Insights by Dev Patnaik

Insights

Headlines from the Future: The 2025 Stories that Signal What’s Next

2025 was defined by upheaval, but not all headlines matter equally. We look past the noise to identify the early signals that will shape the next decade and beyond.

Future Visioning

Reframe the Game: Why the Best Companies Don’t Stay in Their Lanes

Profitability and long-term relevance require stepping beyond familiar boundaries to build entirely new sources of advantage.

Growth Strategy

Three Levels of AI Transformation: The Path to Measurable Payoff

AI payoff is a maturity problem: tangible returns happen when you rewire how work gets done and how you plan to win.

Future Focus

Getting Ready for Next Year: Choose Challenges Over Plans

The most impactful leaders cultivate a big, focused challenge that gets their team imagining for the future.

Innovation

Experimentation Over Presentation: Your Strategy Should Survive the Real World

Intuit became a multi-billion-dollar company by discovering that the best experiments, not the best Powerpoints, should drive innovation.

Customer Insights

Robots & Revolution: Why Humanoids Won’t Easily Walk Into American Homes

1X’s Neo is among the first humanoids for the home. Lingering technical issues are manageable, but owning robots that look like people pricks at Americans’ conscience.