Insights by Dev Patnaik

Insights

Tariff Strategy: Focus on the Relationships that Matter Most

As tariff volatility grows, companies with deep customer, supplier, and government relationships are better positioned to adapt. These long-term ties are now strategic assets.

Growth Strategy

Five Big Questions Behind a Successful Strategy

You may have 500 strategy questions. But chances are, they all boil down to just five. Start there.

Strategy

We Need You to Be Wiser

We don’t need smarter leaders. We need wiser ones. In a world full of ambiguity and noise, wisdom helps you lead with clarity, courage, and care for all of us.

Leadership

The Rhythm of Innovation: Convergence, Divergence, and Blockbuster

Innovation rarely moves in a straight line. It expands, contracts, and repeats—with patterns hiding in plain sight. This is a story about Blockbuster, missed signals, and what clay pots can teach us about the future.

Future Visioning

LG and Samsung: The Difference is Strategy

When LG asked McKinsey to assess the smartphone market, the firm said the devices were too niche and expensive for mass adoption. Samsung took a different path, embracing experimentation. That choice pushed Samsung ahead and left LG behind—a lasting lesson in future-focused strategy.

Growth Strategy

Strategy: Not Just What… but When

Great strategy solves today’s problems while building for the future. Leaders who plan across multiple time horizons avoid getting trapped by past decisions and create lasting advantage.

Change Management