Operating Playbooks for Complex Business Change

Your strategy changed.
The operating model didn't.

I help mid-market and enterprise B2B tech companies redesign how they operate when they make a major strategic shift - so the strategy works in practice, not just on paper.

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Melissa Carr Adeyanju

The Problem

Leadership has the vision. Teams have the expertise. Customers and the market create urgency.

Revenue should follow – and it doesn't, not the way it should. So what's breaking?

Symptoms your organization might experience

Most organizations treat each symptom as a discrete problem. But they're connected – and the operating model itself needs to change.

That's where I come in.

The Operating Playbook

Diagnose. Build. Execute.

The playbook is built with the organization, not handed to them.

Where Most Begin

A 6–12 week diagnostic and playbook blueprint.

We start with a structured look at where the organization is today and where the operating model is getting in the way. You leave with a decision-ready blueprint: a prioritized roadmap, clear ownership, success measures, critical dependencies, and a recommended operating cadence.

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Work That Moved The Numbers

+$4.2M International Turnaround

A $25M international business was underperforming and carrying too much financial risk. I led an operational audit and the redesign of its strategy, governance, and operating model – adding $4.2M in revenue, increasing gross profit by 275%, and cutting risk by 15%.

+70% Pricing & Monetization

A SaaS product served a high volume of low-margin clients outside the company's ICP. I redesigned pricing and monetization – raising average selling price by 70%, adding $2.2M in revenue, and improving NPS by 37 points, from -25 to +12.

−75% Executive Operating Cadence

Executive reviews in a $24B global sales organization were creating churn instead of clarity during a major commercial transformation. I rebuilt the executive operating cadence – reducing review churn by 75% and saving 110 hours monthly.

Melissa Carr Adeyanju
About Me

Melissa Carr Adeyanju


I've spent 20 years inside organizations at the moment when a big decision has been made, but the path to making it real is still being figured out.

At Rakuten Advertising, as VP of Commercial Operations & Business Transformation, I partnered with the CEO and CFO to modernize how a $200M global business operated as privacy shifts, AI, and growing pressure for profitable growth continue to reshape adtech.

At Microsoft, I was Chief of Staff for a $24B global enterprise sales and strategy organization during one of the company’s largest commercial transformations. I’ve also held senior roles at high-growth startups including Databricks and Domino Data Lab, with work spanning operations, enablement, and growth.

I understand both the commercial mechanics and human dynamics behind whether change will succeed and look beyond the symptoms to find the root cause of what is getting in the way. I don’t just advise on what needs to change. I work with leaders and teams to build the operating model that makes it real.

The result: stronger operating models, clearer executive rhythms, and measurable gains in revenue, profitability, customer satisfaction, and organizational health.

MBA, Cornell University  ·  B.A. Psychology, Boston University

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The strategy is clear.
The path to execution isn't – yet.

The Operating Playbook gives leaders and teams one shared plan for running a major transformation. It connects the strategy to the priorities, decisions, ownership, and ways of working required across the business.

If your organization is at that moment, let's talk.