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.

Bain diagnose
“SEA is making progress towards carbon pricing and market establishment; however, more efforts are needed towards complete development”
Southeast Asia's Green Economy 2025
Bain analyze_data
“Domestic capital drove 60%+ of green investments across APAC, but in SEA, foreign investment tripled as domestic funding fell by ~40%”
Southeast Asia's Green Economy 2025 8.0 · Private green investments
Deloitte analyze_data
“ORGANIZATIONS WITH GREATER CYBER MATURITY ARE MORE CONFIDENT AND REALIZING GREATER BENEFITS FROM THEIR CYBER ACTIONS AND INVESTMENTS.”
Global Future of Cyber Survey 2023 14% · High cyber maturity
Deloitte analyze_data
“Despite financial recovery signs, persistent uncertainty weighs on Italian consumers, limiting confidence and delaying major spending”
Foodservice Market Monitor 2023 107.2 · Financial Well-Being Index
Kearney establish_context
“Blue and green hydrogen sources offer potential decarbonization solutions, requiring either CCS deployment or use of renewables (1/2)”
Hydrogen applications and business models 2020
Kearney establish_context
“Blue and green hydrogen sources offer potential decarbonization solutions, requiring either CCS deployment or use of renewables (2/2)”
Hydrogen applications and business models 2020
Kearney illustrate_case
“A 100% H2 network can also be considered for providing energy to end users through fuel cells, co-generation, or other hybrid systems”
Hydrogen applications and business models 2020 $1.50 to $3.00 · Cost competitiveness
Kearney present_framework
“Seven business cases, based on real-life situations, have been studied to assess their competitiveness with other available solutions”
Hydrogen applications and business models 2020
Kearney illustrate_case
“The Rotterdam port is investigating the benefits of H2 in its H-vision plan, which would combine fossil fuel-based production and CCS”
Hydrogen applications and business models 2020
Kearney recommend
“Companies should have strong tools that support all aspects of talent management and allow constant real-time feedback and visibility”
ASEAN Growth and Scale Talent Playbook 2022
Kearney analyze_data
“The dominance of laggards in tier 2 and tier 3 cities explains why less than 50% of respondents are aware of most digital activities.”
Unlocking the next wave of digital growth: beyond metropolitan Indone 2021 66% · Awareness incidence
Accenture quantify_impact
“The performance gap is expected to widen between companies that reach the highest level of operational maturity and those that don't.”
The evolving private equity playbook 2023 2.3x · Operating margin
GoldmanSachs illustrate_case
“Goldman Sachs Asset Management has operated in the space over 15 years, with the IPO setting the company up for the opportunity ahead”
2021 q4 earnings results presentation 2021 $183bn · AUM
IPSOS transition
“The bedrock trust that the world's population has in Government and the major industry sectors of the world is still improving slowly”
ipsos global trustworthiness monitor stability in an unstable world 2023
IPSOS benchmark_peers
“Outside of India & SE Asia there is no strong agreement from citizens that their government has a clear plan to tackle climate change”
Ipsos Global Advisor Earth Day 2023 Full Report WEB 2023 31% · Agreement level
JPMorgan analyze_data
“Since 2017, our market share has grown across all businesses and regions, while maintaining expense discipline and operating leverage”
2022 corporate investment bank investor day 2022 10% · CAGR
McKinsey analyze_data
“Respondents reporting the most ESG momentum say their organizations have a central ESG team as well as cross-functional ESG projects.”
ESG momentum: Seven reported traits that set organizations apart 2023 86 · Percentage of respondents
McKinsey analyze_data
“Survey respondents who say their organizations exhibit superior ESG momentum report that purpose is embedded throughout the business.”
ESG momentum: Seven reported traits that set organizations apart 2023 71% · Percentage of respondents reporting effe
McKinsey analyze_data
“A substantial share of tech professionals entered the field from nontech occupations and added new skills learned through experience.”
Tech highlights from 2022—in eight charts 2022 44 · Share of workers
McKinsey quantify_impact
“An estimated $500 billion in new spending and tax credits for clean energy and healthcare will yield $237 billion in deficit savings.”
The Inflation Reduction Act: Here’s what’s in it 2022 $237 billion · Deficit reduction
MorganStanley analyze_data
“Investment activity remains high, from both local and foreign investors, who see significant growth potential in the Greek T&T sector”
ey industry pulse report travel and tourism 2022 €2.3bn · Transaction value
MorganStanley analyze_data
“Investment activity remains high, from both local and foreign investors, who see significant growth potential in the Greek T&T sector”
ey industry pulse report travel and tourism 2022 2,300 · Investment Amount (€ mn)
PwC benchmark_peers
“In Europe, Norway is the most eReady country across all dimensions while Italy, Spain and Poland seem the least mature for e-mobility”
4th edition eReadiness 2023 2023 4.0 · eReadiness index
PwC quantify_impact
“Increasing the employment rates of older workers in the OECD to Swedish levels could boost GDP by around $2 trillion in the long term”
PwC Golden Age index Unlocking a potential $3.5 trillion prize from lo $2 trillion · GDP boost
RolandBerger analyze_data
“The realm of education is undergoing a tech-driven transformation fueled by increased spending that could offer more equitable access”
Roland Berger Trend Compendium 2030: Megatrend 1 People & Society 2025 USD 8 trillion · Global education spending
RolandBerger analyze_data
“Gender inequality is a global concern: In every region, the workplace gender gap remains significant - Progress is slow at all levels”
Roland Berger Trend Compendium 2030: Megatrend 1 People & Society 2025 28% · Proportion of women in managerial positi
RolandBerger establish_context
“As countries struggle to reach net-zero pathway, regulatory pressure is likely to be reinforced – Current business models are at risk”
Decarbonization in ports and shipping 2023 -50% · Profits at risk
BCG illustrate_case
“KYC assistant | Enhance the onboarding process for new clients or suppliers by managing 5 end-to-end KYC activities with AI and GenAI”
2024 Executive Perspectives Managing Risks and Accelerating the AI Tra 40-60% · Cost efficiency
BCG present_framework
“Conversational capability in B2B sales | GenAI reinvents how sales teams in the field engage with customers across different channels”
2024 Executive Perspectives Transformation through AI and GenAI
BCG analyze_data
“Future of orchestration—augmentation | AI will be used across all marketing roles, but level of automation will vary by specific role”
2025 Executive Perspectives Future of Marketing with GenAI
BenedictEvans establish_context
“Old: “half of AI will be turning three bullet points into emails, and the other half will be turning emails into three bullet points””
2025 Benedict Evans 2025 Autum AI eats the world
BondCap illustrate_case
“Physical World AI – Fully-Autonomous Vehicles (Waymo) = 0% to 27% Share of San Francisco Rideshares Over Twenty Months, per YipitData”
2025 Bond Cap Artificial Intelligence AI 2025 27% · Market Share
BondCap frame_problem
“Open Internet = Can Be Messy, But Effective... Consumer / Business / Regulators = Key to Work Together to Amplify Good + Minimize Bad”
2019 Bond Cap Internet Trends 2019
BondCap analyze_data
“Good / Bad News – Rapidly Growing Mobile Internet Usage Surpassed More Highly Monetized Desktop Internet Usage in May, 2012, in India”
2012 Bond Cap Internet Trends 2012
BondCap analyze_data
“India = Especially High Venture Capital Funding in H2:14 – 2015… Helped Drive Aggressive Start Up Valuations + Spending + Competition”
2017 Bond Cap Internet Trends 2017 $7.6B · Venture Capital Funding
USydney transition
“As the world changes, so do the skills you need to keep a close eye on. Get to know your Amplifiers, Movers, and Unexpected Emergers.”
2026 University of Sydney The 2026 Skills Horizon
Accenture recommend
“Successful portfolio repositioning will require improving operational assets as well as navigating still-uncertain market conditions”
January Macro Brief Special edition: 2024 outlook and top 10 macro tre 2024
Accenture establish_context
“The digitalization of banks' operations over the past 25 years caused an escalation in what was commonly dubbed 'the war on talent'.”
Banking on AI Banking Top 10 Trends for 2024 2024
Accenture illustrate_case
“Dedicated next-gen network infrastructure investment in multi-site private mobile network powers British Sugar's Industry 4.0 vision”
Modern Networks 2023
Accenture establish_context
“China's accelerated capex in the 'New Three' sectors is adding competitive pressure to companies operating globally in these sectors”
February Macro Brief 2025 12.888 million NEVs in 2024 (+34.4% YoY) · EV production (10,000s units)
Accenture diagnose
“72% of customers say personalization influences their choice of bank, but only 3% use personalized tools offered by their main bank.”
Banking Consumer Study 2025 2025 72% · customers who say personalization influe
Accenture establish_context
“Today, exchanges' infrastructures are being strained by rising volumes, expanding product portfolios and compression of trade sizes.”
Elevating the Exchange 2025
Accenture benchmark_peers
“Only China and Canada have retaliated to date, though EU has signaled potential countermeasures depending on how negotiations evolve”
April Macro Brief: Special edition Tariff distress 2025 USD 164bn · Value of impacted US goods
Accenture benchmark_peers
“Consensus outlooks on APAC GDP growth have become more bearish amidst heightened uncertainty around how trade flows will recalibrate”
April Macro Brief: Special edition Tariff distress 2025 46% · Reciprocal Tariff Rate (highest, Vietnam
BCG analyze_data
“Discretionary spend, e.g., passenger car sales, sees limited recovery, except for China and South Korea due to local market dynamics”
Global Restart Key Dynamics COVID-19 2020
BCG analyze_data
“When asked about considerations when selecting a college, the majority of students ranked all options as important or very important”
Gen Z Attitudes Toward Higher Education 2023
BCG analyze_data
“Younger True-Luxury consumers largest participants in 2nd-hand, with supply driven by younger generations and demand driven by older”
2019 True-Luxury Global Consumer I nsight 2019 45% · Participation rate
Bain frame_problem
“Time to (re-)establish creativity, customer and coherence as core pillars of the luxury equation where old and new playbooks coexist”
Good times for a change 2024
Bain illustrate_case
“Case study: The EU's taxonomy offers lessons for SEA; highlights imperative for an integrated approach to transition & green finance”
SOUTHEAST ASIA’S GREEN ECONOMY 2024 2024
Deloitte analyze_data
“Global Foodservice reached 2.626 B€ in 2022, with APAC covering 41% of the market. Full service restaurants account for 46% of total”
Foodservice Market Monitor 2023 2.626 B€ · Market Size
Deloitte analyze_data
“For processes with high fragmentation, the cost of service is often higher per FTE for employees working outside of the HR Division.”
New Mexico State Staffing Study 2015
EY analyze_data
“Customer service, onboarding, risk management and operations were identified as top impacted areas in terms of cost and time savings”
GenAI retail commercial banking 2023 66% · Expected time and cost savings
EY establish_context
“Building more diverse and inclusive workplace has rapidly become a higher priority as companies compete to woo the future workforce.”
Inclusion and Diversity Survey Make It More Than A Mantra 2018 40% · talent shortage
KPMG analyze_data
“Most global talent mobility professionals reported that their tax policy does not include non-organizational (i.e. personal) income.”
Global Assignment Policies Practices 2022 71% · Percentage of respondents
LEK benchmark_peers
“Over the past one year, Latin America and China Stock and education indices are observed to be more resilient than other geographies”
Brazil Education Technology Market L.E.K. Perspectives 2023
LEK analyze_data
“Regulatory landscape is supportive of novel technologies, not demanding clinical trials by specialty, allowing for fast market entry”
What is and how to navigate the RAS opportunity in LatAm? 2023
LEK analyze_data
“Almost a third of Australia’s workforce worked from home during the pandemic, with a third of these hoping to continue post COVID-19”
Infrastructure beyond COVID-19 2020 42% · Work from home frequency
LEK analyze_data
“Traffic volumes in regional QLD fell less than SEQ, with weekend traffic recording the biggest falls due to high discretionary trips”
Infrastructure beyond COVID-19 2020
LEK illustrate_case
“The acceleration of technology trends with COVID-19 has prompted the large universities to revisit how they use their infrastructure”
Infrastructure beyond COVID-19 2020
LEK analyze_data
“While the overall change in demand has been negligible, there has been a significant shift in usage between different customer types”
Infrastructure beyond COVID-19 2020 20% · Megawatts
LEK analyze_data
“Energy demand has shifted from the CBD to outer suburbs and regional areas as a greater number of Victorians adapt to remote working”
Infrastructure beyond COVID-19 2020
LEK establish_context
“The strongest driver of policy and investment in both regional and urban water is long-term rainfall decline and increasing scarcity”
Infrastructure beyond COVID-19 2020 12% · Annual rainfall (mm)
LEK illustrate_case
“Incineration is the main source of household waste treatment in Denmark with nearly 30 waste-to-energy facilities across the country”
International Comparison of Australia’s Freight and Supply Chain Perfo 2019 27
McKinsey quantify_impact
“Improve end-to-end productivity through advanced technologies to reduce labor cost with 5 – 10% could give EBITDA uplift of 0.5 – 1%”
Grocery profitability outlook –Europe 2025 0.5 – 1% · EBITDA margin
McKinsey quantify_impact
“2. If 90-100% of labor cost increase due to labor market tightness can be passed on to consumers, the EBITDA impact is -0.3pp to opp”
Grocery profitability outlook –Europe 2025 -0.3pp · EBITDA margin
McKinsey recommend
“Beyond activating productive sectors, the government should work towards overhauling the infrastructure, particularly across 3 areas”
Lebanon Economic Vision 2018
McKinsey analyze_data
“On the expenditure side, two thirds of total government budget has gone to salaries & debt service, with ~6% in capital expenditures”
Lebanon Economic Vision 2018 46% · Wages and salaries as % of revenue
McKinsey diagnose
“The decline in exports between 2014 and 2016 was driven by disruptions to land routes through Syria, but limited due to MLEB efforts”
Lebanon Economic Vision 2018 -48.3% · Food exports
McKinsey benchmark_peers
“Lebanon remains one of few countries with fully state owned telecommunication sector witnessing limited private sector participation”
Lebanon Economic Vision 2018
McKinsey recommend
“Lebanon should develop three core offerings in city & entertainment, sun & beach and culture, while also taking a bet on eco-tourism”
Lebanon Economic Vision 2018
McKinsey size_opportunity
“With the right government framework, the outsourcing sector presents a valuable opportunity with the potential to create 25-35K jobs”
Lebanon Economic Vision 2018 30,000 · Job creation potential
McKinsey recommend
“Beyond activating productive sectors, the government should work towards overhauling the infrastructure, particularly across 3 areas”
Lebanon Economic Vision 2018
McKinsey analyze_data
“Achieving the target surplus with CIP requires either a reduction in expenditures by ~17% or a GDP growth of ~29% in the first year!”
Lebanon Economic Vision 2018 29% · GDP growth rate
McKinsey prioritize
“Essentielle initiativer bør gives prioritet og eksekveres på kortere sigt, mens understøttende initiativer bør eksekveres når muligt”
Forsyningssektorens Effektiviseringspotentiale 2016
McKinsey quantify_impact
“Et yderligere samarbejde mellem de tre selskaber kan give et konsolideringspotentiale i størrelsesordenen 17 DKKm til 35 DKKm per år”
Forsyningssektorens Effektiviseringspotentiale 2016 35 DKKm · Annual consolidation potential (DKKm)
McKinsey size_opportunity
“Teknologiske fremskridt kan bidrage med et yderligere potentiale i el-distributionssektoren på mellem ~17 og ~988 DKKm frem mod 2025”
Forsyningssektorens Effektiviseringspotentiale 2016 314 DKKm · DKKm
McKinsey analyze_data
“Selskabsformerne varierer på en lang række parametre, herunder: hæftelse, styringsredskaber, skattepligt og adgang til kommunekredit”
Forsyningssektorens Effektiviseringspotentiale 2016
McKinsey frame_problem
“Most small businesses hold less than one month of expenses in cash reserves, resulting in a low margin of error in unexpected shocks”
Responding to COVID-19: Addressing the economic impact of the crisis 2020 27 · Cash buffer days
McKinsey frame_problem
“Not all SDGs should be expected to be relevant to your organization, as the SDGs represent different opportunities across industries”
SDG Guide for Business Leaders 2019
McKinsey analyze_data
“Retail sales growth decelerated in July; trade declined, with both exports and imports falling; CPI turned negative; RMB depreciated”
Global Economics Intelligence (August 2023) 2023 2.5% · Retail sales growth