Navigating the unknown in large-scale operational transformation programs: The "Sirius Days" framework as a 'pilot-organization' for characterizing emerging issues
Summary
arXiv:2606.03350v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Large-scale digital transformation programs must simultaneously sustain existing operations and navigate deep unknowns emerging from IT-business-operations interactions -a challenge conventional project governance frameworks inadequately address. Based on a longitudinal case study of a transformation program, we investigate the ''Sirius Days,'' a monthly senior management retreat identified as a critical success factor. We show that this framework constitutes a pilot-organization: an organizational 'dispositif' (or apparatus) that deconstructs established knowledge or assumptions, formulates rigorous conjectures, and tests them in real conditions.
Why It Matters
This Advanced Manufacturing development raises the bar for precision and smart-factory capability in the region. For Asia, it is a signal worth tracking: it shapes who supplies, who scales, and who sets the standard over the next five years.
Key Facts
- SectorAdvanced Manufacturing
- Market—
- ImpactLow (42/100)
- SignalFunding Research