Innovation is critical to all companies’ growth, and the most successful organizations use it to both expand their lead within their industries and to disrupt new ones, even in uncertain times. Join us as Matt Banholzer, Rebecca Doherty, and Clayton O'Toole discuss their recent article on how top performers use innovation to boost growth both within and outside their core businesses.

In M&A cultural alignment is a crucial but often neglected aspect that significantly impacts value creation. Join us as Rebecca Kaetzler and Emily O’Loughlin discuss their recent article in our M&A annual report on how to effectively manage cultural factors and diagnose the work cultures of both the acquiring and target companies through a number of tools and hard-wire these changes.

Since its first publication in 1990, our bestselling book Valuation has helped shape how executives and investors understand and manage company value. During this session, Tim Koller and Marc Goedhart co-authors of the soon to be published 8th edition, will share a preview of insights from the book, including on topics such as valuing digital assets and strategic portfolio management

Attendees will also be able to enter a drawing for a complimentary copy of the book when it publishes in May.

Continued geopolitical tensions are increasingly acknowledged as one of the biggest risks to economic growth. During this session, Jens Riis Andersen, Simona Kulakauskaitė, Cindy Levy, and Matt Watters will discuss how private capital investors can identify the risks and opportunities arising from geopolitics, and how to incorporate geopolitics into investment, portfolio management, and top of the house strategy.