Action Titles Library
Real declarative titles from real consulting decks.
The McKinsey convention: the title of a slide states its insight, not its topic. Every entry here is verbatim from a live deck in the corpus.
Accenture
analyze_data
“Supplier delivery times have stabilized near pre-pandemic levels across major economies, while the pace of backlog reduction has slowed somewhat”
BCG
present_framework
“The COVID-19 recovery will be driven by disease progression, de-averaged economic impact, government policies, and business and public responses”
BCG
analyze_data
“Investors are focusing heavily on a company’s longer-term, organic, top-line growth outlook, followed by market share gains and valuation levels”
BCG
benchmark_peers
“PE-owned companies have been making progress on social topics, including in overall job creation and bringing diverse perspectives to leadership”
BCG
analyze_data
“Private equity is increasingly focused on the employee value proposition, with key linkage identified between injuries and employee satisfaction”
BCG
frame_problem
“A successful transformation requires balancing short-term funding, medium-term business model evolution, and long-term organizational alignment.”
Bain
cite_precedent
“Comprehensive policies that promote disclosure, provide incentives, and establish carbon pricing mechanisms are pivotal accelerators of progress”
Deloitte
size_opportunity
“Italian cuisine is worth 228 B€ in 2022 (~20% of global FSR market), showing a YoY 21-22 growth of +11,1% and almost hitting pre-pandemic values”
Deloitte
present_framework
2x2 Matrix
“Alternative operating models for the processes within the Finance function could promote consistency, enhance controls, and increase efficiency.”
KPMG
transition
“To date, most technology leaders report positive returns from their transformative efforts to improve their competitive edge through technology.”
Kearney
analyze_data
“Conversion technologies are strongly linked with the pretreatment step but also impact the value chain economics with their efficiency and capex”
LEK
establish_context
“A wide ranging review of public data and targeted consultation was used to identify emerging trends and to inform the assessment of those trends”
LEK
analyze_data
“Higher residential consumption has mostly been offset by lower business consumption, resulting in a marginal overall decrease in demand for 2020”
LEK
analyze_data
“Nonetheless, 35% of survey respondents experienced outages, with more issues apparent in metropolitan areas, and 25% switched plans or providers”
LEK
prioritize
“Based upon economic importance, proportion of freight cost and import dependence, we have suggested 10 potential supply chains for consideration”
LEK
analyze_data
“There are ~5 key wine producers in the U.S. market holding the majority share of its domestic market; The key regulatory wine bodies are Federal”
LEK
prioritize
“Based upon economic importance, proportion of freight cost and import dependence, we have suggested 10 potential supply chains for consideration”
McKinsey
benchmark_peers
“2.1/ Chile´s unparalleled renewable resources in the Atacama and Patagonia makes it the lowest cost place to produce Green Hydrogen in the world”
McKinsey
analyze_data
“The official services PMI showed a softer expansion in May, while the manufacturing PMI remained in the contraction zone; stock indexes edged up”
McKinsey
analyze_data
“GDP growth projected to be 6.5% in 2023–24; inflation ticked down to 4.3%; manufacturing PMI at a 31-month high May; unemployment rates improved”
McKinsey
analyze_data
“Venture capital and other private funding make up nearly 80 percent of QT inflows; venture capital, private, and angel investments grew in 2022.”
OliverWyman
analyze_data
“DIRECT LENDING: DEBT PRODUCTS OFFERED BY NPIS USUALLY INCLUDE LOANS AT FAVOURABLE TERMS OR WITH REPAYMENT LINKED TO SPECIFIC EVENTS OF "SUCCESS"”
PwC
frame_problem
“33.1 million Nigerians may become food insecure in 2025 due to economic hardship, high inflation and violence in Northern food producing regions”
PwC
analyze_data
“Use of food supplements involves 65% of the adult Italian population and responds to differentiated logics of use: nutritional and physiological”
RolandBerger
establish_context
“Since the global financial crisis, globalization appears to be slowing down on an uneven plateau - Its future direction is dividing expectations”
RolandBerger
analyze_data
“Toward 2050, power shifts to developing economies and EMs are set to continue – Asia Pacific is leading, LatAm and Africa retain marginal shares”
RolandBerger
analyze_data
“Looking at different fields of study, the share of women and men strongly varies – In STEM subjects only around one third of graduates are women”
RolandBerger
establish_context
“Democratic leaders stand united: Combatting autocratic trends is high on their agenda – Russian invasion of democratic Ukraine adds significance”
RolandBerger
analyze_data
“Today, economic development can no longer be understood without climate change considerations – To achieve net zero, all sectors must contribute”
RolandBerger
recommend
“Despite signs of short-term relief, affected companies will face new troubles ahead Decision-makers must rethink their chip inventory management”
RolandBerger
plan_implementation
“Improving social impact and leveraging Human Resources can be done in multiple ways – Management is sustainable first and deploys 360° education”
RolandBerger
size_opportunity
“Cell and gene therapies belong to the most promising innovations enabling restoration of biological function and treatment of incurable diseases”
RolandBerger
analyze_data
“Getting ahead of treatments: Self-care principles are beneficial for all – Interest in better informed, tech-supported self-monitoring is rising”
RolandBerger
analyze_data
“Deaths due to cancer will increase significantly – Two out of five cases are a resulting from unhealthy lifestyles and are therefore preventable”
RolandBerger
analyze_data
“AI-based devices assist an ever-wider range of medical fields supporting diagnoses, reducing workflow and waiting times, and customizing dosages”
RolandBerger
analyze_data
“Growth rates of labor productivity and real labor income are also decoupling – More innovation does not translate to an equivalent rise in wages”
RolandBerger
analyze_data
“Automation and robotics compete with workers particularly in manufacturing and low-income countries – Each additional robot replaces 1.6 workers”
RolandBerger
analyze_data
“All industries will experience a shift towards automation – Depending on tasks and sectors, machines will either complement or substitute humans”
Strategy_and
analyze_data
“The private charging installation process is a key driver of customer satisfaction, with customers less satisfied when it is left to 3rd parties”
Strategy_and
diagnose
“Key inhibitors vary across geographies, with EMEA and North America being put off by the limited driving range while APAC from the charging time”
misc
recommend
“6 – Caps: We would recommend that caps are used but that they are applied through a tapering down of the sharing percentage to create a soft cap”
misc
analyze_data
“TOCs' schedule 4 and 8 receipts from NR should be included in the revenue share arrangement. This would minimise the risk of perverse incentives”
misc
analyze_data
“The outlook for infrastructure WPIP shows resilience under all three scenarios – as activity is underpinned by longer term investment decisions.”
misc
analyze_data
“Aside from Japan, there is stronger belief that the economic cost of climate change itself will be larger than the cost of measures to reduce it”
misc
benchmark_peers
“...while other destinations outside of Europe are raising, modifying or amplifying the rules of the game to attract the most valuable travellers”
misc
analyze_data
“In roughly half the markets, particularly emerging ones, a majority feel they are global citizens but there are plenty where the reverse is true”
misc
analyze_data
“Java, Bali & Sumatra also have the best 4G coverage in schools, and are relatively closer to nodes which would allow them to connect more easily”
misc
analyze_data
“Users devote ~25% of their yearly photography equipment spend to lighting solutions, and usually purchase new lighting solutions every 3-4 years”
misc
size_opportunity
“Potential growth opportunities for lighting OEMs include continuous lighting, smartphone solutions, workflow solutions and industry applications”
BCG
recommend
“Embed AI skill set shortages in your strategic workforce planning and develop internal upskilling programs, do not focus only on external hiring”
BCG
establish_context
“The COVID-19 recovery will be driven by disease progression, de-averaged economic impact, government policies, and business and public responses”
BCG
quantify_impact
“Survey findings reveal, enhancing PHC's access to elec. though solar could enable PHC's meet ANC demands, and increase ANC coverage by ~10-20%pt”
BCG
appendix
“Vaccine wastage: ~30% vaccine wastage rate reported by PHC's before solar adoption, with poor power supply contributing ~40-60% to vaccine waste”
BCG
compare_options
“Solar powered cold storage has several advantages over the conventional diesel-powered cold storage; hence better suited to support FGN ambition”
Bain
size_opportunity
“The digital economy hits $23B in 2022 and is on course for ~$50B by 2025; the region’s fastest growing market due to a booming e-commerce sector”
Bain
establish_context
“The Private Markets Decarbonisation Roadmap offers use cases for stakeholders across the Private Markets space, varying be the specific audience”
Bain
size_opportunity
“Three systems-level solutions could attract up to $55 billion annually by 2030 and potentially serve to shore up FDI during an economic slowdown”
Kearney
present_framework
“The demand for key roles differs across stages: Early stage (product validation stage) - Later stage (revenue diversification and profitability)”
Kearney
analyze_data
“The digital payment market is dominated by large players with strong connections to the wider ecosystem – leaving little room for newer players.”
Barclays
frame_problem
“c.700 clients told Experian they want to drive faster automation and integration across the customer journey – balanced with cost and compliance”
IPSOS
analyze_data
“In roughly half the markets, particularly emerging ones, a majority feel they are global citizens but there are plenty where the reverse is true”
IPSOS
benchmark_peers
“Aside from Japan, there is stronger belief that the economic cost of climate change itself will be larger than the cost of measures to reduce it”
JPMorgan
quantify_impact
“We’ve made progress on technology modernization and engineering excellence to drive efficiencies in feature delivery and slow our expense growth”
JPMorgan
recommend
“We have several organic growth opportunities at the region, product, client, and sub-sectors level which will further strengthen our #1 position”
McKinsey
analyze_data
“Across the leadership team, the call to become more tech savvy is urgent—even for roles that have typically engaged very little with technology.”
McKinsey
present_framework
“Disciplined innovation, execution and a strategic focus on premium across the three core components of our Membership Model drive our leadership”
MorganStanley
analyze_data
“Real-time traffic alerts and car breakdown, tracking, recovery and emergency assistance emerge as the most important features in a connected car”
MorganStanley
analyze_data
“A global disinflationary process is underway, but elevated inflation will remain a major constraint on consumers and businesses around the world”
MorganStanley
analyze_data
“While LatAm economies have performed relatively well since the pandemic, they are now set to enter a shallow recession as headwinds are mounting”
PwC
analyze_data
“The private charging installation process is a key driver of customer satisfaction, with customers less satisfied when it is left to 3rd parties”
PwC
analyze_data
“Key inhibitors vary across geographies, with EMEA and North America being put off by the limited driving range while APAC from the charging time”
PwC
diagnose
“Work-life patterns and occupational segregation are two of the key drivers of disparities in older worker employment rates between men and women”
PwC
illustrate_case
“Women in China “hold up half the sky” with notable successes in the large number of female entrepreneurs and billionaires, but challenges remain”
RolandBerger
establish_context
“Future population growth will stem from developing countries - Population of least developed countries is set to grow by nearly 70% towards 2050”
RolandBerger
establish_context
“Nearly a third of total global population growth between now and 2050 is expected to take place in three countries: India, Nigeria, and Pakistan”
RolandBerger
analyze_data
“Looking at different fields of study, the share of women and men strongly varies - In STEM subjects only around one third of graduates are women”
AirStreetCapital
analyze_data
“Fewer farm workers on US farms, higher hourly wages per worker, but more automation leads to stable labor cost share of total gross farm revenue”
AirStreetCapital
illustrate_case
“Nutrition: Good and bad gut microbiome bacteria and their connections to food identified from metagenomic sequencing of 1,100 study participants”
AirStreetCapital
analyze_data
“AI problems like self-driving thrive on compute: New providers of specialized AI compute platforms are already onto their generation 2+ products”
BCG
recommend
“A platform-led organization that is fast and composable should implement a reshaped tech stack and benefit from the speed and agility it enables”