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Interview with Quest Global CEO & Co-Founder, Ajit Prabhu

June 23, 2025

What does it real­ly take to build an endur­ing com­pa­ny — one that sur­vives crises, scales glob­al­ly, and keeps learn­ing as it grows?

In this con­ver­sa­tion, Kevin sits down with Ajit Prab­hu, Founder and CEO of Quest Glob­al, to unpack a remark­able 28-year jour­ney — from arriv­ing in the U.S. with $60 to lead­ing a 20,000+ per­son glob­al engi­neer­ing firm that has crossed the bil­lion-dol­lar rev­enue mark.

Togeth­er, they explore what sep­a­rates rare, long-last­ing com­pa­nies from those that stall or fade: sys­tems think­ing, dis­ci­plined learn­ing, lead­er­ship through adver­si­ty, and the mind­set required to build some­thing that out­lasts any one indi­vid­ual. This is a can­did, prac­ti­cal dis­cus­sion about resilience, scale, and what it tru­ly means to ​“build the clock, not just tell the time.”

Here are some high­lights cap­tured in clips:

What is Quest Global
Clock Builder Vs. Time Teller
Impact­ful Deci­sions That Led to Growth
Time Test­ed Strategy
1 Les­son Every 5 Years
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Kevin Lawrence has spent three decades helping companies scale from tens of millions to hundreds of millions in revenue. He works side-by-side with CEOs and leadership teams across North America, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, and Europe, bringing real-world insights from hands-on experience. Kevin is the author of Your Oxygen Mask First, a book of 17 habits to help high-performing leaders grow sustainably while protecting their mental health and resilience. He also contributed to Scaling Up (Rockefeller Habits 2.0). Based in Vancouver, he leads Lawrence & Co, a boutique firm of growth advisors.