The Machine Arrives in the Desert | Eric Kimberling on ERP Failure in the GCC | The Execution Gap

The GCC's biggest secret is not who is winning.It is who is failing quietly.I sat down with Eric Kimberling — 25 years, 1,000+ ERP projects, expert witness, author of Welcome to the Machine.I gave him one piece of evidence he said he had never considered.In the West — when an ERP fails — there is a pension fund to file a lawsuit.In the GCC — there is sovereign immunity.The failure gets absorbed. The consultant gets the next contract.He paused. Then said:"The machine was built to profit from organisations like Saudi organisations. It is designed for high spending with limited accountability."Three trillion dollars. NEOM. ROSHN. The Giga-Projects.This is the conversation the GCC needed three years ago.The next best time is today.Full episode live now — YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts. Link in first comment.@Eric Kimberling — thank you for saying publicly what the industry says only in private.Which landed hardest?A — The machine profits from your failure B — Sovereign immunity = no accountability C — Hidden failure costs more than declared failure D — The single question he gave at the end#ERP #CFO #Vision2030 #DigitalTransformation #TheExecutionGap #SaudiVision2030Eric Kimberling is the CEO and Founder of Third Stage Consulting Group, expert witness in ERP litigation, and author of Welcome to the Machine — available now on Amazon. 🔗 Order Welcome to the Machine: amazon.com — search Eric Kimberling 🔗 Third Stage Consulting: thirdstage-consulting.com 🔗 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/erickimberling The Execution Gap is a leadership series for CFOs, Finance Directors, and transformation leaders across Saudi Arabia, the GCC, UK, and USA. Host: Mohammed Younus — D365 Finance Architect, World Future Company, Riyadh 📧 [email protected] 🌐 youtube.com/@ExecutionGap #ERP #DigitalTransformation #CFO #SaudiVision2030 #Vision2030 #ERPImplementation #TheExecutionGap #EricKimberling #SAP #D365 #Oracle #Consulting #GCC #NEOM #ROSHN #Saudiarabia