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88% of business transformations fall short. 80% of software features go unused. Tech Debt costs America $1.52 trillion. Technology is not the problem. Technology doesn't fail companies; the relationships between the business and its technology fail companies.

Thirty-six of the world's most respected thinkers in technology, leadership, and organizational design have spent decades solving very different problems. Independently, they arrived at the same answers. The Case for Connection is the first book to bring their evidence together, revealing the Twelve Practices that separate exceptional organizations from average ones.

Backed by empirical research, large-scale surveys, and practitioner insight, it shows that organizations adopting these practices improve not by margins but by multiples: better financials, faster delivery, higher quality, more engaged people, and lower risk. Not one at the expense of another. All at the same time.

The evidence sits alongside a six step diagnostic and plan, nine worked scenarios, and signposts to practical implementation.

AI has made the choice urgent. AI is a mirror before it is a multiplier, making strong organizations stronger and weak ones weaker, faster than ever before.

For board members, CEOs, CFOs, CTOs and CPOs, transformation leaders, and investors who want proof, not opinions, and a place to start.

The Case for Connection is published as a beta version. The argument is settled, the evidence is verified, the approach is defined, the diagnostic that gets organizations started is ready, but the content continues to be improved. I’d like your opinion to shape the edits. If something is unclear, wrong, or missing, I want to know. Feedback via CfCfeedback@raedhelm.com is welcomed and will always receive a response. Substantive contributions will be acknowledged in the v1 publication, and early purchasers will receive subsequent electronic versions automatically at no additional cost.

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