The Integration Voice

**Leaders, managers, and individual contributors in IT, HR, finance, sales, legal, procurement, operations, and any other function who had to figure out how to become one organization from two.*

You’re having a coffee with someone who’s going through an integration from the inside. They ask how it really went on the ground. Not the official account. What do you tell them?

You can type, or if your device has speech-to-text, you can use it like you’re speaking to them. A few sentences are enough. More if it’s there.

A few sentences are enough. More if it’s there.

*Your experience was influenced by...

Drag and drop, or select from the dropdown menu, to rank from highest to lowest influence.

the people and relationships involved
the plan or structure
uncertainty

The next few questions ask you to position your experience between two statements. Drag the marker to wherever it sits for you. The middle is a real position, not a shortcut.

*Energy

I was running on empty

Both equally

I was running on adrenaline

Not applicable

*Plan

We stuck to the plan and people paid for it

Both equally

We kept adjusting and no one knew what we were building

Not applicable

*Visibility

What leadership saw matched what I was living

Both equally

What leadership saw and what I lived were two different things

Not applicable

Where did your experience sit within the integration timeline?

Blind period before public announcement post-signing
Post Announcement - First 90 days
First 4-12 Months
Year 1+

The Unsaid

Is there anything you wanted to say but could not? Anything the story above does not capture? This space is yours.