{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcast.bowdark.com%2Fepisodes%2Fstuck-in-place-rhNW9D8y","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Ready to Move...Stuck in Place","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/fe0e8399-3d3d-4d1f-a906-fae08e693c78/0b695fb1-9042-4e9b-8c14-546e693e2c5e/switchedonep1square.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Many organizations enter transformation initiatives with genuine commitment — and still go nowhere. In this episode, we dig into why so many leaders find themselves ready to move but stuck in place, and what it actually takes to break through organizational gridlock. The data is sobering: McKinsey found that 70% of large-scale digital transformations fail due to resource gaps, 67% are delayed by skill shortages in AI, cloud, and data, and Gartner points to a consistent lack of change leadership as a primary reason these efforts stall.\n\nWe explore why transformation so often gets treated as a side project layered on top of everyone's day job — and why that approach almost always fails. Real transformation requires a dedicated team, real ownership, and an honest reckoning with the difference between buying technology and building capability.\n\nWe close with a practical path forward: the questions leadership teams need to ask themselves, how to balance quick wins with long-term sustainability, and what meaningful progress actually looks like in the first 90 days."}