Perspectives from
the frontier.

As India accelerates its National Infrastructure Pipeline, the quality of Detailed Project Reports has emerged as the single biggest predictor of project success. We examine the five dimensions of DPR quality that determine whether a project gets funded, delayed, or cancelled.

The technology migration from Oracle EBS to Oracle Cloud Fusion is the easy part. Re-engineering the business processes that EBS was configured around is where migrations stall. We break down the five most underestimated risks.

India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act creates new obligations for every organisation processing personal data. Most compliance programmes are focusing on the wrong things. We identify the six obligations that matter most in practice.

Third-generation family business transitions fail at a rate that should alarm every family-promoted enterprise. The causes are almost always governance failures, not capability failures. We examine the five patterns we see most consistently.

Supply chain resilience has moved from boardroom aspiration to operational imperative. We set out the procurement transformation approach that Indian manufacturers and distributors are using to build resilience without sacrificing cost efficiency.

Agentic AI systems that take autonomous actions on behalf of organisations are moving from pilot to production. Most enterprise governance frameworks are not ready. We set out the six governance dimensions that CIOs must address before deployment.

The Ulrich model of HR — business partners, centres of excellence, and shared services — has been implemented by most large Indian enterprises. Most implementations are underperforming. The problem is almost never the model. It is the execution.

The Government e-Marketplace has transformed public procurement in India. The latest guideline updates change the compliance landscape for buying organisations significantly. We identify the five changes that matter most for procurement teams.

Most corporate training programmes cannot demonstrate their business impact. This is not primarily a measurement problem. It is a design problem. We examine the four design failures that prevent training investment from generating measurable returns.