Organizational Transformation

The second paper in a joint MIT Sloan Management Review India and Infinite Uptime series finds that weak execution, not weak insight, is holding back industrial AI.

The abrupt exit of HDFC Bank’s chairman, coupled with unusually sharp language in his resignation letter, has exposed a disconnect between board-level assurances and market expectations for transparency at a systemically important financial institution.

The delay signals that continuity at the top of one of India’s largest conglomerate will hinge on alignment between trustees and management over risk and structural priorities.

Leadership change comes as the browser maker repositions around user-controlled AI and privacy.

New labor codes promise simpler rules and wider protections but uneven state rollout and union pushback cloud the transition