The claim that 70 percent of change programs fail began in 1993 as a self-described unscientific estimate about reengineering. A peer-reviewed review found no reliable evidence for it, and the survey record points to better measures.
BCG attributes 70 percent of AI implementation challenges to people and process. Monitor Deloitte finds change management and communications get 9 percent of transformation budgets.
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In McKinsey's 2026 survey, 80 percent say AI improved their productivity. Only 37 percent attribute any EBIT impact to it.
In Prosci's benchmarking, projects with extremely effective sponsors met objectives 79 percent of the time, against 27 percent with extremely ineffective ones.
Gartner counted 10 planned enterprise changes per employee in 2022, against two in 2016. Willingness to support change fell from 74 to 38 percent.
Monitor Deloitte finds change management and communications get 9 percent of transformation budgets. A third of leaders would raise it in hindsight.
A scorecard for ERP and core-system programs: usage, workarounds, process conformance and benefits, tracked long after hypercare ends.
Gallup finds leaders and managers 56 percent more likely than individual contributors to report extensive disruptive change. Global manager engagement fell to 22 percent in 2025.
S&P Global found 42 percent of companies abandoned most AI initiatives before production, up from 17 percent a year earlier.
Retention, role design and the first leadership appointments shape what a deal delivers. The decisions integration leaders should not defer.
Where regulators require validation, audit trails and training records, evidence of adoption stops being optional.
BCG found the number of companies hiring a Chief Transformation Officer rose more than 140 percent between 2019 and 2021.
Gartner finds 79 percent of employees have low trust in their organization's ability to change. Only 32 percent of leaders report healthy adoption.
BCG finds 42 percent of regular frontline users, non-managerial office staff in its definition, save at least a full workday a week.
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