What happened in 2025? Well, a lot. There were tariffs, breakthroughs and disappointments with AI, and a wobbly economy that sent decidedly mixed signals. There were crises of purpose, execution, and ...

The United States has historically been one of the world’s major destinations for refugees and, along with a few other countries, has played an outsize role in their resettlement. President Donald ...

Our blog’s Chart of the Week series tracked how the global economy evolved in 2025, with the top five charts highlighting some of the key issues shaping economic and policy discussions. They show ...

For a design firm—or any business, really—success hinges on countless factors, from smart hiring to solid business management. Unfortunately there’s no easily replicable blueprint that guarantees ...

Replace traditional charts with work charts. Instead of mapping people and job titles, focus on mapping workflows, tasks and value streams. This enables teams to work dynamically. Once you identify ...

According to McKinsey, leaders face twice as many critical issues as they did 10 years ago. Time to think is scarce at the top of most organizations, and the tendency to follow playbooks is strong. In ...

Apoorv Agrawal, a partner at Altimeter; Eric Glyman, the CEO of Ramp; and Anuj Mehndiratta, a partner at Thrive Capital discuss with the WSJ Leadership Institute’s Steven Rosenbush what they think ...

A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. Every survey finding published by Pew Research ...

The diginomica network debate: AI is inverting the traditional pyramid shape of organizations. Rethinking the structure for this shape shift requires CIOs, peers and society to engage in a tough ...

China is undertaking sweeping efforts to strengthen its military. Over the last few decades, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has transformed from an outdated regional military into an increasingly ...

Since plastic began to be mass-produced in the 1950s, the material has been building up in the environment and in people’s bodies. These six graphs illustrate just how bad the problem has gotten, and ...

Last month, my friend Amy, a midlevel marketing manager at a Fortune 500 company, had her entire junior analyst team “restructured.” The official reason? “Strategic realignment.” The real reason? AI ...