HBR's 10 Must Reads 2022: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review

by Harvard Business Review

A year's worth of management wisdom, all in one place.

We've reviewed the ideas, insights, and best practices from the past year of Harvard Business Review to keep you up-to-date on the most cutting-edge, influential thinking driving business today. With authors from Frances Frei to Morton T. Hansen and company examples from UPS to Apple, this volume brings the most current and important management conversations right to your fingertips.

This book will inspire you

Build trust—the most essential form of capital a leader hasAdopt the best practices for hybrid workNavigate the challenges of workplace anxietyReconsider your approach to innovation by challenging everyday notions of valueAssess whether to team up with a rival and how to manage the relationshipBreak through the organizational barriers that impede gender and racial equityLead with a commitment to sustainability

This collection of articles includes "Begin with Trust," by Frances Frei and Anne Morriss; "Cultural Innovation," by Douglas Holt; "The Rules of Co-opetition," by Adam Brandenburger and Barry Nalebuff; "Negotiating Your Next Job," by Hannah Riley Bowles and Bobbi Thomason; "Leading Through Anxiety," by Morra Aarons-Mele; "When Machine Learning Goes Off the Rails," by Boris Babic, I. Glenn Cohen, Theodoros Evgeniou, and Sara Gerke; "Getting Serious About Diversity," by Robin J. Ely and David A. Thomas; "How to Promote Racial Equity in the Workplace," by Robert Livingston; "Our Work-from-Anywhere Future," by Prithwiraj Raj) Choudhury; "A More Sustainable Supply Chain," by Veronica H. Villena and Dennis A. Gioia; and "How Apple Is Organized for Innovation," by Joel M. Podolny and Morten T. Hansen.

HBR's 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further. HBR's 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to leadership, strategy, change, managing people, and managing yourself. Harvard Business Review has sorted through hundreds of articles and selected only the most essential reading on each topic. Each title includes timeless advice that will be relevant regardless of an ever‐changing business environment.

Genres: Business, Leadership, Nonfiction, Management, Business Leadership

238 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 12, 2021

Reviews

[Shubham Gupta · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my first time reading HBR's Must Reads and this was a surprisingly good collection of different but highly relevant topics in the current context. I really liked the chapters on managing anxiety, working from home and topics like co-opetition.
Chapters which talked about making changes at an individual level had really specific actionable advice, e.g. the chapter on anxiety had a detailed list of steps that someone can start following immediately.

I would definitely look out for more HBR's Must Reads in future especially if the chapters are of my interest.

[Hayley Hu · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is worth reading multiple times during the journey of management.

[Achim ('akim) Schmidt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Most articles were first published in 2020 and 2021. So you can read what was relevant and present in the minds “those days”. The people back then cared about racial justice, diversity, anxiety and sustainability.

» Today the opportunities for countries to cooperate are even larger - from tackling Covid-19 and climate change to resolving trade wars. We hope that a better understanding of co-opetition will help businesses, managers, and countries find a better way to work and succeed together! «

Reading this book in 2025, where toxic masculinity, reckless behavior and populism is widely accepted again, it reads like from a hopefully better future.

[gigi · Rating 2 out of 5]

in my quest to finish all the books stacked in my apartment no matter how long ago I started them I have concluded nothing about capitalism is worth more than two stars

[Ven Sio · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've read these selections since 2015. 2022 was a weak compilation. I'd have given it 1 star for most of it, but the Cultural Innovation article was its saving grace. For that, I bumped this to 4 stars.

[Alexander Teibrich · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are definitely some great articles in there and the format is great to quickly catch up. I enjoyed the summary of how apple is structured, and the more people/culture focused topics around trust and anxiety. Still not a „must-read-book“ that I would recommend to everyone.

[Aanu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting and insightful lineup of articles. I particularly liked the ones on Cultural Innovation, Coopetition and Diversity & Inclusion topics. Very quick read.

[Bjorn Martensson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good collection of articles, but that's it.

[Julian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good summary on what’s happening in 2022: managing anxiety, inclusion and diversity, sustainable supply chain, and many more.

[Anto Raimo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Solid book with interesting articles from HBR. Easily digestible, compelling topics and with relevant examples, this is a book I’d like to pick up every now and then for a refresher on best practices. Having said that, some of the business cases presented come across as overly vague and more closely related to the previous decade’s cultural discourse. As a result, my impression is that the book fails to deliver on its very premise, that - as the title goes - is to narrate the most salient business cases of the year 2022.

[❀ Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is always nice to refresh myself on some HBR articles. This 2022 collection included topics like:

Cultural Innovation
Trust
Co-opetition
Negotiating
Leading in Anxious Times
Diversity
Work form Anywhere

It was thought provoking and had many great piece of advice to incorporate into practice.

[Daniel Noventa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good essays to summarize the year from an HBR perspective.

[Heidi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved that the articles (although not ALL my favorite) sparked ideas and inspired me to be better.

[Kevin Acton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Five stars if it applied more to my current role. Definitely an interesting read.