Mergers and acquisitions?

[Phil Culhane]

Does anyone have experience using OS as a facilitative tool for a corporate merger of two
similar-sized companies (~100 each - if numbers matter)? Or anything similar. The actual
merger, of course, is a fait accompli, so it's not "if" but "how" - how to bring two
groups, two cultures, two up-until-now competitors together as one family. What are the
issues that need to be discussed, what needs to happen to create synergies and not go
through months of dysfunctionality?

It seems to me OS would be a healthy way to go about doing this - though I may be wrong?

I'd appreciate hearing stories/thoughts.

Thanks,
Phil Culhane

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