Assumptions survive because nobody has to explain them
A merger forces unstated operating assumptions into the open. They were shaping outcomes long before anyone had to explain them.
Assumptions survive because nobody has to explain them.
A merger changes that.
One company treated the budget as a commitment.
Another treated it as a forecast.
One company saw a deadline as fixed.
Another saw it as the current best estimate.
One company tracked risk before it appeared.
Another waited until it did.
None of them had ever needed to explain why.
They had been shaping outcomes long before they had to be explained.