Unilever. Citigroup. Philips. These are just a few of the large companies that have recently restructured to give their business units (BUs) greater accountability, while streamlining corporate management structures. It’s a move that makes sense in the context of the current business atmosphere. The last few years have been marked by a cascade of exogenous pressures: supply-chain shakeups during Covid, widespread geopolitical uncertainty, and the growing momentum of AI.