In 2013, Lavery Pennell expects leading companies to be unlocking five new areas of value to increase profits: 1. Resource productivity. Labour productivity has been a focus of most companies for decades – resulting in decreasing headcount. However, since the mid-2000’s, input materials and energy have been rapidly increasing in price, overshadowing labour cost savings. In 2013, we see leading

Our work with business and thought leaders has identified a profound change in the way that businesses are run in the after-financial-crisis (afic) world. On the input side, capital is scarce, resource prices are increasing and becoming more volatile, externalities (such as carbon dioxide) are beginning to be priced into the economy, new technologies are emerging with increasing rapidity and

Innovation is often poorly understood and rarely harnessed to unlock the full value potential available within companies. In this discussion, Nick Pennell and Greg Lavery present the value of innovation and how to capture it, reflecting on their recent work in the field. Innovation is simply about harnessing good ideas and seeing them through their development and implementation across a

System value recognises that the historical narrowing of roles has meant that many companies are optimising only piece parts of their operations and are ill-equipped to deal with today’s complex business challenges. Opportunities therefore exist to unlock new profits, reduce risks and create competitive advantage through system optimisation. A number of leading organisations have begun to demonstrate the magnitude of

This paper explores how to unlock value from today’s business challenges. Much of this value remains largely untapped, creating rich returns for organisations looking to improve their bottom lines in tough market conditions. These new value opportunities are different from traditional sources of value and require an unusual combination of capabilities and a multi-pronged approach. Click here to read the paper.

Faced with today’s business and environmental challenges, companies need a structured and rigorous approach to identifying new high-value growth opportunities. The Growth Lens approach is a proven methodology to access untapped revenue and profit potential. This approach was written up in Booz & Company paper co-authored by Greg Lavery called ‘Billion Dollar Ideas’ following a successful application of the approach for a

Emissions Reduction Investment Curves (ERICs) overcome many of the issues associated with Marginal Abatement Cost Curves (MACCs) and thereby provide an effective communication tool for expressing technical opportunities in the investment language of corporate finance. Bridging this divide is vital in securing approval for profitable emissions reduction projects which benefit all parties – the environment/community, the company, and shareholders. The