Monthly Archives: September 2026

The Merger Finish Line Isn’t Where You Think It Is

The systems are converted. Accounts are migrated and the signs are changed. But that doesn’t mean the work is finished. Once the operational work is complete, the new organization has to prove that all that change actually delivered what the merger was intended to accomplish. That is why the months following integration matter just as…

Every Workaround Is Trying to Tell You Something

Most organizations have workarounds. Maybe it’s a spreadsheet someone created because the system doesn’t quite do what they need. Maybe it’s the person everyone calls because they know how to get around the bottleneck. These are the extra steps employees take when the official process doesn’t quite match the way the work actually gets done.…