The Water MBA

The Water MBA

Platforms, not projects?

M&A is the action. Platform is the strategy. The vocabulary I had to learn and an invitation to whoever can explain it better than I can.

Aug 18, 2026
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Today’s publication is perhaps not about dictating or teaching anything. It is more a collection of notes, thoughts, and questions that I have, topics I would like to explore and address in the near future.

Sometimes I find myself wondering…

has this been happening all along over the last few years, or is it genuinely a new pattern that’s trying to tell us something?

Or is it simply that I’m now paying attention to things I never noticed before?

I’ve been thinking about this in relation to the M&A activity in the water sector.

Recently one of our posts about the Arcadis–WSP recent story had a relevant feedback, with interesting comments that made me think such as:

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