Rita McGrath, Thinkers50 Ranking Top 10
Founder of the growth strategy and innovation consulting firm Outthinker.
Ranked in 2025.
Thinkers50 Strategy Award, 2023.
Thinkers50 Innovation Award, 2019.
Thinkers50 Radar Class of 2019.
A strategy and innovation thought leader, Kaihan helps organisations generate breakthrough ideas for transformation and long-term growth. In his book Outthink the Competition he explains that periods of radical change require a next-generation of business strategists – outthinkers – who step outside traditional paradigms to see new opportunities others ignore. He outlines 5 stratagems used by leading companies and the 8Ps Framework – eight dimensions of innovation. In his latest book, Proximity (with co-author Robert Wolcott) he explores the impact that technology will have on business models, talent, and ways of working, arguing that coming breakthroughs in just-in-time push the production and provision of value ever closer to the moment of demand.
CEO of Outthinker Networks, Kaihan combines practical skills and experience honed at McKinsey and Company with rigorous research and analysis of emerging trends. With a mother from Bangladesh, father from Germany, and wife from Latin America, he has lived on five continents and spent time in more than 70 countries. Kaihan has facilitated conversations between corporate leaders and EO entrepreneurs at the United Nations and is a keynote speaker on the topics of business strategy, growth, and transformation. He also teaches at Florida International University, NYU School of Professional Studies, and Wharton Executive Education.
“Proximity is one of those concepts that, once you’ve read about it, changes your perspective forever. This wonderful book takes us on a rollicking ride through the future that is just beginning to emerge – but will be here before we know it. No business leader should miss its lessons.”
Rita McGrath, Thinkers50 Ranking Top 10
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