In a world where speed is often mistaken for progress, Sirisha Bhamidipati, Co-founder of Align By Design (ABD) helps organizations align and adapt by closing the quiet gaps between what leaders think, say, and do.
바카라Most organizations don바카라t fail because of bad strategy,바카라 she says. 바카라They struggle because the left hand doesn바카라t know what the right is doing.바카라
From the Brink to Boardrooms
Before she became an advisor to CEOs, at the age of 13, a rare neurological illness left Sirisha paralyzed from the neck down. In a span of 48 hours, she went from a healthy school girl dreaming of becoming a neurosurgeon to being unable to move, write, or feed herself. Doctors weren바카라t optimistic. But her parents refused to accept that this was the end of her story. Years of painstaking physiotherapy followed. It took two years before she could walk again. The dream of becoming a surgeon faded, but she never stopped learning. Denied entry into medical school due to mobility restrictions, she pivoted to Computer Applications, and later to management. She taught herself programming with one hand, topped her university and earned admission to IIM Ahmedabad.
It was at an event on campus that she met Harish, her future husband. Their connection wasn바카라t just personal바카라it was philosophical. Over time, they learned a shared outlook on life: practical optimism, quiet ambition, and a desire to build with intent.
After years of navigating their own careers, and many conversations over what makes organizations truly work, they co-founded Align By Design in 2022. The firm has been recognized from their shared ethos: purpose over noise, clarity over chaos, alignment바카라not just ambition바카라is what powers enduring performance. It was the natural culmination of Sirisha바카라s personal journey of rewiring & realigning.
How Organizations Drift
In Sirisha바카라s view, most organizations don바카라t fall apart because of dramatic failures. They drift바카라slowly, quietly바카라through a series of misalignments.
A leadership offsite sets a bold new direction, but frontline teams continue operating in old ways. Agility is declared a core value, but approvals still go through five layers. Innovation is encouraged, but risk-taking is subtly punished. The latest trend - riding the AI bandwagon without having clarity on the 바카라what바카라 and 바카라How바카라 and more importantly the 바카라Why바카라. 바카라Everyone has the right intentions,바카라 she says. 바카라But somewhere between the intent and the execution, the signal gets lost.바카라
This is where Align By Design comes in. The firm uses a proprietary Dilemmas Resolution Framework (DRF) and AI-backed diagnostics to uncover gaps that most organizations don바카라t know they바카라re living with. Their tools map not just culture statements or survey data, but the actual flow of decisions, conversations, and behaviors바카라surfacing contradictions that show up not as conflict, but as confusion.
바카라AI helps us read between the lines,바카라 Sirisha explains. 바카라We바카라re not just looking at what바카라s said바카라we바카라re tracking where energy leaks, where feedback loops stall, where choices get blurred.바카라
But technology is just the first layer. The real value lies in the conversations that follow바카라where leadership teams confront unspoken dilemmas and make conscious trade-offs. 바카라Alignment isn바카라t about agreeing on everything,바카라 she says. 바카라It바카라s about knowing what we바카라re choosing, and why.바카라
At its core, the work is about helping organizations stop pretending the tension doesn바카라t exist바카라and start naming it. Because clarity doesn바카라t come from consensus. It comes from courage.
The Road Ahead
Sirisha바카라s story highlights intentional reinvention바카라rooted in resilience, sharpened by clarity, and guided by conviction. From rebuilding her body to reimagining her path, every chapter has been about aligning with what truly matters.
Now, she and Harish are building Align By Design with ambition and urgency바카라to make alignment not just a leadership buzzword, but a boardroom discipline. One that바카라s measurable, scalable, and mission-critical.
바카라When alignment happens,바카라 she says, 바카라people stop surviving their workday. They start owning it because alignment isn바카라t soft. It바카라s structural. And when you get it right, everything else moves.바카라
Her journey isn바카라t just inspiring. It바카라s a blueprint바카라for how life, and business, can be led with courage & purpose.
