What Business Leaders Can Learn from Taylor Swift's Constructive Wariness

Harvard Business Review · Oct 26, 2026 · 3m

What Business Leaders Can Learn from Taylor Swift's Productive Paranoia

18 Apr 2025

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HBR editor Kevin Evers breaks down how Taylor Swift’s “productive paranoia” helps her stay ahead—and what business leaders can learn from it. Find his book, ‘There’s Nothing Like This,' here: https://s.hbr.org/3GcLbI6

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