# Why AI Transformations May Repeat the Failures of Earlier Digital and Agile Transformations

DevFeed: [Why AI Transformations May Repeat the Failures of Earlier Digital and Agile Transformations](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/just-another-transformation-40042.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://dpereira.substack.com/p/just-another-transformation>)

Author: David Pereira

Published: 2026-08-27T14:03:51Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Untrapping Product Teams](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/untrapping-product-teams.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Agile](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agile.md>), [digital](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/digital.md>)

Tags: [agile](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agile.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [alignment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/alignment.md>), [collaboration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/collaboration.md>), [culture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/culture.md>), [strategy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/strategy.md>), [teams](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/teams.md>), [transformation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/transformation.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion article argues that many AI transformation efforts may repeat the failures of earlier digital and Agile transformations. It attributes these failures to organizations neglecting foundational issues such as culture, strategy, alignment, collaboration, and clarity, and argues that AI can amplify existing confusion and organizational problems.

## Source excerpt

Different approach, same outcomes.