, the United States is on the brink of an unprecedented wave of small-business ownership transitions—posing challenges for communities but also opening the door to economic renewal.
Plan the transition
| | |  | | | | | | The automatic doors at Brown’s ShopRite on Fox Street slide open before sunrise. The aisles are stocked with the usual staples—bread, milk, eggs. But just inside the entrance sits something unexpected: a Healthy Together Hub, marked by a small table, blood pressure cuff, glucose monitor, and a healthcare worker offering a warm hello.
Collaborate for impact
| | | | | | | | | Misperceptions about the reach and durability of competitive advantage are hurting many companies’ profits. Five rules can help organizations maximize their edge over peers.
5 rules
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| | | | | Too many growth strategies stall because leaders don’t treat them with the same rigor they apply to other long-term investments. Here’s how to avoid that trap.
Cultivate a growth mindset
| | | | | | | | | Agentic AI offers telcos a potential opportunity to reorient their recent trajectory. The question is whether they can redesign their organizations enough to make the most of it.
Unlock value with agentic AI
| | | | | | | | | Citi moves $2,000 trillion a year for 6,000 multinationals. No wonder its CEO has a provocative global perspective.
Leadership in focus
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| | | | | Our Global Tech Agenda 2026 shows that top CIOs are rewiring their companies for growth, deploying agentic AI and data monetization to create measurable business value. | | Technology is strategy | | | |
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| | | | | | | | Risk-management functions in corporates and financial institutions face more and more challenges to recruit, develop, and retain the right people. Read our 2015 classic “People and talent management in risk and control functions” to learn more.
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