What Should Survive an Acquisition?
Part 1 explains what an acquisition can erase by accident and the five choices to make before consolidating.
Article series
Integration Without Erasure
Each issue comes in two parts. Part 1 explains the problem and the choices it creates. Part 2 shows how I would use and prompt AI to help people work through it.
Two parts, one problem
Understand the problem. Then put AI to work on it.
Part 1 explains the problem and the choices it creates. Part 2 shows how I would use and prompt AI to gather evidence, build the plan, protect what matters, and check the result.
Issue 1
Understanding what survives before consolidation begins
Integration Without Erasure | Issue 1, Part 2: How AI Can Help You Consolidate What Survives an Acquisition
Part 2 shows how I would use and prompt AI to identify what remains, check the evidence, build the integration map, and keep the final decisions with people.
Issue 2
Repairing handoffs without flattening necessary boundaries
When Is a Silo a Wall, and When Is It a Safety Boundary?
Part 1 distinguishes an obstructive silo from a safety boundary, then follows the handoff customers actually feel.
Why two parts?
Part 1 explains the operating problem, the choices it creates, and what leaders should understand before they change the system around it.
Part 2 shows how I would use and prompt AI to gather evidence, compare what exists, help build the next step, and keep the final decisions with accountable people.