Advice That Endures
The photo of my workspace at HBR was taken just a couple of months ago, but now it looks impossibly distant. We planned and edited this issue in our offices, but as the magazine went to press, we joined our readers in adjusting to mandatory work-from-home protocols as stock markets crashed, businesses closed, and people coped with the uncertainties of life during a worldwide pandemic. I joined HBR in 2009, in the middle of the global financial crisis. I recall how hard it was to choose articles that struck the right note as the challenges facing managers seemed to change by the hour. Yet when I reread the issues HBR published during the world’s previous major crisis, I’m struck by how relevant they remain. I hope the same proves true for…