Transformation Without Destabilising the Core

Three Minutes of Clarity · Aug 12, 2026 · 2m

A transformation programme that nearly broke the business is a more common outcome than most boards admit.In this episode, Christoph Walser argues that these programmes fail for one specific reason: leaders cannot distinguish between what is genuinely core and what is simply inherited. Attempting to modernise everything at once overwhelms the organisation, confuses priorities, and erodes the very capabilities that made the company valuable in the first place.The line is drawn at the hardest-to-copy capabilities - not what the brochure says, but what the best customers would genuinely miss if…