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Why Do Transformational Efforts Fail? Part 3

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    Lean Nation, Welcome back to part three of a four-part series. This  month's topic is a continuation of a series that was spawned from a LinkedIn posting on failing transformational efforts. For your reference, the link to the posting is here.  (2) Post | LinkedIn .   I n this posting the writer suggested that Agile and Change Management efforts are finished within industry. There are several thousand comments arguing for and against the hypothesis.  Soon after this a posting, I received an article with the hypothesis being that 98% of the organizations that embark on continuous improvement journeys  completely abandon their efforts within 18 months . I do not have any data to support or refute this hypothesis either, but I do not think it is a coincidence that several people are writing about this topic.  I can confirm, from my consulting practice of nearly 20 years, that many organizations start off strong and then reduce or even comple...