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FIVE SIGNAL REPORTILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE · PLATFORM + TARGETILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLEBoth companies function on their own. Together they collide on two signals, and neither will report it.
Shared elevated signals
Whether raising an issue changes anything
Direction of adaptation
Three signals separate the companies. Two unite them, and that is the problem.
Capacity strain will surface as delivery variance, not as a people issue.
Typically visible between month three and month six.
The two shared signals will not appear in any board pack unless a measurement point exists outside platform management.
Target managers are already at capacity. Additional tasks do not add load, they displace work that then stops happening.
Six exposures, each with an accountable owner and a measurable close condition.
| RISK | PRIORITY | OWNER | CLOSE CONDITION |
|---|---|---|---|
| Target managers conclude within the first month that raising concerns is pointless | CRITICAL | Platform CEO | Target score on Organization stays Low or Moderate at 90 days |
| Integration schedule exceeds what target management can absorb | CRITICAL | Integration lead | Target Emotion moves out of the highest band at 90 days |
| Informal authority in the target has no place in the new structure | IMPORTANT | Platform CEO | At least one target executive holds real authority in the combined leadership |
Every target level becomes the baseline the next measurement is read against.
FOUR LAYERS · SELECT ONE
Where answers diverge, risk is exposed.
42 questions, answered across the group, read together. The analysis looks for four things.
- 01Gaps between levels.
- 02Gaps between functions.
- 03A role that stands apart.
- 04Answers that should move together and don't.
That's where a pattern shows itself, and where the cost risk sits.
On Organization the two companies share no common ground at all.
On Visibility the two distributions are almost identical.
Each bar shows where individual responses fall, not the average. Two companies can produce similar averages through completely different distributions.
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