Growth Horizons · Portfolio Pilot
Make innovation financially relevant in one day.
Apply the Growth Horizons Model to one growth and one efficiency initiative. See their Expected EBIT Value and decide whether the model can strengthen your entire portfolio.
Why a pilot?
Stop defending the innovation budget. Show how it contributes to EBIT growth.
The Portfolio Pilot gives management a financial view of two real initiatives before you commit to a portfolio-wide implementation.
Growth and efficiency initiatives are difficult to compare.
Traditional business cases hide uncertainty.
Innovation spending remains disconnected from EBIT goals.
How it works
One day to see if the model works.
Prepare
- Select two real initiatives
- Share existing information
- Two short project-owner interviews
Evaluate
- Assess success probabilities
- Define EBIT potential
- Calculate both Expected EBIT Values
- Discuss whether the approach fits your portfolio and which projects a wider rollout would include
Decide
- Receive a concise summary
- See what portfolio-wide use requires
- Choose whether and how to continue
No complete portfolio inventory, board meeting, or newly polished presentation required.
What you leave with
Leave with numbers management can discuss.
Two evaluated initiatives
One growth and one efficiency initiative assessed with the same logic.
Expected EBIT Values
Comparable indicative contributions based on potential and probability.
Visible uncertainty
A realistic financial view instead of unexplained confidence or false precision.
A clear next decision
Evidence for whether the method is suitable for the wider portfolio.
Limited demand on your team
One workshop day to see whether innovation can become financially relevant.
I structure the preparation, lead the evaluation, challenge assumptions, and document the conclusions.
Best fit
For large B2B or B2C companies where innovation needs to earn its place.
- Typically 500 to 5,000 employees
- Several growth and efficiency initiatives
- Innovation, strategy, R&D, or portfolio functions
- Pressure to connect innovation spending to EBIT growth
Investment
Test the method before you transform the portfolio.
A paid standalone engagement with a usable result. If you continue with a full implementation within six months, the pilot fee is credited in full.
Credit applies when the implementation builds directly on the pilot. Travel expenses are excluded.
Your facilitator
Work directly with Felix Hofmann.
More than 300 innovation and strategy sessions. Experience with companies including Bosch, Adidas, Covestro, Merck, Sennheiser, and Siemens. Felix personally leads every part of the pilot.
Frequently asked questions
Before you book the call
Is this only an introductory sales workshop?
No. The pilot is a paid standalone engagement with two evaluated initiatives, indicative Expected EBIT Values, transparent assumptions, and concrete conclusions.
Do the CEO and CFO need to participate?
No. The pilot can be run with the relevant innovation, strategy, and project stakeholders. The actual company-wide EBIT Growth Gap and portfolio mandate belong in a broader implementation involving executive management and finance.
How precise are the financial results?
The numbers are indicative and based on the information available during the pilot. The purpose is to make assumptions and uncertainty explicit, not to present an accounting valuation or false precision.
What if our company uses EBITDA or EBT?
The standard sales language uses EBIT. If your company manages against EBITDA, EBT, or another financial measure, the evaluation can be adapted accordingly.
What happens after the pilot?
You can use the results as a standalone learning exercise, continue internally, or commission a Growth Horizons Model Implementation to evaluate and manage the wider portfolio.
Start with two real initiatives