When AI Challenges Strategy

How three chief strategy officers are responding by Adi Ignatius

March 4, 2026

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Strategy has never been more visible—or more volatile. In this candid conversation, three chief strategy leaders—Sherry Sanger from Penske Transportation Solutions; Jennifer Moll from DTEX Systems; and Maran Nalluswami from Synchrony—talk to HBR editor at large Adi Ignaitus about how they’re crafting strategy when AI, supply-chain disruption, and shifting consumer behavior can quickly upend the best-made plans.

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