What CCEA does

CCEA was a Finland-based change management consulting firm headquartered in Espoo, founded in 2007 as Communicea and later renamed CCEA. It positioned itself as a people-driven change execution practice, organizing its offering around four core service areas: Change Implementation (Muutoksen läpivienti), Change Capability Development, Change Portfolio Management, and Change Measurement. Its technical differentiator was the proprietary Celkee Insight tool, an experience measurement instrument grounded in behavioral science research that tracked people's experience of change, behavioral shifts, and outcomes achieved. The firm also offered adjacent services including AI transition consulting and cybersecurity culture building, all delivered under a unified People-driven Change methodology.

The company served primarily large enterprises and organizations undergoing significant transformations, including digital transformation, ERP rollouts, organizational restructuring, M&A integration, and cultural change programs. Named reference customers spanned insurance (LähiTapiola Henkiyhtiö), government and healthcare (THL), and industrial/manufacturing (Wärtsilä), reflecting a horizontal segmentation strategy targeting large-organization engagements. GTM was a direct B2B consulting engagement model supported by content marketing, thought leadership, an active events presence (e.g., SuomiAreena), and broad social channels. The firm held ISO 27001 certification through its parent group.

CCEA became part of the Gofore Group in March 2021 following acquisition, and at the beginning of 2024 fully merged into Gofore Oyj, ceasing to operate as a separate legal entity. Its change management services are now delivered through the Gofore brand. Given this status, standalone investment evaluation is largely retrospective; forward-looking analysis must be framed within the Gofore parent.

Name

CCEA

Legal name

Gofore Oyj

Website

https://ccea.fi

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Closed

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CCEA was a Finland-based, people-driven change management consulting firm serving large enterprises and government bodies through four core services—implementation, capability development, portfolio management, and measurement—supported by its proprietary Celkee Insight tool. The firm merged into Gofore Oyj in early 2024.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Change Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Change Management & Transformation Consulting (BPAHAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Organization Design & Change Management Consulting (BPAHACAD), Operations & Process Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAB)

Keywords

• Change management consulting
• Organizational change execution
• Change capability development
• Digital transformation services
• Change portfolio management

Headquarters

HQ city

Espoo

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

CCEA provides people-driven change management consulting services to large organizations, covering change implementation, change capability development, change portfolio management, and change measurement. The firm supports its consulting work with Celkee Insight, its proprietary measurement and analytics tool, and offers expertise in change-related AI solutions.

Product overview

CCEA is a change management consulting practice that was originally established as Communicea in 2007, became Finland's largest change management consulting firm under the CCEA brand, was acquired by Gofore in March 2021, and fully merged into Gofore in early 2024. The offering consists of consulting services rather than a software product platform, organized around four core service areas: Change Implementation (Muutoksen läpivienti), Change Capability Development (Muutoskyvyyden kehittäminen), Change Portfolio Management (Muutosportfolion johtaminen), and Change Measurement (Muutoksen mittaaminen). The proprietary Celkee Insight tool supports the measurement service with behavioral science-based analytics. Additional service offerings include AI solutions consulting and cybersecurity culture building, all delivered under the People-driven Change methodology framework.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Change Implementation Hands-on consulting engagement to execute organizational change programs for enterprise and government clients, focused on people-driven adoption of new ways of working.
• Change Capability Development Consulting service that builds internal change management capabilities inside client organizations so they can run their own change programs sustainably.
• Change Portfolio Management Service providing portfolio-level oversight and prioritization of multiple concurrent change initiatives within an organization.
• Change Measurement Measurement and analytics service for change programs, supported by the proprietary Celkee Insight tool, providing data-driven assessment of adoption and outcomes.
• Celkee Insight CCEA's proprietary change measurement and analytics tool used to diagnose, track, and evaluate change programs, grounded in behavioral science.
• AI Solutions Consulting for Change Consulting offering that applies AI solutions to change management challenges, extending CCEA's people-driven practice into AI-enabled change contexts.

Named customers3 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Gofore: Publicly listed Finnish digitalization consultancy that acquired CCEA in 2021 and fully merged it in 2024. CCEA's change management practice is now a Gofore service line; directly comparable business model and Finnish market footprint.
• Prosci: Global leader in change management methodology, training, and certification (ADKAR). Closely comparable to CCEA's people-driven change methodology and Celkee Insight-style measurement orientation; competes for the same enterprise transformation budgets.
• ChangeFirst (formerly PDI/Management Futures): Boutique change management consultancy providing structured implementation support to enterprises undergoing transformation. Directly comparable in service scope (change implementation, capability building) and target buyer profile.

Broad incumbents

• McKinsey & Company: Global strategy consultancy whose Organization Practice delivers transformation and change advisory to large enterprises. Comparable as a top-tier incumbent shaping the change management market and competing for C-suite transformation budgets.
• Accenture: Global management and technology consultancy offering change management as part of large transformation programs. Comparable as the dominant broad incumbent whose bundled offerings compete head-to-head with CCEA's specialized change practice.
• Deloitte: Big Four professional services firm with a sizable Human Capital and transformation practice offering change management at global scale. Comparable as a broad incumbent competing for the same enterprise transformation mandates.

Regional players

• Netlight: Nordic-based IT and transformation consultancy with offices across the Nordics. Comparable as a regionally focused change/transformation services peer with similar enterprise client base.
• Reaktor: Finnish digital strategy and software consultancy with overlap in transformation delivery to enterprise clients in Finland and the Nordics. Comparable in regional positioning and enterprise/government client mix even though change management is not its primary offering.
• Futurice: Finnish-Nordic digital engineering and design consultancy that helps organizations adopt new technologies and ways of working. Comparable as a Nordic transformation services peer competing for similar enterprise change budgets.

Emerging players

• Effectory: European employee listening and change/culture consultancy with adjacent measurement-driven offerings. Comparable as an emerging European player combining behavioral measurement with organizational change support.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/cceachange
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• Facebookfi-fi.facebook.com/GoforeGroup
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gofore
• Instagraminstagram.com/goforegroup/?hl=fi

Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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