The Tower of Progress
Every organization has invisible leaders who make things work despite broken systems. This is their story—and the framework for building something better.
The gap between how organizations officially work and how they actually work is where dysfunction lives.
Through the story of Ariana Keller—a newly appointed SVP who discovers that everything she was told about her company is a carefully constructed fiction—this book reveals the invisible architecture of organizational truth and provides a practical framework for transformation that starts with seeing what’s actually there.
“A masterful examination of the invisible forces that truly drive organizational change.”
“Khanna captures what every transformation consultant knows but few dare to write.”
Interactive Leadership Tools
Free diagnostic tools you can use today, whether or not you’ve read the book.
The Tower Framework — Truth → Alignment → Integration → Purpose → Sustainability — is the underlying philosophy. Build Your Tower applies it as a 5-level organizational diagnostic. Foundation Health Check assesses your organization’s Truth/Foundation level across 8 dimensions. Together they form the Tower of Progress Executive Toolkit.
The Foundation Letter
Essays on AI, technology, transformation and leadership — weekly, from inside complex organizations.
Manoj Khanna
An executive technology leader, management consultant, board advisor and author with more than two decades of experience across complex enterprises and transformation environments. Carnegie Mellon and UC Berkeley alumnus. Host of The L.I.E. Podcast (Leadership, Innovation & Execution). He writes about the invisible architecture of organizations—the gap between the org chart and reality.