Over the last 10 years around $15 Trillion has been spent on Digital Transformation, and yet there are (perhaps) zero case studies of real success. Sure, websites have got prettier, companies have got better EPOS systems, better inventory management, more "data", but have we "Transformed" or improved. Almost all "Transformation" is simply keeping up with others, maintaining systems or making small incremental improvements. A key part of the issue is that the past holds us back, old systems form the bedrock of most companies, and nobody dare change a foundation that everybody understands "that" it works, but nobody understands "how" it works. Senior personnel in IT know that their value comes from knowing how to maintain what they have, from understanding where the skeletons are, from knowing old code, why would they become less valuable building something new? Legacy companies are basically a world of brick buildings, limited by the physics of bricks, built by bricklayers. Modern startups are engineers who build from steel and glass. It's a whole new world. Legacy companies won't get there without changing everything they do, the skills they have, and start building new, not seeking to renovate or decorate the old. When they get this, exciting things will happen fast. …see more