Act 1: The tragedy of a digital transformationStartup or scaleupAct 1, Scene 1: When bloat leads to silosAct 1, Scene 2: Product and technology separation anxietyAct 1, Scene 3: Don’t worry, advisers will fix it!Act 1, Scene 4: To ringfence or not to ringfence?Small-to-medium businessAct 1, Scene 5: New leader, more processes, less delivery!Act 1, Scene 6: Regulating the imaginary – a journey of fictional regulationsAct 1, Scene 7: Rock-solid priorities: the cost of neglecting big rocksAct 1, Scene 8: I speak for the customerEnterpriseAct 1, Scene 9: Never build a house of sticks – why architecture is importantAct 1, Scene 10: Shadow IT and the infamous side projectAct 1, Scene 11: A body of advocates versus a murder of crowsAct 1, Scene 12: Yet another digital transformationAct 2: The silent sins of scalingStartup or scaleupAct 2, Scene 1: Out-sorceryAct 2, Scene 2: Dealing with the scattergun approachAct 2, Scene 3: The MVP advantage – how to not prematurely scaleAct 2, Scene 4: Demands over priorities – a balancing actSmall-to-medium businessAct 2, Scene 5: Short-term thinking leads to long-term problemsAct 2, Scene 6: Nero fiddled while Rome burned – managing empire buildersAct 2, Scene 7: The mushroom principleAct 2, Scene 8: The paradox of departmental success – breaking down the wallsEnterpriseAct 2, Scene 9: Too many cooks in the corporate kitchen – surviving the corporate jungleAct 2, Scene 10: Hold up, that’s not my jobAct 2 Scene 11: From chaos to consistency across the enterpriseAct 2, Scene 12: Resistance to cross-functional teams – the team of teams revolutionAct 3: The echoes of isolation and innovationStartup or scaleupAct 3, Scene 1: When less is lessAct 3, Scene 2: The art of decision-making – build vs buyAct 3, Scene 3: When is a consultant not a consultant?Act 3, Scene 4: Complexities of wearing multiple hatsSmall-to-medium businessAct 3, Scene 5: Structured for successAct 3, Scene 6: Costs and quality are not mutually exclusiveAct 3, Scene 7: Missed it by this much …Act 3, Scene 8: Acquisition alchemy – how to thrive during an acquisition processEnterpriseAct 3, Scene 9: There is no ‘I’ in ‘team’Act 3, Scene 10: Determining risk appetiteAct 3, Scene 11: The power of the purse – a board’s guide to budgeting for successAct 3, Scene 12: The acquirer’s playbook – winning at M&AEpilogue