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.
The RESULT
One strategy, one team, ready to act
A team from two worlds, committed to pursuing one ambition together.
result of our work explained here.
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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