DISRUPTION MANAGEMENT

What do management teams do? They steer an enterprise toward success. But with that level of responsibility, even minor distractions from the fundamentals can introduce significant risk. And while most challenges are manageable, black swan events—rare, unpredictable, and high-impact—can hit even the best-run organizations. When they do, they require focused, expert problem-solving, even as day-to-day operations continue.

It’s rarely practical for a company to maintain an internal SWAT team for complex issues that may arise once in a decade. That’s where we come in.

We work alongside senior leaders to address high-stakes, high-complexity problems—for as long as they remain issues. Examples of how we help include:

• Navigating major shifts in market dynamics
   
• Negotiating high-stakes, multifaceted agreements
   
• Defending mergers or acquisitions in the face of regulatory scrutiny
   
• Aligning incentives across stakeholders in complex contracts
   
• Turning around underperforming or at-risk projects
   
• Improving large-scale processes and systems
   
• Estimating the cost and value of enterprise-wide programs
   
• Benchmarking cost and performance in complex organizations
   
• Assessing strategic and operational risks of proposed initiatives
   
• Evaluating joint ventures and alliances
   
• Validating capital expenditures for large facility upgrades
   
• Assessing the current and future impact of disruptive technologies
   

• Evidence-based strategies rather than opinion-driven responses
   
• Defensible, auditable support for high-stakes decisions
   
• A strategic advantage in negotiations and competitive settings
   
• Clear pathways forward in the face of uncertainty