On Cover
Kamales Lardi
CEO, Lardi & Partner Consulting
“ Exposing What Leadership Conceals: The Organizational Architecture of AI Success“
Cover Story
In the gleaming boardrooms of global enterprises, a uncomfortable truth is emerging. Artificial intelligence isn’t failing because the algorithms are flawed. It’s failing because it exposes what organizations have spent decades hiding: broken decision-making structures, unclear accountability, and leadership systems designed for a world that no longer exists.
Dr. Cindy Erasmus
There are pivotal moments when a career doesn’t just shift direction but transforms entirely, revealing a deeper calling that was waiting beneath the surface. For Dr. Cindy Erasmus, that moment arrived in the quiet space between helping traumatic brain injury patients reclaim fragments of their lives and recognizing an untapped frontier of human capability. Where others saw the end of potential, she began to envision its beginning.
Dr. Sumana Talakokkula
In the corridors of medical education, some moments crystallize into lifetime callings. For Dr. Sumana Talakokkula, that moment arrived as a young medical student witnessing a pattern that would define her entire career: women consistently placing everyone else’s wellbeing above their own. She watched as patients delayed care, concealed symptoms, and silently endured pain within healthcare systems never designed around their comfort or autonomy.