Dr. Parag Khanna’s keynote at the TRSA Annual Conference & CEO Summit in Napa, CA, delivered a sweeping analysis of the forces reshaping the global economy. He urged business leaders to rethink how they approach risk, growth and long-term strategy.

Khanna’s central message: the world is not becoming less connected, it is becoming more complex, dynamic and data-driven. Companies that succeed will be those that actively map and manage that complexity rather than react to it.

A New Framework for Understanding Global Change

Khanna framed the modern global system through what he called an “iron triangle” of geopolitics ...