Case Study

A Sprint From Swirl to Shared Clarity

M&A | Strategy | Facilitation | Decision-Making Rights | Strategy Execution

The opportunity

An international manufacturing company had recently closed an acquisition that would bring them into a new category they had been eying for decades.

Early integration efforts made it clear that there wasn’t yet a shared view of the full opportunity, nor a clear hypothesis of how to win in this new space. With go-to-market commitments looming, the team was swirling.

The APPROACH

Create the space to explore, then commit

Situation Grounding

Ambition Alignment

Landscape Review

Explore & Align on Strategy Hypothesis

Align on Roles, Ways of Working & Next Steps

Project Capstone

Bringing a team of strangers together to build a future they could be proud of.

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The RESULT

One strategy, one team, ready to act

A team from two worlds, committed to pursuing one ambition together.

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VP, Technology & Innovation

“Mess Hill is outstanding. They helped bring a diverse team, who had not worked together before, together to create a strategy for a new business venture.

The workflow and process they used was seamless, highly effective, and fun. We moved from many opinions to one, aligned strategy and identified the key first steps to execute on that strategy. We are very satisfied with the outcome!”

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