IDG Contributor Network: Why your transformation initiative will probably fail

I recently heard a gifted speaker cite an article in Harvard Business Review that found 70 percent of transformational initiatives fail. I, for one, am not surprised. Back in the 90’s, I worked for a research and consulting firm that conducted a similar study on the success rates of large initiatives (many were ERP implementations, but we didn’t limit the scope to that) and found that two-thirds failed. I guess not much has changed in 20 years.Back then, we found the most common char