Industrial acquisition · EMEA
90%reported key-talent retentionPeople-side due diligence, Day 1 organization design, and a focused retention plan.
For manufacturing & food companies · EMEA
The deal closes. The real work begins.
We help manufacturing and food leaders protect talent, align the organization, and keep momentum through M&A integration and complex transformation.
$180MLargest acquisition context in practitioner experience
90%Reported key-talent retention in selected deal work
5,000+People affected across EMEA and global change programs
Selected practitioner experience
Concrete work. Distinct client contexts.
Client names remain confidential. Each result below belongs to a separate engagement from the team’s practitioner experience; outcomes are not presented as a single composite case.
Global operating-model change
5,000+people affectedGovernance and a locally usable change approach translated a global program into practical EMEA action.
Leadership alignment program
1,500+participants engagedInteractive sessions gave leaders a shared language, clear responsibilities, and reusable tools.
What we do
Two core capabilities. Two focused interventions.
HR transformation and M&A integration are the core. Coaching and workshops strengthen delivery where the situation calls for them.
01 · Core advisory
HR Transformation
Operating model, governance, and capability building for organizations navigating structural change.
Explore the capability
02 · Core advisory
M&A Integration
People-side support from due diligence and Day 1 design through retention and the 100-day roadmap.
Explore the capabilityWhere integrations break
The spreadsheet rarely fails. The organization does.
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Key people leave first
Critical talent has the most options — and the least reason to stay through a messy Day 1.
Culture clash goes unmanaged
Unaddressed differences slow decisions and turn uncertainty into quiet resistance.
Momentum fades after 100 days
The roadmap stalls when internal teams return to the business and ownership becomes unclear.
The NNT approach
One working system for the people side of change.
Diagnosis, organization design, leadership alignment, and practical execution — connected around the decisions in front of you.
Grounded practice
Prosci and Kotter principles adapted to the situation, never applied as theatre.
Confidential by default
Sensitive deal and people context handled with the discretion the work demands.
Capability transferred
Every engagement is designed to leave the internal team stronger and less dependent.
Digitally enabled
Practical tools and AI support execution without becoming the point of the engagement.
The people doing the work
Senior practitioners, directly involved.
The team you meet is the team that leads the engagement. No handoff to a junior delivery layer.
Co-founder & CEO · HR & Transformation
Poyan Azar
Leading global HR transformations, M&A due diligence, and post-acquisition integration for sixteen years.
Co-founder & CTO · Digital & AI
Samy van Stokkum
Turns software and AI into practical operating tools that make complex change easier to sustain.
Free diagnostic
See the integration risk before it becomes the result.
Thirteen questions. About four minutes. A score and exposure range tailored to your situation.
Take the free risk scanIllustrative score68/100
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- 04See the factors driving the result.