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Leaders must shift from operational excellence to strategic rethinking

The current business environment demands a fundamental shift in leadership strategy, moving beyond operational excellence to embrace creative and bold thinking. Factors like geopolitical fragmentation, industrial policy, and AI are rapidly reshaping markets, making traditional planning horizons insufficient. Leaders must now reassess core business models and customer problems from first principles, dedicating top talent to these strategic challenges rather than treating them as secondary tasks. AI

IMPACT Leaders must adapt to AI's disruptive influence by prioritizing strategic rethinking over pure operational efficiency.

RANK_REASON Opinion piece from a former McKinsey executive discussing strategic shifts in leadership.

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Leaders must shift from operational excellence to strategic rethinking

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Carolyn Dewar ·

    I founded McKinsey’s CEO practice: Here’s why operational excellence is a liability right now

    Carolyn Dewar has advised hundreds of CEOs. She says the execution discipline that rewarded leaders for a decade is now holding them back.