Leadership · 2026
The Rocket Car Problem
Rethink. Rebuild. Lead with AI.
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About the book
Most organizations are approaching AI as an upgrade: better tools, faster tasks, more automation. But what if the bigger opportunity is to rethink the organization itself?
If we were starting today, knowing what AI can now do, would we build the business this way at all?
The Rocket Car Problem moves beyond tools and prompts to the leadership decisions underneath them: how work should be redesigned, where humans create the most value, what capabilities are worth building, how organizational knowledge becomes an advantage, where autonomy should stop, and when yesterday's processes and investments should be left behind.
AI is not the destination. Better outcomes are.
Formats
| Format | Price (US) | ISBN |
|---|---|---|
| Paperback | $26 | 979-8-9980216-7-1 |
| Hardcover | $42 | 979-8-9980216-0-2 |
| Kindle | $9.99 | — |
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Facilitated workshops that help leadership teams make their hardest AI decisions together.
About the author
Padmaja Hari is the founder of Shakti AI. For more than two decades, she has led technology and organizational transformation across global, highly regulated industries — restructuring business units, building delivery organizations, and leading teams across the United States, India, Latin America, and Canada. She now helps founders and CEOs redesign how work gets done around AI.