Why Transformations Fail (Part 4): Inability to maintain two systems
Lean Nation, Welcome to part four 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 . In this posting the writer suggested that Agile and Change Management efforts are finished within industry. Within the post, there are several thousand comments arguing for and against the hypothesis. Soon after this posting, I received an article with the hypothesis 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 at the same time. I can confirm, from my consulting practice of nearly 20 years, that many organizations start off strong and...