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The same factories make the same things for the same customers, run by the same people. No customer notices. What changes is who owns which cash flows and who signs for them — so the prize cannot come from the operations. It comes from the market paying more for the same profits once they are legible separately, which happens, and is still an assumption. The cost is not. Two boards, two listings, two audit relationships, two of most of a center, every year for as long as both companies exist, plus a one-time bill. This pack computes the gap between the sum of the parts and the group's own value, sets it against that one-time bill and against the duplicated center capitalized at the group's own multiple, and reduces the whole decision to two figures in turns of multiple: the re-rating your own comparables imply, and the re-rating that breaks even. It also prices the cheaper thing almost nobody tries — reporting the pieces separately, which costs a formatting decision. It stops on three conditions: nobody has said what multiple the group trades on, nobody has named a comparable company for each piece, and nobody has counted what separating costs.
The test that runs through every file
Nothing operational changes on the day a company splits, so the whole of the prize is a re-rating that nobody can check and the whole of the cost is countable in an afternoon. It is the argument in the deck, it becomes the wizard’s axes, it drives the model’s inputs, and it reappears as lines on the checklist. That is what makes 16 files a product rather than 16 documents.
The model resolves to one number you can negotiate with: The separation surplus — the re-rating less what running two companies costs. It ships blank and worked, and every input is a named cell rather than a figure buried inside a formula, so the number arrives with its assumptions attached rather than on its own authority.
What is in the Separation Strategy Pack
- Foundations. The framework: what actually changes on the day, the prize as a number, the permanent cost, and the three halts.
- Concept deck. Twenty-one slides for a board or strategy session, with nine sourced separations and what each does not establish.
- Decision wizard. Eight scored questions returning the band, the weakest answer, and either of the two halt conditions.
- Separation model. Eleven candidate re-ratings across the columns, the surplus after both costs, and the column where separating breaks even.
- Strategies and tactics. The moves at each of the four positions, what to do when the model halts, and four ways to make the next separation decision cheaper.
- Case studies. Nine sourced separations — one company that took the whole prize without splitting, one that announced six and reversed most of them, and one that paid $30m for its own name.
- Fit worksheet. The single page of record: the group multiple, the named comparables, the itemized center, and both re-rating figures.
- Roadmap template. Five phases with gates and owners, the assumptions register, a trigger and a quarterly reporting line.
- Practitioner manual. Agreeing a multiple, naming comparables, itemizing the center, capitalizing the permanent cost, the board paper, six failure modes and their indicators.
- Field checklist. The one-pager that survives outside the binder.
- About the package. What each file does and the order in which to run them.
An honest note on fit
This is a kit for running a decision, not a research report and not a course. It is worth buying if a real decision is in front of you and you would otherwise start from a blank page. It is not worth buying to read.
Worked examples use an explicitly fictional business, labeled on every file that contains one, with numbers tuned to teach rather than to flatter — each worked case is built so that the decision does not simply come out well, and so that what settles it is the test the pack exists to run. A worked example where everything works is a brochure. The price excludes customization, implementation and support, and where the pack reasons beyond its evidence it says so on the page.
Questions
- What is the Separation Strategy Pack?
- The Separation Strategy Pack is a decision-support kit for one question: Is the company worth more in pieces, or only worth reporting in pieces? It contains 16 files — foundations, concept deck, decision wizard, separation model, strategies and tactics, case studies, fit worksheet, roadmap template, practitioner manual, field checklist, about the package — built around a single organizing test: nothing operational changes on the day a company splits, so the whole of the prize is a re-rating that nobody can check and the whole of the cost is countable in an afternoon. It is what a leadership team uses to run the decision and leave a record of what they assumed, rather than a report about the topic.
- Who is the Separation Strategy Pack for?
- Anyone who has to make this call and answer for it: an operator or owner facing the decision, the executive team running it, the board or investor testing the reasoning, or an adviser who would otherwise build the framework from a blank page. It is worth buying when a real decision is in front of you. It is not worth buying to read.
- What is in the Separation Strategy Pack?
- 16 files in Word, PDF, PowerPoint and Excel: Foundations (Word + PDF) — The framework: what actually changes on the day, the prize as a number, the permanent cost, and the three halts. Concept deck (PowerPoint + PDF) — Twenty-one slides for a board or strategy session, with nine sourced separations and what each does not establish. Decision wizard (Excel) — Eight scored questions returning the band, the weakest answer, and either of the two halt conditions. Separation model (Excel, blank and worked) — Eleven candidate re-ratings across the columns, the surplus after both costs, and the column where separating breaks even. Strategies and tactics (Word) — The moves at each of the four positions, what to do when the model halts, and four ways to make the next separation decision cheaper. Case studies (Word) — Nine sourced separations — one company that took the whole prize without splitting, one that announced six and reversed most of them, and one that paid $30m for its own name. Fit worksheet (Word, blank and worked) — The single page of record: the group multiple, the named comparables, the itemized center, and both re-rating figures. Roadmap template (Word) — Five phases with gates and owners, the assumptions register, a trigger and a quarterly reporting line. Practitioner manual (Word + PDF) — Agreeing a multiple, naming comparables, itemizing the center, capitalizing the permanent cost, the board paper, six failure modes and their indicators. Field checklist (PDF) — The one-pager that survives outside the binder. About the package (PDF) — What each file does and the order in which to run them.
- What number does the Separation Strategy Pack produce?
- The separation surplus — the re-rating less what running two companies costs. The model ships blank and worked, and every input is a named cell rather than a figure buried inside a formula, so the number you take into a room arrives with its assumptions attached and can be argued with rather than merely believed.
- How is the Separation Strategy Pack delivered?
- As a single download of all 16 files, immediately after payment, with the same link sent by email. It can be downloaded 3 times and the link is valid for 30 days. There is nothing to install and no account to keep.
- How much does the Separation Strategy Pack cost, and is it a subscription?
- $499, one-time. It is not a subscription and there is nothing to cancel. Where the pack is revised within 180 days of your purchase, the new release is yours. The price does not include customization, implementation help or support.
- Are the worked examples in the Separation Strategy Pack real companies?
- The case studies are real, sourced and dated, and each one states what its evidence does not establish. The worked model, wizard and worksheet use an explicitly fictional business, labeled as such on every file that contains one. A worked model needs roughly fifteen populated inputs; for a real company you would have public figures for perhaps four, and the rest would be estimates wearing the authority of a spreadsheet.