How Operations Are Becoming The New Growth Engine For Global Firms

Speaking to Business Today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Anant Maheshwari, President & CEO, Global Regions Honeywell, said the real shift in global business conversations is happening around operations and execution, not just strategy or technology adoption. Maheshwari explained that unlike the IT world, operational environments such as factories, refineries, and critical infrastructure face challenges around data access, domain expertise, and zero-tolerance for probabilistic outcomes. He noted that industries like energy are already seeing early success with autonomous operations, delivering tangible productivity improvements on the ground. According to him, while these examples are still limited in number, 2026 could be the inflection point when such operational models begin scaling across geographies, marking a decisive shift from experimentation to real-world impact.

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