New surveys reveal a lack of confidence in cybersecurity, and how companies can respond.

Freek Vermeulen of the London Business School offers contrarian nuggets for innovation-hungry leaders. See also “Summer Reading: 8 Business Books – in Pictures”

It’s a case study in the “attacker’s advantage.”

Regardless of their job title, leaders need to be able to connect new technologies to strategy.

Technological changes foreshadow a dramatic — but manageable — shift in business logic everywhere.

It’s time to take today’s technological threats seriously and change the way you do business. See also “A Guide to Winning the Digital Disruption Game.”

How to develop a coherent strategy to face today's technological threats. For more insight, read “10 Principles for Winning the Game of Digital Disruption.”

As the healthcare landscape evolves, stakeholders in the pharmacy value chain need to rethink how they organize to deliver value.

One of the largest commodity exchanges has started offering futures contracts on the cryptocurrency.

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Those who lead and advise companies on their digital transformation should rely more on imagination and less on experience.

To have the right talent to thrive in the future, companies need to start categorizing and analyzing the skills present in their organization today.

Space tourism and self-driving cars are exciting to ponder, but what about just making our current systems work better?

The flow of talent, investment, and ideas that has boosted companies’ global R&D efforts may soon be impeded by the rise of economic nationalism.

Artificial intelligence may learn to track predispositions and personality traits, turning our inner personalities into a detectible second skin.

Larry Smarr has become a vital conductor of innovation by insisting that scientists and researchers at the incubators he runs collaborate across the lines that separate disciplines.

Legislation passed in 2015 is providing powerful incentives for the U.S. healthcare system to pursue value-based care.

The fear of disruption is often exaggerated. In reality, organizations that are threatened by new technologies and new players usually have more time than they realize to craft an effective response. For further insights, read “The Fear of Disruption Can Be More Damaging than Actual Disruption.”

Resist the urge to react too hastily to major change — or to use it as an excuse not to take action. Focus instead on making the fundamental strategic choices necessary to strengthen your business. See also “Disruptors and the Disrupted: A Tale of Eight Companies — in Pictures.”

Although crowdfunding has been hailed as a brilliant new tool for edgy entrepreneurs, Internet investors tend to back safer, less groundbreaking products.

To capitalize on the rapid growth in membership, insurers need to rethink the way they design and administer MA plans.

To address slow growth, multiplexes are replacing humans with machines, and popcorn and soda with gourmet treats.

Leaders can encourage their organizations to construct their own futures by empowering internal iconoclasts and establishing a sense of urgency.

While central banks puzzle about the lack of inflation, the e-commerce giant’s swift move to slash prices at Whole Foods shows how business is keeping prices down.

As business and technology strategies become more integrated, companies need an IT manager who can watch the bottom line and communicate, as well as do the hard coding.

It’s tempting to dismiss a wild idea, but if respected it can be a springboard for finding synergies and new ways of doing things.

A small but growing number of retailers and restaurants are experimenting with selling their wares through unstaffed kiosks, often linked to apps and e-payment systems.

As the global defense industry embraces digital technology, it is creating a new type of warfare with different winners and losers.

Aligning technological investments with business goals and understanding how they affect real users helps ensure a greater return on investment.

Wharton professor David Robertson defines a “Third Way” of creating new products and services.

The auto industry is making massive R&D investments in safety, connectivity, and autonomy — so far without good returns.

Discoveries surrounding a new class of impossibly small and improbably powerful compounds could reshape the materials industry — and the world around us.

It’s too simplistic to view advances in automation as inspiring either sadness or euphoria.

A selection of books perfect for your commute — or the beach.

This month’s closure of a burrito shop for possible norovirus shows how vulnerable a company’s image is in the digital age.

An informal social media style can backfire on an unknown company or boost trust among an audience that is already familiar with the firm.

Chess champion Garry Kasparov replays his historic loss to Deep Blue to illuminate the potential of AI.

The financial world is about to learn a new kind of proficiency with “frictionless” digital transactions.

As Amazon and Walmart disrupt the grocery industry, smart retailers can compete by plying their wares in a technologically enabled way.

Companies around the world need a comprehensive plan in place to ensure that critical business can still get done in the case of a prolonged Web outage.

Successful innovation in big organizations demands three essential behaviors.

Banking’s greatest technological innovation offers timeless lessons in improving customer experience.

Faced with organizational challenges, more and more companies are hiring an executive to manage their digital transformation.

With home costs skyrocketing in large metropolitan areas, companies that want to attract talent may have to get into the real-estate business.

Investment in agricultural R&D is essential to feeding the world’s growing population.

A new survey examines how political and economic shifts can affect corporate innovation.

Hiring people is often a last resort, even when an industry is growing.

Paul Leinwand, coauthor of Strategy That Works, introduces a counterintuitive lesson in how to achieve breakthrough performance in your organization from Olympic medalist John K. Coyle.

Building a network and improving your imagination can expand the road ahead.

Discoveries in materials science could lead to a new era of growth. Who is best positioned to benefit — incumbent companies or upstarts?

Tips for long-term survival in what has become a short-term role.

The IMD professor describes how the accelerating pace of technological change puts new pressures on established companies.

There is something unique about building houses that inherently eschews efficiency and automation.

Public policy professor Philip Auerswald takes on “the Great Man–Machine Debate.”

A look at the major challenges and opportunities in your industry. For more insights, read the full collection of trends from Strategy&.

The right mix of talent, innovation, and experience will help your company master emerging technology.

CEOs who fly planes in their spare time take on risks and seek out new experiences, traits that lead them to preside over firms with better innovation outcomes.

Automation is chipping away at one of the few chances many of us get during the workday for human interaction.

A few key habits and attributes can help protect companies from ransomware — now and going forward.

As the conceptual side of computer science becomes practical and relevant to business, companies must decide what type of AI role they should play.

Facebook is hiring legions of people to monitor content, proving once again that, at least in the near future, computers need a human touch.

Capturing the strategic advantages of fan-centric businesses requires functional transformation.

How technology endowed with creative intelligence changes the way companies generate and distribute content.

When plotting strategy, leaders should worry less about solutions and more about identifying the precise problem they are trying to solve.

Shelly Palmer, one of the world's leading digital-technology commentators, talks about the evolution of the entertainment and media industry.

Are the bells and whistles on already highly engineered products just decadence, or are they a small price to pay for the gadgets we need?

How to develop the right capabilities to lead global growth.

Young firms are valued significantly higher and attract more financing after their founders relinquish some power.

Forget your worries about the factory floor. Machines are already decimating retail jobs.

Autonomous buses seem like a natural solution to a school bus driver shortage, but parents would certainly disagree.

As tasks such as ad placement are becoming automated, it’s obvious that machines will need to make a huge leap to discern context.

Leaders of companies must make personal and financial commitments to trying new experiences.

Ten tips to navigate the opportunities and uncertainties of this great wave of technological change. For more insight, read “10 Principles for Leading the Next Industrial Revolution.”

Tools and techniques to ensure your company will stand out in the new age of digitization. See also “A Guide to Leading the Next Industrial Revolution.”

Upstart firms that want to break into an established sector often must collaborate with the very power brokers they seek to unseat.

Get to know your highest-volume customers, and fill the satisfaction gaps that they won’t tell you about.

Robots are becoming chefs, and software is our new chauffeur, but their capacity for empathy leaves something to be desired.

Google vaulted from nowhere to grab the lead in driverless cars, but Waymo aims to win the race.

If machines and software are going to take over the jobs of humans, we may need them to fund our society.

Journalist Dan Ackerman untangles the complicated history of one of the world’s most popular video games.

The Pokémon Go craze may have faded, but it provides clues for retailers using technology to engage consumers.

Creative leaders don’t fear risk — they turn it into a money-making strategy.

Learn to operate from two observation points simultaneously and to outsource at home.

INSEAD’s David Dubois on how companies and their customers communicate in the digital age.

How to get the strategists and implementers in your company to work together effectively. For more insight, read “10 Principles of Strategy through Execution.”

How to link where your company is headed with what it does best. See also “A Guide to Strategy through Execution.”

Companies that receive awards for product design see an immediate uptick in stock price.

Technology can help, but the key is to focus on interdependence and a common language.

The advent of autonomous vehicles may send the auto insurance industry over a cliff.

During the next few years, says GE Digital’s leader, the Industrial Internet will turn every company into a digitally empowered enterprise.

Popular commercials aired during the big game can drive up a firm’s stock price, but only if the brand is relatively unknown or has a flagging reputation.

How the science of big data analytics can contribute to the art of producing movie and TV content.

Journalist Julian Guthrie tells the story of the Ansari XPrize and of SpaceShipOne’s historic flights.

The tech giant’s partnership model shows how large companies can work with new ventures to drive innovation.

Companies can increase profits in a low-growth environment by focusing on the right combination of segments.

Companies need a clear and complete view of how their digital transformations are progressing.

The editor of the International Economy outlines a plan for restoring income growth based on encouraging startups and competition.

Consumers who use mobile apps tend to make more-frequent purchases, spend less per transaction, and return items more often than those who don’t.

Author Tim Wu argues that the Internet’s descent into clickbait and trivia is only the latest chapter in a long history of advertisers grabbing our attention.

Constructing places where employees can collaborate, improvise, and watch one another work can spur creativity.

For companies, sustaining a consistently high level of performance requires unique capabilities that may differ sharply from the strategies they used to succeed in the first place.

Technology and the Internet of Things are eroding the boundaries that have long classified businesses. Here’s how to change your company’s approach.

For 40 years, the Stanford professor has steered the increasingly complex and meaningful interactions between humans and computers.