How do we stop being treated like a cost center and start being treated like a strategic partner? Upender Rao, Former GBS APAC Lead at Salesforce, asks. Deborah Kops has a surprising answer. There's a difference between being trusted with a task and being trusted with an outcome. Until companies give their global teams the authority to make real decisions and be accountable for real outcomes, nothing will change. And AI isn't going to solve it; it's going to expose it.

This week’s question comes from Candace Dingman, COO, Lifepoint Business Services, Lifepoint Health:

“Based on your experience advising and observing GBS transformations globally, what are the three non-negotiable change management strategies…”

This week’s question comes from: LeDon Brooks, VP, Business Services Hub, Schneider Electric

“How can GBS organizations build the trust required to move beyond traditional back-office roles and operate as true strategic partners that deliver enterprise-wide value?”