Corporate leaders are ditching slow consensus-building for wartime tactics to survive rapid AI shifts and global instability as of March 23, 2026. On March 23, 2026, global CEOs adopted a permanent wartime leadership style to handle the Iran conflict and the rapid shift toward agentic artificial intelligence.
UiPath CEO Daniel Dines adopts wartime tactics for AI pivot
Daniel Dines, the CEO of UiPath, told Diane Brady of Fortune that his company now treats every day as wartime. This change comes as Dines pushes the robotic process automation firm toward agentic AI. Agentic AI refers to software that can act on its own to complete complex tasks rather than just following simple rules.
Dines said that in peacetime, a leader can tolerate different behaviors and try to adjust slowly. Now, he believes decisions must move through the company much faster to keep up with competitors. This means the company no longer waits to see where the market goes before taking action.
The CEO defined agency as having people with both the skill and the will to make things happen immediately. He argued that anxiety serves as a motivator in this environment. If a leader waits for certainty, they will likely lose their position in the market.
This shift in mindset is happening while global markets fall due to the ongoing war involving Iran. However, the move to a wartime style is driven more
