The Exit Playbook: Safe landings when exits stall

The final episode of the fifth season of PEI's Disruption Matters miniseries, sponsored by AlixPartners, closes out a season built around an "Exit Playbook" for a period the description calls one of exit scarcity. This episode looks at how to recover from a stalled exit process: diagnosing what went wrong and helping management get a second wind to restart the process. The framing offered is that a stalled process can reset the stage for a successful exit using the same principles and tactics covered across the season.

1. The episode is the sixth and final instalment of the season, which is built around an "Exit Playbook" for a climate defined by exit scarcity.
2. Guests discuss ways to diagnose what went wrong in a stalled process and help management begin the process again.
3. The stated premise is that a stalled process can be used to reset the stage for a successful exit using tactics covered earlier in the season.
4. The guest list spans portfolio operations, value creation and operating-partner roles at firms including Crestview, Wynnchurch, Brookfield, Centerbridge, OMERS, EQT, Ardian, CD&R, BC Partners, GTCR, Permira and AlixPartners.