S2 - E10 : M&A Stories on Innovation in M&A and Integration with Toby Tester - a podcast by Anirvan Sen
from 2022-01-11T08:50
This is a podcast on innovation in M&A and integration with Toby Tester.
Innovation plays a very central role in many mergers and acquisitions. Thanks to the rapidly changing world of digital technology, the importance of innovation in recent times have increased tenfold. But what exactly is innovation? And what does it mean in the broader M&A context?
Toby Tester says that innovation is one of those words that get so heavily used, it has become a bit of a cliché these days. Simply put, innovation is “doing something new in a different way” that can increase revenue or reduce costs.
We are living in a very disruptive world that has been amplified by the pandemic. Once we emerge out of this pandemic, there will be a lot of new opportunities for transformations will come up. Organizations will look at right across their supply chain and look at how they can do better. And this is going to be right across all the industries.
For companies in these times, they can either decide to pursue growth organically but it takes time, or go and acquire another company to accelerate the transformation in their own company. However, most traditional companies are still stuck in their 20th-century thinking and thus, have not been able to evolve their thinking yet.
Listen to the podcast to learn more about Innovation in the world of M&A integration
Toby Tester is an M&A Consultant and a Podcast Host. He has nearly 20 years of experience delivering strategic, financial, and operational value from dozens of M&A deals. He has an Honours degree in Aerospace from Imperial College, London, and an MBA from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management. He iso a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD).
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobytester/
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The host of the interview was: Anirvan Sen, CEO Fifth Chrome: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anirvansen/
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This interview is part of a series run by Fifth Chrome (https://www.fifthchrome.com), a firm that enables experienced professionals to build "Future Capabilities for Business to thrive".
Further episodes of Fifth Chrome Business Insights
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Website of Anirvan Sen