The Three-Box solution posits that every project that your organization executes can be put into one of three boxes. Box one manages the present and focuses on the customers that you serve today. Box two selectively forgets the past and contains projects that do not fit into the company’s vision for the future. And Box three is about creating the future by taking into considerations innovations and technological disruptions. In this episode of The Orbit Shift Podcast, Manish Tangri unpacks the Three-Box Solution. He discusses how leaders can apply this solution to their startups and established businesses so that their companies are future-proofed and protected from disruptions. 

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About the Guest

Manish Tangri is the author of HBR Press' book, The Three Box Solution Playbook: Tools and Tactics for Creating Your Company's Strategy. Manish has spent more than fifteen years executing entrepreneurial innovation activities in Fortune 500 organizations such as Microsoft and Intel. These experiences, which include recognizing external trends and nonlinear shifts and amplifying them so that organizations can effectively create their future was critical in developing the playbook.

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Host and Producer - Jayadevan PK

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