From 1 August 2020, Nick Palmer has become a Partner at Beyond the Deal (BTD). Formerly with McKinsey, Accenture (partner) and Proudfoot (EVP Transformation), Nick will continue to lead BTD’s North American practice. He will also spearhead BTD’s new Alliance Strategy & Management service line,...
Shale drilling over the last 20 years has turned the US into the largest oil producing nation in the world. However, the current coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing economic downturn is having a detrimental impact on shale companies, and on the Oil & Gas industry...
Reflections from the Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals Global Summit 2020 The ASAP Summit brought together skilled Alliance Managers and BTD M&A integration experts to dissect the challenges faced by alliance professionals bringing their skills to M&A and divestment. Snowboarding for Skiers was a lively case-study...
Here is our summary of last week's webinar, which was all about alignment of purpose and how getting people to change requires purpose and alignment amongst the team. So, how do we achieve that? Leaders need to provide purpose with clear and simple definition Provide purpose...
This week, the UK Financial Times issued an article summing up the current state of M&A: “Global dealmaking drops to lowest level in more than a decade”. In this paper, they took the time (including lots of supporting data and examples) to provide the following...
It was with much interest that I read the latest FT article from Blair Effron titled ‘Tighter Times means tougher corporate choices’. The main thrust of his piece centred around the concept of ‘more for less’. Average EPS in 2020 will be down, many companies will...
Uncertainty, critical decisions, market pressures, new rules. BTD’s clients are using Scenario Planning to help chart their way. In some cases, they’re seeking to get back on course. In others, they’re charting new directions. Scenario Planning (SP) is a powerful tool with a 40+ year pedigree....
With so much online noise to compete with, if I’m going to write an article, I want it to stand out from the crowd. But how do I do it? This is something I find myself grappling with. Writing doesn’t come naturally to me. Or rather,...
“Humans think in stories rather than facts, numbers or equations, and the simpler the story, the better.” Yuval Noah Harari (2016). This quote reminded me, that telling and listening to stories is very much part of who we are. Stories exist in both our personal lives and in business....
In this post, the final in the series, BTD UK Partner Carlos Keener considers the learnings and lessons from the previous three posts and considers how this might impact the role and nature of M&A, Divestment and Alliance teams themselves. You can read the first...