July 7, 2026PostSummary. In this week’s The Insider newsletter, managing editor Gretchen Gavett writes on “the two-organizations problem”: the widening gap between the polished organizationPostThe Insider is a weekly, subscriber-only newsletter, where our managing editor curates HBR stories, research, and ideas that senior leaders shouldn’t miss.PostRead more on Strategic planning or related topics Strategy execution, Risk management, Decision making and problem solving, Corporate strategy, Strategy, Personal strategy and style, Leadership presence, Managing people, Leadership development, Work environments, Organizational restructuring, Organizational development and Organizational culture
Every Organization Has Two Realities
In this week’s The Insider newsletter, managing editor Gretchen Gavett writes on “the two-organizations problem”: the widening gap between the polished organization leaders present in board rooms and the lived organization employees actually work in. She also unpacks the four types of rule-breakers—self-interested, prosocial, corrupted, and edified—and explains why treating all misconduct the same way misses signals of well-intentioned deviation. Plus, an analysis of the Supreme Court’s Trump v. Slaughter ruling and how the erosion of independent federal agencies could tie business viability more closely to election outcomes.
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