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War games on the corporate whiteboard

Book review of The Forward-Looking Manager in a VUCA World

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Namit Gupta
The Forward-Looking Manager in a VUCA World
Vikram Bakshi
SAGE Publications
279 pages; Rs 450

The scene: The Kargil war. The task: An early morning assault on the mountaintop, where the enemy is sitting pretty. A young major in the Indian army orders his troops to start the climb, thinking he’s got it all made. However, he fails to notice the LMG on the side bunker until it’s too late. The result: Heavy casualties on the Indian side as the enemy open fire. Is the major able to hold on to his horses? Does he have a Plan B?

Now let’s transplant the same situation