Metagyre recently completed what we believe is the third largest Active Directory separation in history. For security reasons, we are not naming the client. But for executives involved in mergers, acquisitions, carve-outs, or divestitures, the lesson is too important not to share: The deal may close on paper.The real separation happens inside the business.Identity. Applications. Infrastructure….
The Cut Sheet Created Execution Control at Group Health Nothing good happens after midnight when luck starts replacing preparation and clarity. We learned that lesson through years of application migrations and late-night change windows. RealNetworks and Getty Images gave us early opportunities to test a simple belief: a project schedule is useful for planning, but…
Challenge Strategic initiative resiliency gets tested when the business changes underneath the work. A healthcare client was halfway through a complex data center migration. Seven hundred applications were spread across multiple data centers, connected through temporary circuits, and the IT team was preparing to move everything into a new facility. Then acquisition talks got serious. As…
Sitting across from Oliver and his three directs, the conversation was going as expected.“Walk us through the last data center move you led.”“What are the top risks you worry about in a strategic initiative like this?”“How do you coordinate multiple vendors with competing priorities?” Then one of the directors finally asked the question everyone was…
When the wheels touched down, the weight of the task hit the moment everyone stepped into the thick, stale Texas air. Bernie, Adamsen, Ian, and Paul grabbed their bags and drove straight to the client’s office to kick things off and size up the complexity in front of them. The Challenge The client, a large credit union, had…
How Fortive built a repeatable integration engine that delivered—even under global pressure. Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are a fast, strategic way for companies to grow, adding products, customers, and capabilities without starting from scratch. But the value isn’t realized in the deal. It’s in the transition that follows. And that is why Fortive decided to…
A global sports brand was growing fast.New stores. New tech. More projects than ever across North, Central, and South America. The PMO was in the middle of all of it—supporting construction buildouts, retail upgrades, and IT rollouts. But delivery was struggling to keep up. Too much depended on who happened to be managing what. Leaders…
What 14 acquisitions taught one global manufacturer about turning M&A chaos into a repeatable system—and what your team can learn from it.
