Shivakumar: Experienced Leaders Face Friction When Others Cannot Intuit Solutions
Shiv Shivakumar · How to Think Like a CEO & Build Like a Fighter | Shiv Shivakumar, Ex-CEO Nokia & Pepsico · Oct 28, 2025 · at 36:10
Shiv Shivakumar, former CEO of PepsiCo India and Nokia India, reflects on boardroom friction and executive communication challenges.
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“Now what happens when you are prepared, when you have experience, and by and large you want to do the right thing for the institution is, the answer comes to you intuitively. So when the answer comes to you intuitively, there is certain pride in saying that answer comes to me intuitively. But also there is a certain ego which says, why can't the others see it? Why can't they see what I am able to see? And that, that's real frustration for all leaders.”
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