Every year a team of editors gathers to read and review, discuss and debate, 12 months’ worth of Harvard Business Review articles to select the ones we think are most likely to spark conversation, inspire innovation, and move you and your organization forward. We bring to the (figurative) table our individual challenges and experiences, topic interests, and perspectives on the cutting-edge ideas driving business today. But we read and evaluate all the articles with you in mind. Keeping up with the latest research, trends, and influential thinking is time-consuming. If you’re able to read only 11 articles, whether all at once on a flight or in stolen spurts during your day, which ones will bring you and your organization the most value? Which will surprise and delight you? Which will you talk about with friends and colleagues? Which will spur your thinking to action? We believe the articles in this collection meet those criteria.