June 19, 2026 You have committed to a new ERP. The vendor is selected. The implementation partner is engaged. The project plan is built. The go-live date is in the calendar. Statistically, there is roughly a 50-50 chance this ends the way you are hoping. 50% of ERP implementations fail on the first attempt. 70%…
June 18, 2026 The deal closes. The press release goes out. The executive team does the town hall. And then, in the weeks and months that follow, something quietly begins to break. Key people start leaving. Teams that were performing stop performing. Cultural friction surfaces in places the due diligence process never looked. And the…
June 17, 2026 There is a meeting that happens inside organisations with depressing regularity. It happens about three months after a major go-live. Someone presents the adoption data. The numbers are not good. Leaders look at each other. Someone says “we should have done more change management.” The project is signed off as delivered. The…
June 16, 2026 More than half the workforce is burned out. Not tired. Not stressed in the way we have normalised stress. Burned out in the World Health Organisation definition of the word: chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed, showing up as exhaustion, cynicism, and declining effectiveness. Burnout mentions in employee reviews…
June 15, 2026 One in five employees globally is genuinely engaged at work right now. One in five. Global employee engagement fell from 23% in 2023 to 21% in 2024, only the second time it has declined in twelve years. Gallup estimates that two-point slide cost the world economy $438 billion in lost productivity. In…
