The Rocket Car Problem

Put it to work

A rocket is not a faster car.

This is the companion site to The Rocket Car Problem by Padmaja Hari.

The book makes the case. This site will help you put it to work: practical tools for taking the five pivots from ideas to action in your organization, with your people and your workflows.

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Cover of The Rocket Car Problem: Rethink. Rebuild. Lead with AI., by Padmaja Hari

What's coming to this site

The tools are being prepared now and will appear here chapter by chapter. The worksheets and templates will be free.

  • Worksheets and exercises

    Coming soon

    For the questions and pivot moves in every chapter.

  • Templates

    Coming soon

    Built around the book's frameworks, such as the 80% Rebuild and the Calorie Test.

  • Implementation guides

    Coming soon

    For turning leadership decisions into organizational change.

  • Workshops and guided sessions

    Coming soon

    For teams ready to work through the five pivots together.

Every chapter ends with a move to make this week. This site will help you make it.

About the book

A rocket is not a faster car. And AI is not a faster version of the company you already have.

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.

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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.