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You Need a Community, Not a Network

Harvard Business Review

A big goal requires a “thick we” network — a community of people who feel responsible for collaborating toward a shared purpose that they see as superseding their individual needs. At Best Buy in the early 2000s, Julie Gilbert was in charge of an internal network aimed at developing female leaders.

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How to Revive a Tired Network

Harvard Business Review

On a scale of one to five, how important is having a good network to your ability to accomplish your goals? b Between 1920 and 1930, for example, 87 percent of Broadway shows flopped despite being attached to big names like Rogers and Hammerstein, or Gilbert and Sullivan. Learn more about your market value. Start a blog.

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What Changes When AI Is So Accessible That Everyone Can Use It?

Harvard Business Review

Mazin Gilbert has an ambitious goal. As vice president of advanced technologies at AT&T, Gilbert wants to make AI technologies widely available throughout the corporation, especially to those who might not have a computer science background and may not even know how to program. Bernard Van Berg/EyeEm/Getty Images.