Dell is just filled with sleezy leadership.
RTO not RTO, that's not something they should be really focused in on. They just go about things in a sleezy way. The lie by omission and what they say isn't what they do.
If you want to cut people, then cut them, don't go around with your sleezy ways and drag out what you are trying to do for years and years and years. Don't tell people everything is fine and then in 6 months do against exactly what you said you wouldn't do.
Each person on their leadership team speaks out of both sides of their mouth and has really no clue as to what is going on. That's why when they do a readout they need an army of people to come with them.
Why have them? If they don't know what is happening get rid of them.
Focus on getting your business together. Focus on getting the right leaders in place. Bring in technologist who can speak to some basic ways of how technology companies work. Right now, most of your leaders can't even describe how to deliver software, never mind talk about how to drive any innvoation.
You're focused on the wrong thing. Stop being sleezy and lying through ommision too. If you want to get down to a "number" for some ridiclious business reason, then just do it, be accountable for it and live with it.
Stop p!$$ing on people and call it rain though and stop fronting as a technology company until you get some competent leadership that actually knows something about technology. Oh and stop listening to consulting companies. If you don't have the leadership that knows what is going on, then you need to get different people who do.