Why programmes stall, and why the reason is almost never the one in the status report
Five structural causes, the symptom each one produces, and why the symptom is what gets treated.
Insights
How programmes fail, examined properly.
Written analysis of the structural reasons transformation programmes stall. General patterns only, never a client’s situation, per the discretion policy.
Eleven questions to answer before you sign a large build
The pre-commitment checks that are cheap to run now and expensive to skip. Use them with any supplier, including us.
System Autopsy
A recurring format examining a publicly documented programme failure: what was attempted, where it broke, and what the published record shows about why. Based on public sources only.
In preparation
The first System Autopsy is being researched. It will examine a failure that is already fully documented in the public record, with every claim sourced. Nothing in this series will ever draw on client work.