The Silent Disruptors Reshaping Business: Five Demographic Trends You Can’t Ignore
Grab your tea or coffee, because I need to sit you down for an uncomfortable truth. Most organizations are flying blind when it comes to demographic strategy. They have dashboards for revenue, retention, and risk, but nothing that accounts for the slow-moving, high-impact shifts unfolding across the human capital landscape. Aging populations. Shrinking birth rates. Rising dependency ratios. These aren’t abstract trends. They’re structural forces reshaping the talent economy, consumer behavior, and the social contract between employers and society.
Why do 92% of Tech Transformations Fail in Organizations? Hint: It's not because of their strategy.
I read PwC’s recent analysis on program governance and delivery risk, which offers a clear and urgent message to transformation leaders. The report revealed that 92% of organizations say their technology investments have not fully delivered on expectations. My immediate response was, “WOW!” As I chewed on this article a bit longer, I figured this is not just a warning sign. It is a reflection of a deeper issue that continues to undermine transformation efforts across industries. Especially when you consider that organizations will spend billions on transformation initiatives over the next year. Meaning, such a high failure rate equates to a significant erosion of value. As one who is big on structure and systems–and has consulted across multiple industries from higher education and healthcare to government–I often see that programs do not fail at the finish line. They fail at the starting gate when governance is treated as a procedural compliance formality rather than a strategic capability.