{"product_id":"designed-to-drift-cornelius-greyling-9798195281748","title":"Designed to Drift: Why SAP Transformations Fail Quietly","description":"\u003cp\u003eDesigned to Drift is a practitioner book about a pattern that appears repeatedly in large SAP and ERP transformations: programs losing control while everyone is still busy, governed, and reporting progress.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost transformation failures do not begin with a dramatic collapse. They begin quietly. A decision stays open too long. An escalation comes back as another action item. A risk is logged but not resolved. The official plan remains intact, while working reality starts to move somewhere else. Teams keep working, dashboards keep updating, governance keeps meeting, and the program still appears to be under control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil it is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat pattern is program drift.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is written from inside the practical reality of large transformation delivery. It explains how control erodes before the damage becomes visible in schedule, budget, testing, cutover, or stabilization. Its central argument is simple: many transformations do not fail because people stop trying. They fail because work continues after the decisions needed to control it have not been made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesigned to Drift examines the mechanics behind quiet failure, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDecision latency\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEscalation without closure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGovernance theater\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdvisory findings that do not change direction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOfficial plans separating from working reality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncentives that reward silence and delay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecovery efforts that create activity without restoring control\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCutover and stabilization as the point where earlier drift becomes visible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not an academic book, and it is not a methodology manual. It does not argue for or against SAP Activate or any formal delivery framework. Instead, it looks underneath those frameworks at the human, structural, commercial, and governance conditions that determine whether they hold under pressure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesigned to Drift is written for SAP transformation leaders, customer executives, delivery executives, PMO leaders, transformation assurance teams, advisory partners, and system integrator leaders who have seen programs remain busy and formally governed while quietly losing the ability to correct themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book gives leaders language for a pattern they may already recognize but struggle to name. More importantly, it shows where leverage still exists: how to detect drift earlier, reduce the decision surface, make escalation procedural rather than personal, separate reporting from control, and design governance so that truth can change direction before recovery becomes the only option.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLarge transformations do not need more theater.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey need earlier truth, clearer decision rights, and control mechanisms that still work when pressure rises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDesigned to Drift is about seeing the loss of control before the metrics catch up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornelius Greyling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798195281748\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d","brand":"Cornelius Greyling","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173917270271,"sku":"9798195281748","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/designed-to-drift-cornelius-greyling-9798195281748","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}