28. Gravitas Shift: When Power Is in Europe and the Future Moves to China
"The problem is not bad leaders in China. The problem is a Western-led governance model that confuses uniformity with discipline, historical revenue with future potential, and center-driven control with strategic relevance." For years, European headquarters have blamed their China underperformance on local leadership. In this solo episode, Kevin draws on conversations with a dozen of executives who built careers in the gap between Chinese market reality and global HQ logic — and breaks down why the model keeps failing. Five acts: the daily symptoms of misalignment, the structural s…