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.

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