Why I Killed Transformation Programs, And Saved Millions.
Why I Killed Transformation Programs, And Saved Millions. After three decades leading enterprise IT, here's why killing the wrong transformation program can create more value than completing it. The Transformation Programs I Have Killed, And Why It Was the Right Call A CEO once asked me a question that changed the course of a nine-figure transformation. "Are we too far in to stop now?" My answer was immediate. "No. We're just early enough to avoid making a very expensive mistake." We shut the program down that week. Months of work stopped. Several consulting teams left. Budgets were reallocated. People questioned the decision. Eighteen months later, the company launched a completely different transformation. It was smaller, faster, tied directly to business priorities, and delivered measurable returns within the first year. Killing the first program was not a failure. It was one of the best transformation decisions we ever made. That experience wasn't un...