“…pick your ‘dance partners’ now in the most promising growth technologies, solutions, and sectors to gain first mover advantage while other prospective buyers are still in shock or sorting out next steps.”

“To operationally execute M&A remotely during crisis and through a still highly uncertain economic recovery...it will require a level of internal M&A capability beyond what is currently in place at many companies”

“Post-Covid, we reasonably expect a once-in-a-generation sea change in the market landscape and potential target companies that may be available. To get where we want to be strategically, we need our deal volume to increase by 2–3X our baseline.”