HBR Indulgence

What’s your guilty pleasure?

For the past 18 years, I’ve subscribed to Harvard Business Review (HBR). I haven’t read every copy or every article. But when an edition lands that resonates, then I’ll devour cover to cover.

And the latest edition is a classic—the theme is ‘Busyness’. (Something we could all do paying more attention to).

A few standout articles this month include:

• Beware a Culture of Busyness, by Adam Waytz. Top tips: focus on output over activity, build slack into your diary. eliminate low value work.

• You Need Two Leadership Gears, by Lindy Greer, Francesca Gino and Robert I. Sutton. Top tip: know when to take change and when to get out of the way!

• Gitlab’s CEO on Building One of the World’s Largest All-Remote Companies, by Sid Sijbrandij. Gitlab has published a handbook for how it operates—great reference.

And once you’ve solved your ‘busyness issues’, you’ll have more time to indulge in those guilty pleasures.

Looking forward to the next edition.