A meeting room screen showing a slide with an empty table of figures, while three people look at it in silence.

Every idea gets a business case before anyone understands it

Every idea gets a business case before anyone understands it The symptom: the first question is about money The usual explanation, and why it does not hold What breaks: four mechanisms[…]

A project kickoff meeting with a timeline on the whiteboard and no one writing down what has to be in place.

Four questions to ask before the next initiative

Four questions to ask before the next initiative The symptom: you find out late, and always the same way The usual explanation, and why another process does not help Four questions,[…]

A mid-pilot review meeting where two participants are describing different versions of what success would look like.

Your pilot is halfway through and nobody agrees what it has to prove

Your pilot is halfway through and nobody agrees what it has to prove The symptom: three people, three definitions of success The usual explanation, and why it does not hold What[…]

A quarterly review slide showing a rising count of active pilots next to an unchanged list of solutions running in production.

Your pilot portfolio is growing and nothing is in production

Your pilot portfolio is growing and nothing is in production The symptom you can see without a diagnostic The usual explanation, and why it does not hold What actually failed: predictability[…]