Strategy Summit 2026: Inventive Strategy and the ‘Unbossed’ Organization
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Turn breakthrough ideas into real results at the virtual HBR Innovation Summit this November with top CEOs and masterclasses on AI and growth. Register by September 30th and save 25%. Learn more at hbr.org slash innovation summit. I'm Adi Ignatius and this is the HBR Idea cast. Harvard Business Review recently hosted the HBR Strategy Summit 2026.
a day filled with expert advice and guidance from executives and academics alike. We're sharing the highlights of this event in this special Ideacast series. Today we have another masterclass, this time from Rita McGrath, professor at Columbia Business School. She sees a major shift in the economy underway that affects strategy and organizational. structure.
Our economy is moving from one based on physical assets, mass production and hierarchy to intangible assets, services, and innovation. This shift means companies can no longer depend on long-term competitive advantage. Instead, she'll explain how in an AI world, companies need to choose a center around which to build competitive. capacity and allocate resources. She'll share examples from the business world, talk about what it means to have unbossed structures, and take audience questions, all with the help from HBR editor-in-chief, Amy Bernstein.
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