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#1 · 2026-05-17 13:39
The biggest mergers don't fail in the boardroom.
They fail in the elevator.
When KONE and TK Elevator come together, we're not just combining 3.2 million units under one roof. We're asking hundreds of thousands of people to trust a new story — before they've seen a single chapter written.
I've been through this before. Not at this scale, but at the scale that matters: teams, territories, customers who've been loyal to one brand for decades.
Here's what I learned: the technical integration is never the hard part. The org chart reconciles itself. The systems get connected. What doesn't reconcile on its own is identity.
People need to know: am I still the same professional I was yesterday? Does my expertise still matter? Is there a place for me in this new story?
The leader's job — at every level — is to answer that question before it becomes a resignation letter.
We're at the beginning of something that will reshape urban mobility in Europe for the next 20 years. That's not a sprint. That's a marathon, and the first kilometers are always the loneliest.
I'll be running them with my team.
📷 Zdjęcie wzbogaciłoby: Zdjęcie Andrzeja z zespołem — nieformalne, korytarz biurowy lub po spotkaniu; atmosfera 'razem idziemy dalej', nie 'konferencja prasowa'.