By Published On: November 13, 2025
A new app doesn’t make you digital, transformation starts when you fix the foundation, not just the façade.

A new app doesn’t make you digital, transformation starts when you fix the foundation, not just the façade.

You’ve probably been in that room.

Someone holds up a shiny app or a slick interface and says, “Don’t worry, we’re digital now.” Meanwhile, the legacy core is still coughing smoke in the background—sometimes literally.

This cartoon captures a painful truth: digital lipstick on a legacy pig doesn’t fix the plumbing.

 

 

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Co-Author Credit

Co-authored with Richard Rotondo,

Chief Digital Strategist at Digital Vision Banking.

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