From Integration to Execution: When Systems Finally Matter
Why execution only works after absorption — and fails when it arrives early
Most failed integrations I’ve seen did not fail at the integration. They failed a few months later, when someone decided it was time to “start executing” and pushed a standardized processes across acquired companies that had not yet figured out who owned what on the org chart.
The deals all made sense. The theses held. The acquired businesses kept perfor…