Think Big, Win Fast — The Secret to Lasting Transformation

Rui Venâncio
1 min readMar 31, 2025

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Digital transformation is a wild ride. It’s full of ambitious goals, high expectations, and big promises.

But here’s the challenge: You must think long-term while proving results today. That’s a tough balancing act!

If you focus too much on the future, people lose patience. They need to see progress. But if you chase only quick wins, you risk patching problems without making real change.

Great leaders master both.

They understand that transformation is a marathon, not a sprint, and they know that momentum is everything. They practise strategic patience, moving with urgency while keeping their eyes on the bigger picture.

Why the Long Game Matters

True transformation isn’t an overnight success story. Sure, you can roll out new tech, automate a few processes, or migrate systems to the cloud in a few months. But fundamentally changing how a company thinks and operates? That takes years!

This is just a snippet from a longer piece originally published on Human & Digital on Substack. If you’d like to read the full post, go there.

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Rui Venâncio
Rui Venâncio

Written by Rui Venâncio

Strategy, Technology & Innovation ▫️ Management & Leadership ▫️ www.ruivenancio.com

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