The Examined Leader Retires the Old Playbook w/ Rajvir Madan #448 (43:25(
You've Been Heard, Monday, August 24th, 2026
IT leader Rajvir Madan on how self-awareness, culture, and operations close the transformation failure gap.
Rajvir Madan argues that leaders must separate personal worth from project outcomes and stop applying familiar playbooks to unfamiliar contexts.
The conversation lays out three pillars for closing the transformation gap: examining internal patterns, verifying that organizational culture is genuinely ready for change, and aligning operations to measurable business outcomes rather than activity metrics.
Practical advice includes turning abstract values into specific operating principles, building safe feedback loops, and treating unmeasured data as a signal about organizational readiness.