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Harvard Business Impact Launches AI-Powered Assistant

  • By Matt Jones
  • 11/10/26

Business education and leadership development platform Harvard Business Impact (HBI) recently announced the launch of an AI-powered assistant, according to a news release. The assistant, Advisor, can create individualized teaching plans and personalized recommendations for educators as they make decisions regarding course materials, putting together a syllabus, creating discussion plans and questions, and more.

"High-quality courses depend on strong course materials and thoughtful teaching plans, but identifying the right material and tailoring those plans to a specific class is often where preparation becomes challenging and time consuming," said Ellen Desmarais, Harvard Business Publishing Co-President. “Advisor makes that substantial preparation easier, so faculty can devote more of their expertise to facilitating memorable learning for students.”

Educators can provide Advisor with their desired subject matter and other criteria, and they’ll receive a curated list of recommended materials. Each recommendation comes with an explanation of how and why it matches the specified criteria with regard to “factors such as topic specificity, class time, teaching style, and course level,” according to the news release. It can also create customized teaching and lesson plans based on case studies featured in the publication, including “discussion plans, board plans, in-class activities, key takeaways, and classroom management strategies.”

The recommendations and guidance come from thousands of learning materials gathered from leading institutions globally, according to the news release. Advisor was integrated directly into the HBI website. More information is available online.

About the Author

Matt Jones is senior editor of Spaces4Learning. He can be reached at [email protected].

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