So have you ever been called to an offsite meeting, only to realize that there are some new players in attendance that you haven’t met before? Not only that, they are the new owners of your division? Yes, I have. Have you ever shown up to work and realized that there is a new […]
Every so often you get a clear glimpse into the future, as was the case at the recent On Ramp Manufacturing Conference in Milwaukee. The conference was organized as a unique platform for established firms and startups to come together with 1:1’s, panel sessions and keynotes. The meta takeaway was that large firms are counting […]
I was talking with a colleague at a recent summer gathering, and she is seeing the same thing I am: lots of firms that were started by Baby Boomers are being “rolled up” by Private Equity into groups of like companies. In nearly every case, these vibrant, individual firms experience a huge shock to their […]
True story from my ops background: When I was running through emails one morning, I found one that stopped me in my tracks. The VP of a recently acquired product line had sent an incendiary note to the CFO and copied dozens of people internally, using coarse language to declare the integration systems team completely […]
