When Senior Leaders Lack People Skills, Transformations Fail

McKinsey’s research shows that roughly 70% of transformation efforts fail, and the root cause is rarely a flawed business case. It’s the human element: leaders who can’t detect resistance, misread silence as buy-in, or dismiss valid concerns as complaints. When the people leading the transformation can’t read the people living it, even the best-designed initiative stalls. Leaders who respond effectively don’t begin by replacing their teams or scrapping the plan. They begin by closing the gap between what leaders perceive and what people actually experience. Four strategies can help: 1) Diagnose the gap without making it personal; 2) Build the skill through repetition, not training; 3) Redesign the system to compensate for the gap; and 4) Know when to replace, not develop.

Harvard Business Review
Only those who were there in the beginning fully understand the many (and necessary) #transformations that #Apple has undergone in its short 50-years so far. Suffice it to say there will be an equal number (if not more) over the next 50. It’s been a joy to participate in. #FiftyYearsAfter. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/10/50-years-apple-epic-hits-and-misses?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Fifty years of sexing up tech: Apple’s epic hits – and misses

Remember the iPod? How about the Pippin? In the half-century since it launched its first PC, Apple has given us some amazing innovations. We round up its biggest triumphs and flops

The Guardian
Song Ji In, Ji Young San, And Jeon No Min Make Bold Transformations In New Drama “Doctor Shin” - KpopNewsHub – Latest K-Pop News, Idols & Korean Entertainment

TV CHOSUN’s upcoming weekend miniseries “Doctor Shin” has unveiled new stills featuring Song Ji In, Jeon No Min, and Ji Young San!

Kpop News Hub

@stereo @acccgn @agile A wonderful gathering over three days for cosmopolitan people. They all work on #products #transformations and in #projects.

Awesome crowd. Thanks to our supporters @haufegroup #REWEdigital #RWE @peopleworklearning and people co-creating.

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Yoo Yeon Seok Rocks The Hanbok Look And Other Bold Transformations From Ghostly Possession In "Phantom Lawyer" - KpopNewsHub – Latest K-Pop News, Idols & Korean Entertainment

Yoo Yeon Seok will be making bold transformations in “Phantom Lawyer”!

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Is there a declarartive approach t o #JSON #transformations like #XSLT for #XML ?
#changes #transformations I dare you to intentionally embrace a new skill or hobby for a week, even if it feels wobbly – like navigating that fast-moving river! 🌊
Commerce Theories - Banking & Financial Institution

Banking and financial institutions have undergone significant transformations with the rise of neobanks and challenger banks, which have leveraged technology to enhance customer experience and stre…

Commerce Theories
#changes #transformations Letting go is a beautiful, painful process of growth, or a brutal, scarring necessity? 💥 Via https://scrollbots.com