In the post-COVID world, achieving long-term revenue growth can be challenging, especially when core business growth prospects are limited or when disruptions or convergence mean a company has to move into new or unfamiliar areas. Acquisition-driven growth is expensive, while organic growth is slow and incremental.

Many CEOs today, therefore, focus on innovation to overcome this growth gap, with most large companies putting in place a breakthrough innovation capability alongside core R&D. However, while many good ideas may be generated, identifying the strongest and progressing these through to the creation and launch of full-scale new businesses is not easy.

Arthur D. Little (ADL) and Presans have been working with clients using a powerful and proven external incubator approach to overcome the challenges and accelerate new business creation.