Founders and CEOsUK SME
You Bought the Company. Did You Buy What It Knows?
Post-acquisition integration covers the systems, the finance and the people. It does not cover the reasoning that made the acquired business work, and nothing in the plan makes anyone responsible for moving it.
David Packman
13 min read
Founders and CEOsUK SME
What a Knowledge and Intelligence Audit Actually Involves, and What It Costs
A plain account of the paid diagnostic that comes before an AI build: what gets looked at, what you hold at the end, how long it takes, real GBP figures for each shape of engagement, and the cases where you genuinely should not buy one at all.
David Packman
12 min read
Founders and CEOsUK SME
When Your Best Operator Leaves, What Leaves With Them?
The documents stay and the judgement goes. What a key person actually holds that was never written down, why replacing them takes longer than the notice period allows, and how to reduce the exposure before anyone hands in their notice.
David Packman
12 min read