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5 August 2026

The AI Adoption C.O.D.E.: The 24 Reasons Transformations Fail on Leadership, and How to Fix Them

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The two plates below are supplements to “The AI Adoption C.O.D.E.,” published in full on Forbes.com. They are reproduced here at full size for readers of that article.

Plate 01 — The Human CODE

The Human CODE: Capability, Ownership, Direction, Engagement

Four human conditions sit behind almost every failed transformation: Capability, Ownership, Direction, Engagement. A code is a combination, and missing one digit leaves the lock shut.

Plate 02 — Twenty-Four Reasons, Four Letters

Twenty-four reasons transformations fail, sorted into the four CODE letters

The twenty-four reasons from both articles, the organisation in 2022 and the individual in 2026, sorted by the mechanism that broke first rather than by the remedy that looks attractive. Eight of the twelve organisational reasons sit in Direction and Ownership, which makes them a boardroom problem.

Article by: Dr. Corrie Block
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