This article considers change readiness and structural change. Risky business Structural change can be risky business.  That's why change readiness is so important.  Kevin Voigt of CNN estimates the failure rate of changes like mergers to be as high as 90%.   The Deloitte Review (Issue 6, 2010) is less pessimistic – they put the failure rate at an even 50%.  Either way, there is too much room for trouble. The Deloitte Review conducted an in-depth review of merger performance [...]