The Risks in Making IT Integration an Afterthought in M&A

The Risks in Making IT Integration an Afterthought in M&A DOWNLOAD HEKIMA’S M&A PLAYBOOK HERE Most M&A playbooks still position IT as a post-close workstream. Systems will be rationalized later. Security tools will be consolidated eventually. Identity will be addressed once business operations stabilize. This sequencing is backwards, particularly in

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Healthcare Mergers Don’t Fail Because of Culture

They Fail Because IT Leadership Lies to Itself.  Let’s stop using culture as a cover story.  When healthcare mergers fail, leadership almost always reaches for the same explanation: misaligned culture, resistance to change, people issues.  It sounds reasonable. It sounds empathetic. It is also a lie of convenience.  Healthcare mergers fail because leaders knowingly defer the hardest technical

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