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Leadership Fails: Cartoons on Executive Blind Spots
Leadership shapes how organizations think and act. It sets direction, signals priorities, and defines what is rewarded, ignored, or quietly tolerated.
These leadership fails cartoons by Ravindra Potharaju at Kaapi with Ravi focus on the moments where authority breaks down.
We explore unclear vision, contradictory messaging, and the executive blind spots where decisive confidence creates confusion on the ground. This is satire on symbolic decisions made without substance.
If you’ve ever worked under leadership that spoke with certainty but left teams guessing what actually mattered, these cartoons will feel uncomfortably familiar.
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Leadership Fails: Where Authority and Accountability Break Down
Leadership frameworks are designed to provide clarity and alignment, but they often fragment under the pressure of incentives and the performative need to appear in control.
These leadership fails cartoons capture the reality of how executive decisions play out inside organizations. We reveal the critical gaps between intent and impact, authority and accountability, and vision and execution.
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