High-performance IT (HPIT) is the pursuit of continuously improving business results through technology. This pursuit manifests itself in the form of a dominant IT style that best aligns with business objectives to deliver excellence. The transforming style focuses on breakthrough innovation, replacing instincts with insights, and inspiring through the potential of emerging technologies. IT organizations must adopt the right dominant style, at the right time, and then transition when business dynamics change. This report focuses on the transforming style, what it looks like in an IT organization that adopts it as its dominant style, and how you can activate it.