Nipun Kalra

The decisions that shape a company’s trajectory are rarely made with perfect information. What matters is how leaders navigate uncertainty – with judgment, trust in their teams, and a willingness to keep learning. As part of McKinsey’s Leading Asia series, I had the privilege of speaking with SUN PHARMA's chairman and managing director, Dilip Shanghvi, about the mindset that has guided the company’s growth over the decades, and the principles behind its emergence as a global pharmaceutical leader. What stayed with me most was Dilip’s steady focus on long-term thinking, innovation, and patient-centricity – principles that feel especially relevant in today’s fast-changing world. Read our full conversation: https://lnkd.in/gGBpe7yw #LeadingAsia #FutureOfAsia #CEOExcellence #Leadership

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India’s healthcare sector is at an inflection point—driven by private investment, innovation, and a renewed focus on quality and scale. As we navigate this transformation, there’s a powerful opportunity in front of us - To shape a leadership landscape that reflects the strength and diversity of the workforce powering it. In the latest edition of Express Healthcare, Shravan Subramanyam and I share our perspective on why women’s leadership is not just beneficial—it’s essential to the future of healthcare in India. Women already form the majority of medical graduates and are a driving force across frontline care, diagnostics, and administration. Creating space for women at the helm—through flexible work models, leadership pathways, and a culture of mentorship—is how we move from inclusion as a concept to inclusion as a core strength. When women lead, teams thrive, and organizations perform better. Let’s keep this conversation alive. #WomenInLeadership #InclusiveHealthcare #GenderEquity #HealthcareTransformation 

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As BCG’s Global People Chair, I can’t help but be excited about the incredible progress our teams at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) are making with AI. Nearly 90% of BCGers are now using AI in their work, with half using it habitually. AI is no longer a “nice-to-have” in the workplace, but a core part of how we learn, work, and grow.   In a recent interview with Lakshmi Varanasi at Business Insider, I shared how AI is raising the bar on quality and efficiency, and how the real differentiator remains our people - the judgment, creativity, and insight BCGers bring to every client challenge.   What excites me most is how our people are using AI to reinvest time into higher value activities, from sharper analysis to clearer storytelling. One of the best examples is in performance reviews: our AI tools have cut writing time by 40% and improved quality by 20%, freeing up leaders to focus on coaching and growth. And with BCGers having built more than 32,000 custom GPTs, the most of any OpenAI customer, innovation is now flowing from every corner of the firm.   I’m proud of the progress we’ve made so far with this powerful technology and excited for what’s next. Thank you, Lakshmi, for the opportunity to highlight our journey. To learn more, read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eF_Nzhea

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2025 CEO Priorities Noting the ideological polarisation as a key issue CEOs are facing. CEOs have to resolve carefully the tension between the value of diversity of thoughts vs. the increasingly challenging task to integrate and align increasingly polarised views across their teams and Board. https://lnkd.in/g326idw7

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Seven of my colleagues at McKinsey & Company share tactical and strategic moves their clients are making in response to today’s geopolitical turbulence. Shivanshu Gupta explains how current trade realignment is opening opportunities for Asian companies in industries such as semiconductors, automotive, and chemicals to scale significantly, and shares that companies have shifted from immediate reactions to tariffs to addressing longer-term competitiveness. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gA_9sMW2

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What is the secret sauce for capturing value from AI? BCG’s annual Build for the Future report makes the conclusion clear: the value comes not from pilots or isolated use cases, but from reshaping and reinventing core business workflows end to end. Core functions such as sales and marketing, manufacturing, supply chain, and pricing, account for 70% of AI’s potential value. R&D and innovation alone represent 15% of the total potential. Only 5% of companies are truly future-built, and they are widening their performance advantage. To learn more, go to https://lnkd.in/gmhRvPsr #BCG #AI #BuiltForTheFuture2025

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A recent BCG article by my colleague Christine Barton reveals that burnout among top executives has reached at time highs, with mounting pressure and an ever-slimmer margin for error. BCG’s latest research shows that the most effective leaders treat sleep as non-negotiable, delegate with precision, carve out time for reflection rather than constant reaction, and build trusted peer networks to share the load. Leadership today demands more than stamina, it demands recovery. Read more here:

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Acting fast doesn’t mean acting indiscriminately. In today’s economic climate, leaders are making tough cost decisions. But broad cuts risk eroding the very capabilities that drive performance.   This new BCG article sheds light on a smarter path: a zero-based approach to five people-cost challenges—focused on protecting what matters and redeploying resources with purpose, making every dollar and decision count. https://lnkd.in/e6tN-Tb6   #ZeroBasedTransformation #CostExcellence #PeopleStrategy #Leadership

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