Post by Oliver Wyman

Disruption is the new normal in the business world. How are CEOs planning to thrive when consistency is no longer something that anyone can count on? According to a survey from the Oliver Wyman Forum, CEOs are responding with growth strategies, business transformation, and M&A. ➡️ CEOs who view competitive disruption as a top-three opportunity are more than twice as likely to plan large-scale, transformative deals (39% versus 18% of their peers). ➡️ Of CEOs who selected AI deployment among their top three opportunities, 62% said it is contributing equally to growth and cost efficiency while 17% see it primarily as a growth driver. ➡️ Of the long-term planners, 46% cite macroeconomic conditions as a top three opportunity, suggesting they are looking past near-term uncertainty and see favorable conditions in the future. ➡️ While most CEOs (94%) are planning to pursue M&A in the next one to two years, they are approaching it surgically. Fifty-three percent of CEOs are pursuing bolt-on acquisitions to build scale incrementally, while 32% are targeting larger, transformative deals. Read the report: https://owy.mn/4fDRdkU