Olga Katzenelson — Conflict Management Consultant

Author: Olga Katzenelson

Olga Katzenelson is a conflict management consultant. She helps tech companies with team conflict, post-M&A integration and neuroinclusion, and works with people who have hit a wall at work: a conflict with a manager, the feeling of not being heard, a job that takes all their energy. Before consulting she spent almost 20 years in tech, including as Director of Architecture at Playtika, responsible for 200+ engineers, and as VP R&D at FINCOM.

How do you integrate teams after an acquisition when they don’t want to integrate?

ByOlga Katzenelson October 17, 2026October 19, 2026

After an acquisition, each team defends its territory, and each does it differently. Good integration doesn’t always mean breaking through that defense. Sometimes it’s enough to understand what each team is protecting, and agree with them on the interfaces. Here’s a story about two such teams, one in Germany and one in Iceland. After an…