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Save the silver bullet – a shameless piece of self promotion!

Ben de Haldevang

It very clearly makes the point that there is no silver bullet but equally sets the record straight for the ill-informed people who maintain that “every integration or transformation is different so why plan ahead or follow any form of framework or guidelines”.

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How to Help the Employees You Gain in a Merger Succeed

Harvard Business

The business case is almost too clear; the acqui-hired team is not so much building new capabilities as it is applying its talents to fix a broken process or fill in a product/service features gap. Consider the case of a large Midwestern financial services firm that was struggling to compete online.