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On October 21 2025, funds managed by Blackstone Inc. and TPG Capital announced a definitive agreement to acquire Hologic, Inc.

On 16 Oct 2025, a consortium including BlackRock, Nvidia, Microsoft, Abu Dhabi’s MGX, xAI, Temasek and KIA agreed to acquire Aligned Data Centers from Macquarie Asset Management 

Most companies swing like a pendulum: one year it’s “grow at all costs,” the next it’s “cut everything.” The problem? You lose on both ends.

Corporate AI adoption is accelerating; licenses purchased, pilots launched, dashboards demoed.

AMD has secured a major contract with OpenAI to deliver hundreds of thousands of AI chips, amounting to roughly six gigawatts of capacity, over the coming years.

The Alignment Mirage: Why Everyone Agrees Until Execution Starts

Private equity firm Novacap has agreed to acquire Integral Ad Science (IAS) in an all-cash deal valued at approximately US $1.9 billion, representing a ~22 % premium over its closing share price prior to the announcement

Most strategy conversations focus on structure, tools, and plans. But in every organisation, there’s another system at play, the shadow strategy.

Executives talk endlessly about the execution gap, the frustrating distance between a strategy signed off in the boardroom and results felt in the business.

CC Capital, a U.S.-based private equity firm, has successfully become the sole bidder for Insignia Financial, following the exit of Bain Capital from a bidding war earlier in 2025.

Executives love to tout their cloud migrations. The slide decks glow with stories of agility, cost savings, and AI-ready platforms, all riding on the back of major cloud providers.

Accenture has agreed to acquire CyberCX, an Australian cybersecurity leader, in a deal valued at over US $1 billion.

Executives love to talk about being “data-driven.” New dashboards, predictive models, and AI pilots get the spotlight in every board update.

U.S.-based communications solutions provider iBASIS is entering the Australian and New Zealand markets with a strategic acquisition of wholesale voice, mobile, and messaging customer contracts from Telstra International

M&A has long been the weapon of choice for growth-hungry boards. Bigger balance sheet. New markets. Faster synergies.

Zero-based budgeting is the darling of cost-cutting playbooks. Start from scratch. Justify every dollar. CFOs love it. Boards love it.

In the first half of 2025, Japanese M&A activity surged to $232 billion, a staggering spike that helped drive Asia’s total to $650 billion, more than double last year’s equivalent.

Everyone loves a big transformation story. New system launched. Org restructured. The press release practically writes itself.

Once upon a time, strategy was about building moats. A clever product, a unique distribution network, a regulatory edge.

In 2025, strategy teams aren’t short on ideas, they’re short on the organisational velocity to act on them.