According to the rule of one-eighth, at least 88 percent of organizations will do everything necessary to put people first and thereby build profits. at best, 12 percent of organizations will actually do what is required to build profits by putting people first. 75 percent of organizations won't believe the connection between how they manage their people and the profits they earn. 38 percent of the organizations try to make a single change to solve their problems. one in eight organizations miserably fails at making the people to profit connection.