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.

RolandBerger analyze_data
“Declining fertility rates and increasing longevity cause global aging - By 2050, the global median age will increase by 5.4 years to 35.9 years”
Roland Berger Trend Compendium 2030: Megatrend 1 People & Society 2025 35.9 · Median age
BCG plan_implementation
“Example for geopolitical risk| Quantify risk in portfolios with a data-driven approach to inform strategic decisions for financial institutions”
2024 Executive Perspectives Managing Risks and Accelerating the AI Tra
Accenture analyze_data
“Systemic financial stress in major economies has generally remained subdued since peaking during the wave of bank failures earlier in the year”
Year-end Macro Brief Into the Fog of Winter 2023 0.9 · Composite Indicator of Systemic Stress I
Accenture recommend
“Navigating the CRE downturn involves both reducing CRE-related risks but also capitalizing on the opportunities generated from the dislocation”
January Macro Brief Special edition: 2024 outlook and top 10 macro tre 2024
Accenture establish_context
“The more you can be standard, the better you are able to answer questions and get things done... the easier it's going to be to do everything.”
Value untangled Accelerating radical growth through interoperability 2022
Accenture quantify_impact
“Automotive – OES companies have the opportunity to achieve sizeable increase in RODI, if they focus on overcoming skill and alignment deficits”
AUTOMOTIVE –OES 2019 12.1% · Incremental RODI potential
Accenture size_opportunity
“By directing green innovation at both prominent and practical green consumers, companies can expand their target market to over 80% of people.”
Green by Default 2024 84% · Combined prominent + practical green con
Accenture establish_context
“The issues executives continue to ask about heading into 2025 sit at the intersection of geopolitical, macroeconomic, and societal uncertainty”
January Macro Brief 2025 26 · Mentions in executive interactions
Accenture benchmark_peers
“High-TSR companies and top value creators are more likely to effectively leverage past deal data to inform current and future deal strategies.”
Unlocking alpha in deals 2025 56% · Dealmakers very effectively leveraging p
AlvarezMarsal analyze_data
“With the surge in bank stocks prior to the collapse of SVB, the implied cost of capital declines and P/B ratios show slight signs of recovery.”
A&M Valuation Insights – German vs. European Banks 2023 0.90x · P/B ratio
BCG analyze_data
“Challenges in increasing self-service have put pressure on call centers, which still account for the majority of customer support interactions”
Winning on the Margins TeBIT 2023 2024 53.7 · Percentage of interactions
BCG diagnose
“While global deskless workers say functional needs (e.g., pay, hours) are most important to them, emotional needs are what drive them to leave”
Making WorkWorkBetter for Deskless Workers 2022 0.29 · Correlation to 1 year attrition risk
BCG diagnose
“The Digital Discontent is built on two gaps: with mass retailers on functional tablestakes & with in-store luxury on emotional differentiators”
True-Luxury Global Consumer Insights 2023
BCG benchmark_peers
“Luxury brands have spent decades perfecting the offline experience ... ...yet online ceremonies are lagging behind their in-store counterparts”
True-Luxury Global Consumer Insights 2023 100 · Satisfaction (NPS-based)
BCG diagnose
“The Digital Discontent is built on two gaps: with mass retailers on functional tablestakes & with in-store luxury on emotional differentiators”
True-Luxury Global Consumer Insights 9th Edition 2023
BCG diagnose
“Investors highlight an unclear growth strategy, a lack of management credibility, and high leverage as the most common causes of trapped value”
BCG Investor Perspectives Series Q2 2023 2023 43% · Percentage of investors
Bain analyze_data
“Incentives: US IRA (Inflation Reduction Act, effective as of 2022) has successfully accelerated green investment, including for global players”
SOUTHEAST ASIA’S GREEN ECONOMY 2024 2024 $282B · Levelized cost of hydrogen
Bain frame_problem
“Corporate challenge in SEA: Unique characteristics of SEA today limit incentives for many corporates to accelerate green investments near term”
SOUTHEAST ASIA’S GREEN ECONOMY 2024 2024 75% · ESG investment pressure
Bain analyze_data
“Offline remains the most important channel; however, online purchasing has been increasing quickly and become an important interaction channel”
A New Generation of Chinese Consumers Reshaping the Luxury Market 2021 78% · Sales share
Deloitte analyze_data
“Madrid average vacancy rate has increased 130 bps YoY (2017-2018) due to the large number of speculative projects in the market (125,000 sqm).”
The Logistics Property Handbook 4.0 Investment & Financing Keys 2019 6.5% · Vacancy Rate
EY analyze_data
“The Class of 2017 today: 86% below listing price, 30% lost substantially all their value. This ICO portfolio is down around 66% from the peak.”
ICO Class of 2017 2018 -66% · Weighted Return
EY analyze_data
“As employers are experiencing significant staff turnover, they are feeling less optimistic about how the pandemic has impacted company culture”
EY Work Reimagined 2022 Survey 2022 68% · Optimism on company culture
EY present_framework
“The vast majority of insurers consider their future workforce and capabilities needs on a short term horizon and without effective measurement”
Global Employee Survey – Key findings and implications for ICMIF 2021
LEK analyze_data
“Chinese innovations are now being validated on the international stage, as their global rights are being picked up by oversea counterparts ...”
Pivoting to a High Quality Growth of Clinical Trials in China PharmaDJ 2022
LEK illustrate_case
“The premium K-12 segment has also demonstrated higher resilience than the overall private sector during the pandemic in major markets globally”
Good as Gold: Resilience and Continued Attractiveness of the Global K- 2022
LEK analyze_data
“2019 featured a high level of activity and a lack of focus by apparel retailers, as they sought to compensate for the shortened holiday season”
Holiday Season Insights How did retail apparel promotions perform in 2 2019 40% · Average discount rate
LEK analyze_data
“In 2023, hospitals prioritize new medical technology, adding acute beds, standardizing consumable purchases, and investing in imaging services”
2023 SEA Hospital Insights Survey Findings Summary materials 2023
LEK analyze_data
“Hospitals prioritize standardizing purchasing in medical consumables, diagnostic imaging equipment, and support appliances more than last year”
2023 SEA Hospital Insights Survey Findings Summary materials 2023 68% · Percentage of respondents
LEK analyze_data
“Hospitals prioritize standardizing purchasing in medical consumables, diagnostic imaging equipment, and support appliances more than last year”
APAC Hospital Insights 2023 2023 68% · Percentage of respondents
LEK prioritize
“In 2023, hospitals prioritize new medical technology, adding acute beds, standardizing consumable purchases, and investing in imaging services”
APAC Hospital Insights 2023 2023
LEK establish_context
“We explore three key areas from the GCC Hospital Priorities 2022 survey: financial outlook, strategic priorities and digitalization/innovation”
GCC 2022 Hospital Priorities: Strategic Implications for Healthcare Pr 2022
LEK analyze_data
“Australia has emerged from the first shocks of the pandemic adjusted to a 'new normal' – however the nature of future recovery remains unclear”
Infrastructure beyond COVID-19 2020
LEK establish_context
“The COVID-19 pandemic led to a significant repurposing of medical infrastructure in ICU units across Australia to accommodate increased demand”
Infrastructure beyond COVID-19 2020 12,000 · ICU capacity
LEK analyze_data
“Over 75% of respondents who took up new study during COVID-19 used online education, especially in the ACT and NT, and among older respondents”
Infrastructure beyond COVID-19 2020 75% · Proportion of respondents
LEK analyze_data
“Nonetheless, health research points to strong patient preference for bulk billed services, with public funding key to sustained telehealth use”
Infrastructure beyond COVID-19 2020 64% · Patient preference for bulk billing
LEK analyze_data
“Historically, national park usage has been increasing across all states, with some states experiencing spikes in recent months due to COVID-19”
Infrastructure beyond COVID-19 2020 11.8 · Domestic daytrip visits
LEK analyze_data
“Most consumers reported changing their spending habits, with the majority indicating that they would return to previous spending within a year”
Infrastructure beyond COVID-19 2020 93% · Percent of respondents
LEK analyze_data
“Approximately 35% of respondents had higher energy bills than the prior year, with residents in Victoria reporting the most widespread effects”
Infrastructure beyond COVID-19 2020 35% · Percentage of respondents with higher en
LEK frame_problem
“COVID-19 has resulted in an increased number of residential energy customers facing short term hardship, and record levels of SMEs on hardship”
Infrastructure beyond COVID-19 2020
LEK frame_problem
“Planning, governance and investment across the waste supply chain is complex in nature. A five stage approach was used to define the landscape”
International Comparison of Australia’s Freight and Supply Chain Perfo 2019
LEK benchmark_peers
“As a means to assess the supply chain holistically, a rolled-up benchmark has been generated. Some interpretative considerations are important”
International Comparison of Australia’s Freight and Supply Chain Perfo 2019 6 · AUD per 9LE
McKinsey recommend
“The DF9 could create momentum by using their combined spending on technology, innovation, and research to spur development and adoption of AI.”
How nine digital frontrunners can lead on AI in Europe 2020
McKinsey analyze_data
“Even when the estimated impact of current policy is taken into account, there is significant uncaptured potential both on a 2020 and 2030 view”
UK Electricity Efficiency Potential 2012 181 · TWh
McKinsey diagnose
“What you would need to believe in order to conclude that market based incentives could address barriers to uncaptured potential being realised”
UK Electricity Efficiency Potential 2012
McKinsey analyze_data
“The top 10 countries in reported COVID-19 deaths per capita are primarily in Europe and North America, most have stable or declining new cases”
Covid 19: Briefing Materials 84 · Deaths per capita
McKinsey frame_problem
“Over te next 5 years, macroeconomic and industry dynamics will continue to put pressure on grocers' margins, especially for hyper/supermarkets”
Grocery profitability outlook –Europe 2025 5-10pp · EBITDA margin
McKinsey benchmark_peers
“C5 Cumbersome real estate registration process, as well as excessive taxation has further deterred foreign investors post the real estate boom”
Lebanon Economic Vision 2018 102 · Ease of registering property rank
McKinsey analyze_data
“GDP growth projections for 2023–24 are 7.3%; manufacturing and services PMI expanded; unemployment rate fell; RBI keeps interest rates on hold”
Global Economics Intelligence Feb 2024 2024 7.3% · GDP growth
McKinsey decompose_segments
“Forsyningsarterne er organiseret i fem forskellige selskabsformer, og med en stor andel i de kommunale selskabsformer I/S og § 60-fællesskaber”
Forsyningssektorens Effektiviseringspotentiale 2016 222 · Number of companies
McKinsey plan_implementation
“To maximize the impact of working with the SDGs, it is key to make the initiatives operational and define how to measure and track the effects”
SDG Guide for Business Leaders 2019
OliverWyman present_framework
“INDIRECT LENDING AND GUARANTEES: INDIRECT LENDING TYPICALLY COMPRISES ON-LENDING SOLUTIONS AND/OR GUARANTEE SCHEMES (SINGLE NAME OR PORTFOLIO)”
Creating the best SME Debt finance ecosystem 2023
RolandBerger analyze_data
“If the current USD-dominated environment were to evolve towards multipolarity, today's geopolitical and economic order may change considerably”
What if the US dollar loses its status as the world’s reserve currency 2023
RolandBerger analyze_data
“In the early 2000s global trade grew significantly faster than GDP but following the global financial crisis their growth rates have converged”
Trend 2050 Economics and Business 2024 3.3% · GDP growth
RolandBerger analyze_data
“History offers several lessons regarding the handling of high levels of public debt - In most cases, debt reduction is accompanied by cutbacks”
Trend 2050 Economics and Business 2024
RolandBerger analyze_data
“Today, the largest share of value in a standard truck tractor lies in powertrain and cabin; increasing value of connectivity systems in future”
Trends in the truck & trailer market 2018 40-45% · Content per vehicle
RolandBerger analyze_data
“Around half of Europe's elderly have long-term limitations due to health issues – Retirement income is largely insufficient to cover LTC costs”
Trend Compendium 2050 Six megatrends that will shape the world 2023 437 · Cost of institutional long-term care as
RolandBerger analyze_data
“Countries struggle to reach net-zero pathway and politicians are going to enforce emission reductions, bringing risk to businesses and profits”
A WORLD FOR TRAVEL NIMES SUMMIT 2022 -50% · Profits at risk
RolandBerger frame_problem
“Demand for consumer electronics is under pressure, but for legacy nodes, we expect the supply/demand and imbalance to remain for several years”
Semiconductor shortage: A different kind of trouble ahead 2022 30%
RolandBerger recommend
“Roland Berger is uniquely prepared to support clients, with a depth of industry knowledge and functional expertise throughout multiple cycles.”
The seventh disruption to the Global Polymer Industry 2022
RolandBerger analyze_data
“Technology progress in batteries goes along with a broader proliferation of cell chemistries used, and expectations for further cost decreases”
The Lithium-Ion (EV) battery market and supply chain 2022
RolandBerger frame_problem
“Climate change impacts human health in a multitude of ways and presents society with arguably the greatest challenge to master in future years”
Megatrend 2 Health & Care 2021
RolandBerger frame_problem
“Combating AMR is challenging because resistant microbes spread in a variety of ways – Routes to antibiotic overuse are multi-layered/factorial”
Megatrend 2 Health & Care 2021
RolandBerger analyze_data
“Energy efficiency regulations available in all focus regions are likely to positively impact the prefabricated housing markets, esp. in the UK”
Prefabricated housing market in Central and Northern Europe – Overview 2018
SimonKucher decompose_segments
“Vehicle size and type is driving the importance of price – small hatchback, compact SUV, and people carrier/minivan being most price-sensitive”
Global Automotive Study 2023 2023 37% · Importance of price-related criteria
SimonKucher analyze_data
“New revenue opportunities will open up in the future from in-car advertising as especially young generations accept this kind of advertisement”
Global Automotive Study 2023 2023 67% · Consumer acceptance of in-car advertisin
misc present_framework
“Existing standards and input from NBN Co has informed four guiding principles, which makes up the first stage of the approach to social impact”
The economic and social impact of investment in the nbn network Method 2024
misc analyze_data
“UBI, WHICH DID NOT HAVE MUCH TRACTION IN THE PAST, 66% ARE IN FAVOUR OF HAVING SOME FORM OF NATIONAL GUARANTEED INCOME FOR EVERY ADULT CITIZEN”
IPSOS SEA AHEAD SHIFTS & SENTIMENTS 2021 66% · Public support for UBI
misc size_opportunity Value Chain
“In financial services, significant value pools across the digital asset value chain in token issuance, lending, exchange, custody and payments”
Blockchain and Digital Assets 2022 $300B · Value pool
misc analyze_data
“2023 EBA Stress Test capital depletion decreased compared to depletion observed in last EBA Stress Test 2021 (459bps vs. 485bps Fully Loaded).”
2023 EU Wide EBA Stress Test Our First Glance at Results 2023 -459bps · CET1 fully loaded adverse depletion
Accenture analyze_data
“Global trade faces mounting pressures as geopolitical tensions and protectionist policies threaten to trigger renewed supply chain disruptions”
March Macro Brief Financial fissures emerge 2023
Accenture establish_context
“As the global push towards decarbonization gains momentum, transportation electrification emerges as a pivotal aspect of the energy transition”
Charging Ahead Australia’s battery powered future 2023 60% · EV sales share
Bain transition
“With digital adoption maturing, understanding usage behaviour across consumer segments is necessary to unlock incremental headroom for growth.”
e-Conomy SEA 2021 Roaring 20s: The SEA Digital Decade 2021
Bain analyze_data
“Top customer base expanding as well, hungry for unique products and money-can't-buy experiences, putting brands' VIC strategies into overdrive”
ALTAGAMMA 2018 WORLDWIDE LUXURY MARKET MONITOR 2018 40% · Market value share
Bain quantify_impact
“Actioning prioritized solutions could create ~$120 billion in new value from green economy and generate ~900,000 jobs annually by 2030 for SEA”
Southeast Asia's Green Economy 2025 $120 billion · GDP contribution and job creation
Deloitte analyze_data
“Fintech share prices have relatively outperformed the traditional financial services industry in the past two years, especially since COVID-19”
Fintech 2020 153 · Share price index
Deloitte analyze_data
“Although 2020 YTD experienced a decline in early-stage VC deals, this was more than offset by late-stage VC deals which have kept the momentum”
Fintech 2020 9.4 · Venture Capital Invested
Kearney frame_problem
“Most hydrogen business models require policy support, with heavy-duty transportation being the most promising one in the current context (1/2)”
Hydrogen applications and business models 2020 $220 per tCO2 · Carbon abatement cost
Kearney frame_problem
“Most hydrogen business models require policy support, with heavy-duty transportation being the most promising one in the current context (2/2)”
Hydrogen applications and business models 2020 $60 · CO2 abatement cost
Kearney analyze_data
“Power-to-mobility, power-to-power, and Injection coupled with renewable production have high potential to decarbonize their sector at low cost”
Hydrogen applications and business models 2020
IPSOS analyze_data
“Across the regions more citizens believe that the economic cost of climate change itself will be larger than the cost of measures to reduce it”
Ipsos Global Advisor Earth Day 2023 Full Report WEB 2023 42% · Public perception of economic cost