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Every year gives transformation leaders a clearer view of their systems, their culture and their capacity for change. But 2025 surfaced something more important: the limits of our old transformation playbooks. Strategies stalled not because leaders lacked vision, but because organizations have outgrown the traditional ways we manage change.
Most transformation guidance still focuses on alignment, culture, communication and leadership behavior. Useful, yes—but increasingly insufficient. The pace of disruption, the rise of AI and the complexity of modern work demand a new set of muscles inside organizati
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ns. So, instead of rehashing what didn’t go according to plan in 2025, let’s