Traditional tools are holding organizations back.
“Optimizing M&A Execution with CRISP™: Mitigating the Risk of Using Yesterday’s Playbook in Today’s World” by Cris Casey, creator of CRISP™, is now available. Kindle, paperback and hardcover versions are available on Amazon.
The book explains why even the most sophisticated organizations struggle to execute efficiently, despite experienced teams, proven frameworks, and robust systems. The content exposes how traditional planning, reporting, and change management tools inherently limit execution speed, accuracy, and accountability.
Material in the book re-frames execution as a communication problem, solved by embedding clarity, ownership, and timing directly into deliverables. Structured communication, measurable exchanges, and visible progress become the organizing principles for M&A initiatives.
Chapters draw from decades of field experience executing complex initiatives, most involving M&A activity. The result is a practical, communication-centric alternative to conventional program and project management approaches that often create additional work and unnecessary noise.
Copies of Optimizing M&A Execution with CRISP™ are included with every active CRISP™ license.