One NM™
Interesting. Twenty years ago we watched many greedy 1% globalists in many company leadership launch “One ___” transformations.
Different logo. Different PowerPoint template. Same promise:
- Break down silos.
- Align the organization.
- Transform the culture.
- This time it’s different.
The only real update for 2026 seems to be replacing “Digital Transformation” with “AI Transformation.”
Somewhere, a McKinsey consultant dusted off the old “One Company” deck, asked ChatBot to modernize the buzzwords, swapped “cloud” for “AI,” and sent the invoice.
The cynic in me is waiting for Phase 2:
- Announce AI.
- Hire consultants.
- Reorganize org charts.
- Explain why “global talent strategy” is the future and replace employees with offshore sweatshops and indentured foreigners.
- Celebrate short-term cost savings.
- Wonder five years later where all the institutional knowledge went.
History doesn’t repeat itself—it just gets rebranded.