Most Indian leaders today are running a business that has already outgrown the strategy built for it.
The signs are everywhere, even if they are rarely said out loud. Planning cycles built for a calmer world can no longer keep pace with AI-speed disruption. Geopolitical tariffs, trade realignment, and supply chain shocks have moved from a footnote into the annual report to a live variable in every board decision. Family-run enterprises face succession and governance questions, and across conglomerates' boards and CXO desks, the same quiet question keeps resurfacing. Am I leading the business I have today, or the one I built five years ago?
