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Entangled metaphor
I'm still admiring the combination within a couple of paragraphs of "greased pig contest" and "hamstrung." Of course if you hamstring the pig he does get easier to catch, but in this little tangle, it sounds like it's the metaphorical children being hamstrung, which only sounds like a good idea to parents of extremely active toddlers.
The longer run often gets the short end of the stick
Executives and managers jockey for resources, and resources depend in part on the overall perceived urgency of an area, so it's probably pretty rare for anyone to say "The area I am concerned with can wait a while and doesn't matter right away," let alone, "Yeah, we've got all we need to do as much as is needed." So the left half of the urgency-and-crisis bell curve is probably always underpopulated whether we're buying transformative technology or paper clips, and there's some adjustment to be made for that.
That said, it's also true that there are many areas in a modern corporation where the reward (or punishment) cycle is a lot faster than it is in telecommunications. Overall leaders/managers do themselves more good in visibility, reputation, and perceived value by fixing this week's trouble or seizing next Tuesday's opportunity than they do by getting the company ready for 2021. So there's a certain shortness of vision just built into the structure, and the people in the more visionary parts of a company are always going to be coping with that.
Hmmm
"Many companies aren't nearly as excited about it (though some of those may claim to be)." Have you spoke to a lot of companies personally about this Joe, or is that a generalization on your part? At least the two companies that did the survey and research spoke to 3,700 business execs; maybe there are few kernels of info that that aren't hype here?
Analogy
> getting a grip on their digital transformations is akin to chasing down a greased pig at the county fair.
Nice analogy.
The only difference: Many companies aren't nearly as excited about it (though some of those may claim to be).
As for the stats, that's typical of hyped up tech trends (whether the hype is deserved -- as with digital transformation -- or not). Almost all execs say it's vital; the majority say that they're underprepared.
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