{"podcast":{"title":"Harvard Business Review","slug":"harvard-business-review-7777387","podcast_index_feed_id":7777387,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/VG7900701114","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/980142f0-0d9c-11f1-9b6f-b39130a8b54a/image/fd144eac00da8bd04368206590cf5ad8.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"HBR","episode_count":501,"summary":"At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. We try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We encourage comments, critiques, and questions. We expect our community to be a safe space for respectful, constructive, and thought-provoking discussion. We reserve the right to remove or turn off comments at our discretion. We do not tolerate bullying, name-calling, or abusive language related to identity, including race, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexuality, age, or region; spam; copyright violation; extreme profanity; or p*rnography.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-27T00:20:33.239002+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387"},"episode":{"title":"From Rigid to Adaptable: Why You Need to Lead Like an Octopus","slug":"from-rigid-to-adaptable-why-you-need-to-lead-like-an-octopus","published_at":"2026-09-18T19:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387/from-rigid-to-adaptable-why-you-need-to-lead-like-an-octopus","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG7978129731.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG7978129731.mp3","summary":"From Rigid to Resilient: Why You Need to Lead Like an Octopus 27 Jan 2026 --- Stuck in endless meetings, stale ideas, and rigid org charts? You might be running a Tin Man organization—engineered for efficiency, not adaptability. Today’s leaders need something smarter. Enter the octopus: more flexible, curious, and built to thrive in complexity. Learn how your company can evolve from rigid to resilient—by thinking like an octopus. Read more in \"The Octopus Organization: A Guide to Thriving in a World of Continuous Transformation\": https://www.amazon.com/Octopus-Organization-Thriving-Continuous-Transformation/dp/B0DRZGTH31 Books, tools, and more: store.hbr.org Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #YourCareer #Career #Job #Work #Business #Harvard #HarvardBusinessSchool Copyright © 2025 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"From Rigid to Resilient: Why You Need to Lead Like an Octopus 27 Jan 2026 --- Stuck in endless meetings, stale ideas, and rigid org charts? You might be r…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":201,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/harvard-business-review-7777387/episodes/from-rigid-to-adaptable-why-you-need-to-lead-like-an-octopus/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/harvard-business-review-7777387/from-rigid-to-adaptable-why-you-need-to-lead-like-an-octopus.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}