At The Speed Of Irrelevance: How America Blew Its Ai Leadership Position And How To Regain It

After decades of "made in China, sold in US" as the winning mantra, American and Western businesses are being forced to rethink their China strategy. In an era defined by the great power competition, business leaders are scrambling to make sense of the sudden reversal of the pro-China policy by the US. As the rivalry between US and China intensifies, the geopolitical continental shift is sending waves of disruption - forcing businesses to avoid getting crushed as the two giants collide. In the opening scene of this war, the weapons of tariffs, bans, and sanctions were deployed and warnings for economic devastation and evisceration were issued. What follows is the grim reality that a painful divorce is unavoidable. But, if approached correctly, the post-annulment business dynamics do not have to be perilous. This book takes the position that the new era of the great decoupling offers an opportunity to rethink business in its entirety. The great decoupling is the redesign of supply chains in accordance with the three factors of: the advent of artificial intelligence, geopolitical remapping, and the sustainability movement. Taking businesspeople through an exciting journey which connects the dots between the three factors, this book articulates a plan for successfully designing and implementing the decoupling strategy that leads to a full-scale transformation of a firm into the modern era.