Leaders seeking to turn AI's promise into business value often overlook employees already experimenting with emerging technologies. These 'digital wayfinders''frequently younger, junior employees but defined by their exploratory approach rather than their age'can reveal new possibilities, challenge established assumptions, and accelerate digital transformation. Indeed, research involving almost 10,000 leaders across 108 countries suggests that organizations making greater progress are more likely to engage these employees. But these employees' tendency to experiment without permission and challenge established thinking candidly can also send promising initiatives off track and alienate leaders. To channel their contributions productively, leaders should build candid, two-way communication; remove unnecessary bureaucracy while establishing clear business and ethical guardrails; and provide 'air cover' through visible sponsorship and support and opportunities to influence consequential decisions....

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What can owning a sports team teach leaders about building enduring value' In this HBR Executive Live conversation, editor at large Adi Ignatius speaks to David M. Rubenstein, cofounder of the Carlyle Group and owner of the Baltimore Orioles. Rubestein has spent decades studying how the world's most successful professional sports franchises create value, navigate uncertainty, and make decisions when the stakes are high. The two discuss how to manage a complex financial playbook in the quest to achieve short- and long-term success; how to build'and protect'a powerful brand and a deeply invested community; and how to make decisions when performance is visible to millions and the emotional stakes are unusually high....

AI is making familiar voices, faces, and documents easy to counterfeit, allowing fraudsters to exploit gaps between business functions even when individual systems remain secure. To identify these vulnerabilities, leaders should trace high-risk transactions from start to finish and ask what each receiving system assumes, what evidence it receives, and who independently verifies that evidence. Assigning clear responsibility for these handoffs, requiring verification through channels the requester cannot control, and giving designated employees authority to stop suspicious payments can help close the gaps....