Why 65% of Digital Transformations Fail—and How to Fix it

Date: 12.05.2025

About 90% of companies are undergoing some form of digital transformation, however a 2021 study finds that only 35% of companies worldwide succeeded in achieving their digital transformation goals (BCG, 2021). Further, only 5% of companies can manage the process. This alarming rate explains why 77% of companies are leveraging the use of AI within their business.

Globally, 63% of organizations intend to adopt AI over the following years *131 AI Statistics and Trends for (2024) | National University. The biggest reason behind this is cost savings.

Companies are replacing manual or outdated processes with technology-driven and AI-Powered systems such as bloon to save costs. As adoption rates soar, top companies are using AI to stay ahead of the competition and boost their business growth.

This is not just a trend, companies are seeing massive productivity and profitability leaps from digital transformation. For instance, the research by KPMG found that 27% of businesses see better performance or more profits from using cloud services and as-a-service tools and 26% of businesses achieve that boost in performance or profits by investing in AI and automation (KPMG, 2023).

Late adopter of AI and no-code tools run a higher risk due to an increasing pressure to

  • meet the evolving markets
  • shifting customer need
  • demand for speed
  • improved productivity of competitors
  • Finding adequately skilled and affordable tech employees

Speaking of the skills gap, just 38% of organizations claim that the lack of digital skills is limits the success of their transformation efforts (HBR, 2017). Also, 36% of management fear that their teams lack the skills required to drive digital transformation (KPMG, 2023). The right technical skills is a bottleneck to attaining the organizational transformation goals and only a third of these organizations can easily develope the skills required for launching and rapid prototyping of digital solutions (McKinsey & Company, 2018).

HBR finds that 36% of organizations stuggle to migrate from outdated systems and business processes (HBR, 2017). So how can businesses speed up their digital transformation given these setbacks? Today companies are leveraging AI and nocode tools and solutions to

  1. Cut costs of development
  2. Save time on deveopment and speed up prototype development
  3. Reduce the need for scarce IT skills
  4. Build and launch faster
  5. Improve productivity of their tech talents.

One of such solutions is bloon.cloud, which give users a platform to develop ERP integrated applications that can be created in a few minutes rather than a few months. With just 6 easy steps you create and launch a fully ERP integrated application without writing a single line of code.

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