Mark Fitzsimmons

Let’s start with an uncomfortable truth: most large-scale transformation efforts fail. McKinsey has reported for years that roughly 70% of transformations don’t achieve their intended outcomes. PMI’s research shows that a significant percentage of projects still miss their original goals and business intent, even in organizations that consider themselves mature. This failure isn’t due to a lack of effort or care from leaders and teams. Instead, it stems from organizations trying to improve...

Organizations are spending more on training than ever, and still hearing a familiar complaint from leaders: “We trained them… so why isn’t anything changing?” That frustration isn’t just anecdotal. Corporate training spend in the U.S. has been reported at roughly $102.8B in the 2024–2025 period, continuing an upward trend. And yet, decades of research and practice show a stubborn pattern: most training doesn’t translate into sustained behavior change or measurable performance improvement....

Solving the Skilled Technician Shortage. Using an integrated framework to rebuild the workforce ecosystem.