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A Survey of 3,000 Executives Reveals How Businesses Succeed with AI

Harvard Business Review

Through a study of AI that included a survey of 3,073 executives and 160 case studies across 14 sectors and 10 countries, and through a separate digital research program , we have identified 10 key insights CEOs need to know to embark on a successful AI journey. Furthermore, early AI adopters are 3.5

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Strategic Choices Need to Be Made Simultaneously, Not Sequentially

Harvard Business Review

The company was an eager user of my “cascading choices” framework for strategy that I have used for decades and written about extensively, most prominently in the 2013 book I wrote, with friend and colleague A.G. For example, Uber made a Where to Play choice that included China because it’s a huge and important market.

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What Investors Need to Know About Zimbabwe After Mugabe

Harvard Business Review

This is promising for a market formerly dubbed the “breadbasket of Africa.” ” Once one of Africa’s most developed markets – with a solid education system, good infrastructure, and a relatively large middle class – decades of mismanagement have cost Zimbabwe. . billion a decade later.