Dr. Kaushik Ghatak
Helping leaders navigate business complexity and unlock their potential
30+ years of practice — not just theory — across supply chain strategy, digital transformation, and executive leadership. Advisor, Educator, and Certified Coach.
Advise
Supply chain strategy, digital transformation roadmaps, sales excellence — grounded in 30+ years of enterprise experience across SAP, Oracle, PwC, and IBM.
Enquire about advisory →Educate
Faculty at SMU, NTU, IIM Calcutta, IIM Udaipur, Mahindra University, and MIT Scale Network. Executive development programmes using experiential and simulation-based learning.
See speaking & teaching →Coach
Certified Registered Corporate Coach. Coaching that goes beyond goals and behaviours — developing the systems thinking, critical thinking, and pattern-recognition skills that matter most in the age of AI.
Explore coaching →Faculty & visiting faculty at
SMU 
NTU 
IIM-C 
IIM-U 
MIT Scale 
SUTD Organisations I have worked with
Mondelez
Tata
Reckitt
TE Connectivity
Infosys
BPCL
Barry Callebaut
Bühler
Asian Paints
Fuji Xerox
Shell
ExxonMobil
Equinix
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The Mental Model Shift AI Actually Requires
AI adoption keeps stalling not because of bad tools, but because teams haven't changed how they think — from process to outcome.
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AI tools vs AI thinking
We are equipping people with AI tools without equipping them with the thinking skills to use those tools well.
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The Thinking Skills AI Cannot Replace — and Why Leaders Need Them Now
AI is getting very good at the analytical layer of leadership work. What it cannot do is think systemically, challenge its own assumptions, or connect dots across domains. These are the human skills that matter most — and most leaders have never been taught them.
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"The gap between business school and business reality is where most transformation programmes fail. My work lives in that gap."— Dr. Kaushik Ghatak