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When IT and business leaders are aligned, technology shifts from a cost center to a growth engine—focusing investment on high-impact outcomes, speeding innovation, cutting waste, reducing digital risk, and enabling faster adaptation to change for a durable competitive edge.

In this episode, I sit down with Roland Woldt—transformation leader at firms like KPMG, Accenture, and iGrafx, former German Armed Forces officer, host of this show, author of *Successful Architecture Implementation* and *Successful Process Mining Projects*, and creator of the *What’s Your Baseline?* Substack. His core message: digital transformations rarely fail because of technology, but because organizations lack alignment, clear baselines, strong governance, and true adoption and change readiness.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rolandwoldt/
https://www.whatsyourbaseline.com/

Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Process Management and Podcasting
03:00 Understanding Architecture and Process Mining
05:52 Challenges in Business Leadership and Process Improvement
10:00 The Short-Term Thinking Dilemma
13:01 Scaling Businesses and Systemization
15:55 Mergers and Acquisitions: Process Challenges
19:12 The Role of IT in Business Value
22:57 Bridging the Gap Between IT and Business
24:41 The Role of IT in Business Growth
27:02 Risks of In-House Software Development
29:39 The Shift Towards IT-Centric Business Models
30:46 Bridging the Gap Between IT and Business
33:40 The Impact of AI on Business Decisions
36:41 The Reality of Automation and AI
41:38 Roland's Journey into IT and Process Management