There's just one problem, though: While many know how to declare an initiative, far fewer understand what it takes to carry the project through the friction of daily workflows. What separates those rare successes from the long list of initiatives that fade into half-measures is not only leadership and resourcing, but also the way organizations adapt, measure, and learn as they go.
According to McKinsey, fewer than one in three organizational transformations actually succeed in improving performance and sustaining those gains, even when leaders are well-intentioned and highly motivated.