Setting Up Day One for Success

Chris Evans is the former Head of Corporate Development Integration at Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) Have someone in mind that would be perfect to help build out a new on-demand talent service line at M&A Science? Reach out to Kison at kison@mascience.com EPISODE TIMESTAMPS:  0:00 Introduction 5:32 How Important is Day One 10:40 What happens on Day One 14:59 Integration North Star 16:25 What Success on Day One looks like   21:00 Introducing the Integration Manager 25:43 Engaging the managers 31:08 Keeping the big picture alignment 35:30 Identifying the faces of the acquiring company 37:34 Sharing the Integration Plan 40:45 Connecting the value drivers to integration  45: 20 The biggest challenge on Day One 48:34 What is Day One of Day One in Amazon  52: 28 Craziest thing in M&A