INSIGHTS
Field notes on building decision intelligence inside enterprises.
Published from the work, not from the deck. Each piece is written by a principal currently engaged in the work it describes. No ghostwriting, no SEO-optimization-as-content, no “thought leadership” theatre.
Enterprise Transformation
The Six Quarters After Go-Live Are the Whole Game
Most enterprises treat go-live as the finish line. It is the starting line. Here is what the next six quarters actually look like — and why they are where the lift lives.
May 18, 2026·Ashutosh Bansal
Decision Intelligence
Why We Do Not Sell Platforms (And What That Frees Us To Do)
Most enablement firms are platform resellers in editorial clothing. We are not. Here is why the distinction matters.
May 4, 2026·Ashutosh Bansal
Decision COE
The Decision COE Is the Org Chart Change Nobody Sees Coming
The Decision Center of Excellence is the most consequential org change in the next decade of enterprise operating models. Most enterprises are still treating it as a project artifact.
April 16, 2026·A GitaCloud Principal
Enterprise Transformation
Why "Lift and Shift" Is the Worst Phrase in Enterprise Transformation
Every time we hear "let’s just lift and shift the existing process," we know the program is six months from a re-launch.
April 2, 2026·A GitaCloud Principal
Value Tracking
Value Tracking After Go-Live Is Where Programs Quietly Die
The value case dies between quarter two and quarter four post go-live. Always. Here is the structural fix.
March 19, 2026·Ashutosh Bansal
Data & Integration
The Data Layer Is the Implementation
Half of every decision intelligence program is data work. The other half is decisions. Ordering them in the wrong sequence is why most programs slip.
March 6, 2026·A GitaCloud Principal
Change & Adoption
Adoption Is Not Training. Adoption Is Operating Model.
The two-week training course at the end of an implementation is the most expensive mistake in enterprise software. We retired it. Here is what we do instead.
February 22, 2026·A GitaCloud Principal
Decision COE
The Tradeoff Has To Be Owned Before It Can Be Optimized
Every planning failure I have audited in the last five years has had the same root cause. Nobody named owned the tradeoff. So nobody could optimize it.
February 9, 2026·Ashutosh Bansal
Decision Intelligence
Pilots That Prove the P&L, Not the Demo
There are two kinds of pilots in enterprise software. Only one of them tells you whether to write the next check.
January 28, 2026·A GitaCloud Principal
Enterprise Transformation
The 90-Day Roadmap That Survives the Boardroom
Most transformation roadmaps die in the first board review. The ones that survive share three structural properties — none of which are about the roadmap itself.
January 14, 2026·Ashutosh Bansal
Stay close to the work.
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