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Why transformation programs stall at month seven

Most large change programs do not fail on technology. They fail when the funding case, the delivery cadence and the organization's capacity to absorb change stop agreeing with each other.

Madhu Haresh Ahuja · June 18, 2026 · 7 min read

Strategy

Why transformation programs stall at month seven

Most large change programs do not fail on technology. They fail when the funding case, the delivery cadence and the organization's capacity to absorb change stop agreeing with each other.

Madhu Haresh Ahuja · 7 min read

A practical scoring model for AI use case selection

Most AI backlogs are ranked by enthusiasm. Here is the three-axis model we use to decide what to build first, and what to leave for a later cycle.

Daniel Okonkwo · 6 min read

Cloud

Cloud cost governance that does not annoy engineers

Cost controls fail when they arrive as restrictions after the fact. The alternative is to make the cheap path the easiest one to take.

Elena Marchetti · 5 min read

Data

How a metric layer ends the weekly numbers argument

When three teams report three revenue figures, the problem is not the dashboards. It is that nobody owns the definitions.

Daniel Okonkwo · 5 min read

Strategy

How to buy consulting without buying a pyramid

Six questions that reveal whether you are hiring the people who will actually do your work, or funding someone's training program.

Sofia Berg · 6 min read

Automation

The automation payback math most teams get wrong

Hours saved is the wrong headline metric. Here is the calculation that predicts whether an automation will still be running in two years.

Elena Marchetti · 4 min read

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