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The M&A Question Midsize Companies Can’t Ignore (opens the original)
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As industries consolidate, is being bigger becoming a competitive advantage? In this episode of ExecutiveEDGE, we examine why companies across industries are turning to M&A to build scale — and why the motivations go well beyond simply adding revenue. From absorbing rising costs and securing labor to managing risk and funding long-term investments in AI and innovation, greater scale can give companies capabilities that are becoming increasingly valuable in today's operating environment. But for
Why Executives Are Rethinking Their 2027 Plans (opens the original)
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The second half of 2026 is forcing executives to revisit assumptions they made just months ago. As leadership teams finalize their 2027 plans, inflation, supply-chain challenges and cost pressures are once again moving up the C-suite agenda. At the same time, companies are looking to AI investments to deliver efficiencies — but the results so far aren't necessarily living up to every expectation. In this episode of ExecutiveEDGE, we examine what recent surveys of CFOs and CEOs reveal about the c
Build the Business You Need Next (opens the original)
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Does the organization you have today support the business you're trying to build next? In this episode of ExecutiveEDGE, Abby White and Geert De Lombaerde explore three places where strategy gets tested in practice: capital allocation, organizational resilience and employee productivity. They examine why traditional budgeting can make cross-functional priorities harder to fund, how leaders can build organizations capable of adapting as assumptions change, and why productivity challenges may poin
Stop Budgeting by Department. Start Investing in Capabilities. (opens the original)
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What does your company's budget reveal about its strategy? In this episode of ExecutiveEDGE, we explore why some organizations are moving beyond traditional department-by-department budgeting and instead investing in capabilities that span the enterprise. Using Cisco's investment strategy as an example, we look at how capability-based budgeting can help executives connect capital allocation to long-term growth, manage strategic investments as a portfolio of bets and use milestones to determine w
Supply Chains, AI and Talent: When the Old Playbook Stops Working (opens the original)
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What if supply chains aren't going back to normal? What if counting AI usage tells you almost nothing about its value? And what if the fastest way to hire the talent you need is to buy the company they already work for? In this episode of ExecutiveEDGE, Abby White and Geert De Lombaerde unpack three of the month's most-read stories and the difficult decisions they raise for business leaders. First, they examine why waiting for supply chain volatility to disappear could create its own business ri
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