M&A and Enterprise Transmutations
The risks of an M&A rarely start at the deal. They begin only when Day-1 Planning is already baked in.
The usual template for M&A is top-down for large enterprises, and bottom up for smaller or leaner setups. But the best ones always work both sides. Pre-Day1 planning that does not involve IT has the highest chance of failure. Pre-day1 roadmaps from the IMO/PMO without hands-on planning and stress testing the path (we know how to do this within the legal and regulatory requirements) leads to surprisingly long delays. Our 3-Phase approach has been battle tested in some of the largest M&As, and we openly share those with you. It’s not the plan, but the execution where we can out-do others.
What we provide:
- A transparent and deep technical due diligence that complements executive diligence
- Integration planning to account for current organizational capability and synergy ambitions
- Platform assessment approach that makes for right level of effort estimation for future
- Risk identification that executives need to hear right before or after they finalize the deal
What success looks like:
Systems that work. Teams that aren’t continually working harder after the merger for a long time. Organizations of parent and satellite firms seamlessly able to move to BUs according to the needs of the business rather than stay in the same holding pattern from pre-acquisition duality.
AI Native Strategy & Implementation
Every one (including us) wants to realize the promise of AI. Every vendor wants to sell you more of their AI.
Enterprise AI projects today are not realizing the full imagined value. This is not because the technology doesn’t work. It does work, but works very differently. You have moved from a core symbolic computational model of enterprise to a statistically determined outcome boundary.
The main reason they don’t work is because organizations implement AI to continue incremental updates to core, rather than introduce serious risk to production.
We are tied to the inertia of previous partner solutions, be it SaaS, on-prem vendor solutions, or solutions for end-to-end transformation.
If you were always working with a hammer, and a new power tool is available, would you still use the heavier power tool to hammer your nails and rivets, or will you start using fasteners of all kinds for all surfaces? If you had a rocket engine, would you retro-fit it to a car, or make a rocket?
What we provide:
- Honest assessment: where, and how, will you need AI usage?
- Problem-first approach: are you solving old problems, or eliminating future risks?
- Implementation strategy of crawl, walk, run: capabilities, value realization, then ROI
What we don’t do:
- Sell you AI solutions like LLMs that you don’t need
- Recommend “preferred partners”
- Optimize for project size
Scaling the Intelligence of your enterprise
“Digital transformation” is everywhere in print. Real transformation is not just hard, it is unglamorous work: changing processes, reskilling people, confronting organizational culture transformation. This can only happen when you scale the intelligence in your enterprise to help the people who most need it: your employees and their customers.
What we provide:
- Capability assessment: where is your starting point, and how do we ramp it up
- Roadmap that pin points maximal change readiness, so you can realize the value
- Implementation support that transfers knowledge as part of execution
- A workforce strategy for reskilling that evolves with your needs
Our measure of success:
Your people can do this without us when we finish.
Engagement Models
Project-Based
Defined scope, defined outcome, defined end date. We complete the work, transfer knowledge, and live to tackle another problem for you later.
Interim Leadership
Strategic advisor or fractional executive roles while you build permanent capability.
Tools
Building out tools for Scale-out, M&A, and Learning outcomes. Using our tools, or building from your base.
What We Don’t Do
- Staff augmentation
- Retainer-based consulting
- “Agile coaching” without depth
- Vendor selection decision making
- Just-consulting (paperwork, plans, studies, procedures, or standards)
Pricing
Transparent rates. No hidden fees. No “grow the scope” games.
Let’s Talk
If this resonates, we’d love to get an earful from you about what’s not working and how we can help.