Neelima Mahajan

by Neelima Mahajan Illustrations by  Nigel Buchanan Renowned strategist and management innovator Gary Hamel thinks business leaders should lean into our age of upheaval. That means breaking free of bureaucracy and empowering organizations to be as nimble as change itself. Why do you think change is so hard for organizations? Deep change almost always happens in a crisis. The pathologies and the disabilities that you see in organizations have deep roots.

by Neelima Mahajan Illustrations by Nigel Buchanan Renowned for decades of incisive research into management practices, Roger Martin is convinced business leaders should jettison outdated models that no longer reflect economic or social realities. In your latest book, A New Way to Think, you question our blind reliance on existing frameworks and models. Where are you coming from and why? Models have various kinds of lineages and, in most cases, they were flawed models from the start.

by Neelima Mahajan Photos by Amy Lombard Timing can be everything. Good leaders, strategy expert Rita Gunther McGrath argues, know when to mentally remove themselves from the fray and be on the lookout for any larger patterns that may be forming around them. Taking the space to gain this kind of perspective is crucial to being ready to make a transformative move. It can also determine who might emerge as the winner in a crisis.