20/11/2025
Technology rarely fails in digital transformation.
What fails is forgetting the humans who have to change with it.
Pieter Klaren reflects on what truly shapes transformation in practice👇🏻
“𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘶𝘴. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵. 𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺.
𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘴, 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺. 𝘈𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘬. 𝘠𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘳, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴.”
Tools don’t create transformation. People do. 💬