Global Lighthouse Network 2026

Rewiring operations for Lighthouse levels of performance at scale4 Lighthouses know that scaling-up transformation requires fundamental changes to operations and investment in capabilities that equip the workforce and breed grassroots innovation. Despite its many advantages, scaling-up remains one of the toughest challenges in operations, even for leading companies. Among the ranks of the Global Lighthouse Network, only 23 organizations have successfully expanded their rewiring efforts to three or more sites (Figure 28). Effective scaling-up is not about deploying every technology everywhere; it is about building the capabilities that matter most. Lighthouses focus resources on high-impact enablers – talent, operating model, technology and data – treating rewiring as an ongoing journey rather than a one- time event. Lighthouses successfully scale up by first designing roadmaps that channel investment towards innovation with minimal distraction. Then, agile teams work closely with frontline users and ecosystem partners such as vendors and universities to co-develop, test and rapidly deploy solutions that deliver measurable impact. This disciplined approach allows local innovations to spread across networks, turning isolated successes into system-wide change. Over time, Lighthouses turn these scaling-up capabilities into organizational “superpowers”, accelerating their move up the S-curve with each wave of technology innovation. Global Lighthouse Network: Rewiring Operations for Resilience and Impact at Scale 42