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Example for 600 consultants and partners · 4 one-hour sessions

Are your people telling one story yet, or still two?

Usually two. The deal closed, the logos merged, and both sides still describe the company the way they did before. This program builds one story, one set of beliefs and one way of answering, in four one-hour team sessions.

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Execution readiness

38Today81/ 100After the 4 team sessions

Ready to execute

Example scores for a sample company. Add your website to estimate your own. Measured once your team plays. Ready at 80.

Where it usually breaks

Shared knowledgeHigh riskEach side describes the company its own way

Shared convictionHigh riskPeople fear the other side is "taking over"

Shared practiceMedium riskNo agreed answer to "what happens to my contract?"

4 sessions~50 min each8–12 people per teamNo facilitator

The gap

What you'd typically hear if five of your people answered alone.

SESSION 1 · FILL THE GAPSAnswered alone

Finish the sentence: the main reason the two companies came together is…

MMira…to get bigger, faster.

JJonas…to give clients and candidates something neither could alone.

AAylin…cost savings.

TTomas…the other side needed us.

RRosa…nobody has really explained it.

What it costs you if nobody notices

Shared knowledgeClients and candidates hear two companiesEvery inconsistent answer is a reason to wait and see.

Shared convictionUs and them sets inIf people believe one side is taking over, the best people on that side leave first.

Shared practiceRumours fill the gapWithout an agreed answer, the hard questions get answered by whoever is most worried.

The program that closes the gap

Four one-hour sessions. Both sides in the same room, one story by the end.

Session

Shared knowledgeShared convictionShared practice

S1Know the combined storyAgrees why the companies came together and the one line both sides use.

Shared knowledge1Agree why Acme Partners' four practices merged2Agree the one reason the merger happenedShared conviction3Decide why Acme Partners mergedShared practice4Practice sorting real client5Agree the calm, honest way every consultant

Demo

S2Believe in the combinationShows you how strong the "us and them" is, and what would answer it.

Shared knowledge1Agree on the one true answer to why Acme Partners mergedShared conviction2Name what failing to merge the story would cost3Vote as a team on whether you believe inShared practice4Agree one team answer the whole firm gives when clients…5Rehearse and agree the calm

Demo

S3Answer the hard questionsPractises the questions both sides are asking.

Shared knowledge1Answer the hard merger questions the same wayShared conviction2Agree the calm, honest answers your firm gives to the four…Shared practice3Agree the right way to answer the hardest client4Rank and align on the safest way to answer a client's hard…

Demo

S4Work as oneAgrees what each side keeps, and what both adopt.

Shared knowledge1Test and align on the facts behind why the firms mergedShared conviction2Agree on one shared reason for the merger that every…Shared practice3Agree one shared way to answer clients' merger questions4Agree the honest, calm answer every consultant gives when…

Demo

Play it yourself · a short demo · one exercise from session 3 · Make the Call

Alone first. Then the team agrees on one answer.

This is a taste, not the whole session. “Answer the hard questions” runs 4 exercises with your own team, on a call or in a room. Here is one of them, on the real screens, played with four AI teammates, so you can feel how a session works.

Answer the hard questions · Make the Call00:00MJLSYou

Agree the calm, honest answers your firm gives to the four hardest merger questionsOn screen: Reframe each of these 4 client questions as a calm, honest answer the firm can stand behind alone

On your ownWork on your own. Your answer stays private until everyone is done.

02:00

YStay muted

Reframe each of these 4 client questions as a calm, honest answer the firm can stand behind alone

Statement

Your feedback

01A long-standing client asks you: 'Is the team I work with going to change after the merger?'

02A candidate you are recruiting asks: 'Which practice will I actually be joining, the old one or the new one?'

03A colleague from the other side of the merger asks you: 'Is your practice taking over ours?'

04A client asks: 'What happens to my contract now that the two firms have merged?'

Source: Acme Partners merger communication principle

0 of 4 written

You are playing with 4 AI teammates. Every screen opens on its briefing: read it, then tap I’m ready.

Readiness intelligence · what you'll see as teams play

Know whether both sides tell one story, and where you should step in, before clients and candidates hear two.

Acme Partners › Readiness intelligence › Merger integrationBoth companies tell one story600 consultants and partners enrolled · 3 of 4 sessions played · 11 plays · owner: you

Readiness index81%Ready+43 pts25% participation + 25% progress + 50% alignment · Ready at 80

Shared knowledge48 → 88Shared conviction37 → 71Shared practice44 → 80

Participation94%564 of 600 people played at least once

Progress75%3 of 4 planned sessions completed

Alignment41% →78%1872 of 2400 points aligned

Failed alignment pointsWhere you should step in

The reason for the mergerNot aligned in 14 of 40 playsShared knowledgeThe acquired company · 180 people

Is one side taking over the other?"Not yet, we still have concerns" in 2 playsShared convictionThe acquired company's managers · 30 people

Sample data. Before anyone plays, readiness is estimated from your material. Real numbers come only from live plays with your team.

Your consultants and partners could play this next week. Add your website to make it yours.

01 · 5 minConfirm the assumptionsCheck what we inferred about you and edit any text in place. Your edits are locked.
02 · 1 link per teamInvite your teamAny browser, any device. No account, nothing to install.
03 · after each playWatch readiness fill inYou see who played, what they agreed, and where to follow up.

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Are your people telling one story yet, or still two?

What you'd typically hear if five of your people answered alone.

Four one-hour sessions. Both sides in the same room, one story by the end.

Alone first. Then the team agrees on one answer.

Know whether both sides tell one story, and where you should step in, before clients and candidates hear two.

See how ready your team really is.

Your consultants and partners could play this next week. Add your website to make it yours.