IDC Continual Transformation Capability Framework: Industrializing Enterprise Adaptation in an Era of Perpetual Disruption

This IDC Perspective discusses the IDC Continual Transformation Capability Framework. As enterprises navigate the era of perpetual disruption - defined by hyperaccelerated AI adoption, geopolitical fragmentation, and dramatically shrinking crisis response windows - traditional transformation methods are failing. The challenge is no longer technological but architectural: Organizations still treat change as episodic projects rather than a continual, core operational state. To drive competitive differentiation, technology leaders must pivot from delivering one-off solutions to building a resilient, industrialized capability engine that enables perpetual adaptation at scale.To achieve this essential shift, CIOs and senior executives must establish a comprehensive, disciplined approach to capability development that is reusable and scalable. This requires a fundamental shift in mindset: moving from custom solutions to reusable, configurable capabilities built holistically across technology, data, processes, governance, and talent. Furthermore, they must adopt an ecosystem-oriented view, designing capabilities that operate across organizational boundaries, and fully embrace human-AI collaboration as the dominant work model.This document provides technology leaders with a framework, offering a practical blueprint and actionable advice for this essential industrialization."The IDC Continual Transformation Capability Framework provides the necessary structure to convert the chaos of perpetual disruption into a predictable, repeatable source of competitive advantage," says Serge Findling, adjunct research advisor with IDC's IT Executive Programs (IEP).