Some of the hardest decisions in business are not about what to do next—they’re about what to stop doing. Whether you’re steering a startup, leading a team, or managing a long-standing enterprise, ...

In the ever-evolving business world, companies often find themselves at a crossroads, where sticking to the status quo no longer guarantees success. At such moments, a strategic shift becomes ...

If you’re building a startup, you’ve likely wrestled with that gut-wrenching question: “Are we on the right path, or should we change course?” Making good decisions around when to pivot your startup ...

Entrepreneurs expect and prepare for setbacks when building and running a business. What’s harder is knowing when a challenge is worth pushing through and when it’s a sign that a different direction ...

In April 2018, as moviegoers filed into Riyadh's first cinema in decades, Mohamed Al Hashemi stood quietly at the back, marveling at a scene that, just a year prior, existed only as an idea. The ...

NAIROBI, KENYA: The business environment changes almost constantly, which means companies have to be flexible enough to change direction when called upon to. This process is called pivoting, and it ...

Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "Disrupting Justice at RightNow: Persevere, Pivot or Perish; Disrupting Justice at RightNow: Rich or King." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 826-045, August 2025 ...