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.
misc
analyze_data
“OWNERSHIP OF 'TRADITIONAL' INVESTMENT PRODUCTS RISES WITH AGE. ALMOST 1 IN 5 25-34 YEAR OLDS ARE INVESTED IN CRYPTOCURRENCIES”
misc
analyze_data
“Culture, entertainment and shopping making the most of the expenditure for high-end tourism (~50%), followed by “stay” (~30%)”
misc
present_framework
“To capture the full relevance of (high-end) tourism, on top of economic impact one must consider "hard" and "soft" spillovers”
misc
frame_problem
“Digging deeper into investor action, one sees many bright spots across asset classes and themes – yet far from full potential”
misc
establish_context
“Corporations are responding to calls for fairness and support for key issues by making an effort to demonstrate their empathy”
misc
analyze_data
“Perceptions of a society changing too fast are often linked to concerns over values conflict, immigration and weak leadership”
misc
illustrate_case
“COVID-19 has had a minimal impact on project work, with companies having experienced only modest (if any) softening of demand”
misc
analyze_data
“Waste and recycling segment has not been significantly affected despite commercial volume reduction and lower recycling rates”
misc
analyze_data
“Healthcare (Ambulatory Services only): Moderate impact during the lockdown, followed by a fast recovery due to pent-up demand”
misc
establish_context
“We are seeing the start of a new wave of innovation changing how we interact with digital services & traditional value chains”
misc
analyze_data
“For previously hidden workers, the most important factor contributing to returning to work was supportive employer practices.”
misc
size_opportunity
“The largest end-markets are EU-32, US, China, and Japan, together accounting for ~75% of the global lighting solutions market”
BCG
analyze_data
“Economic forecasts point toward a severe downturn in 2020; most countries expected to rebound to 2019 GDP only by end of 2021”
BCG
benchmark_peers
“Les Français sont parmi les moins à l'aise pour évoquer leur orientation sexuelle lors d'une conversion informelle au travail”
Deloitte
analyze_data
“Three-quarters say concerns about their mental health contribute to anxiety or stress and work is also a consistent challenge”
Deloitte
analyze_data
“Voluntary job turnover in the past year has been historically high—but interestingly, employee loyalty may now be on the rise”
Deloitte
analyze_data
“Service providers are helping payment providers keep pace with trends shaping the industry—digital payments, cloud, ISO 20022”
Deloitte
analyze_data
“Business Agility is important as firms optimize for cost efficiency, yet few manage to explain the 'why' and measure outcomes”
Kearney
analyze_data
“Compressed hydrogen storage in salt caverns offers the most economic option at discharge durations longer than 20 to 45 hours”
Kearney
illustrate_case
Value Chain
“The GRHYD project was launched in Dunkirk to inject up to 20% of green H2 on residential gas network for heating and mobility”
Kearney
analyze_data
“Declining LCOH and acquisition cost reduction triggered by mass production could make FCEV buses competitive with BEV and ICE”
Kearney
establish_context
“CCUS deployment has entered an industrialization stage that is characterized by the execution of larger projects and clusters”
Kearney
analyze_data
“Most ASEAN countries are experiencing higher growth in annual capital investment in startups compared to US, China, and India”
Barclays
illustrate_case
“Experian Activate allows partners to compete with a new level of precision and efficiency across a growing slate of verticals”
DeutscheBank
analyze_data
“NAFTA Class 8 build continues to grow while Brazil build has plateaued and global light motor vehicle production has declined”
GoldmanSachs
size_opportunity
“Growing commercial opportunities driven by positive defence market trends as well as our domestic and international strengths”
IPSOS
decompose_segments
“OWNERSHIP OF 'TRADITIONAL' INVESTMENT PRODUCTS RISES WITH AGE. ALMOST 1 IN 5 25-34 YEAR OLDS ARE INVESTED IN CRYPTOCURRENCIES”
IPSOS
establish_context
“Corporations are responding to calls for fairness and support for key issues by making an effort to demonstrate their empathy”
IPSOS
analyze_data
“Perceptions of a society changing too fast are often linked to concerns over values conflict, immigration and weak leadership”
McKinsey
analyze_data
“COVID-19 has resulted in strong momentum for home diagnostic tests with consumers expanding its usage to many more conditions”
McKinsey
establish_context
“Companies with better overall technology capabilities, talent, leadership, and resources are seeing better economic outcomes.”
McKinsey
analyze_data
“Job postings for fields related to tech trends grew by 400,000 between 2021 and 2022, with generative AI growing the fastest.”
McKinsey
size_opportunity
“The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 directs $280 billion in spending over the next ten years, with the bulk for scientific R&D.”
McKinsey
analyze_data
“Faster transition scenarios show stronger energy-efficiency gains and a faster uptake of electrification and low-carbon fuels”
McKinsey
establish_context
“QS enables new applications through reliable measurements that are orders of magnitude more sensitive than classical sensors.”
McKinsey
quantify_impact
“Our investment in coverage since 2017 has resulted in more than tripling the number of locations that accept American Express”
MorganStanley
analyze_data
“Every third euro of venture capital flows to Bavaria: Bavarian startups received more than Berlin startups for the first time”
RolandBerger
analyze_data
“Educational attainment has come a long way - Staying in education longer is now the new global norm and still growing to 2050”
RolandBerger
analyze_data
“Die CFO-Agenda 2013 wurde nur teilweise umgesetzt – Die meisten Bereiche bleiben in der Umsetzung hinter den Planungen zurück”
BCG
frame_problem
“E2E process re-imagination is critical for HR to break the historical compromise between productivity and employee engagement”
BCG
illustrate_case
“Example 1/2 | How a Biopharma company is reducing cost through AI transformation with a focus on reshaping multiple functions”
BCG
frame_problem
“AI will reshape the winning playbook for CP companies as key foundations – from P&L to competitive advantage – begin to shift”
BondCap
illustrate_case
“Physical World AI – Agricultural Modernization (Carbon Robotics) = 230K+ Acres Weeded / 100K+ Gallons of Glyphosate Prevented”
BondCap
illustrate_case
“Snapchat Trifecta = Communications + Video + Platform... Stories (Personal) → Live (Personal + Pro Curation) → Discover (Pro)”
BondCap
analyze_data
“China Services* Industries Job Growth = Accelerating... Offsetting Job Losses from Construction / Manufacturing / Agriculture”
Accenture
analyze_data
“The more cognitive dimensions a job requires, the higher the job satisfaction, particularly if the work requires creativity.”
Accenture
analyze_data
“In the US and Europe, consumers continue to rotate their spending into services, though car sales have been seeing a rebound”
Accenture
diagnose
“Finance executives struggling with access to talent are most in need of business intelligence and visualization capabilities”
Accenture
present_framework
Value Chain
“To unlock key opportunities in the industry, ecosystem actors need to know their role and collaborate across the value chain”
BCG
analyze_data
“APAC shows stronger optimism toward AI and its future than global peers, with varying degrees of emotion felt across markets”
BCG
present_framework
“Unlike mature nations, underdeveloped traditional industries in China created leapfrog growth opportunities for the Internet”
BCG
analyze_data
“Investor support for prioritizing dividends is at a series high, but support for aggressive share repurchases remains modest”
BCG
size_opportunity
“By 2040, data campuses that each consume over 200 MW a year will drive over 50% of the demand for power from US data centers”
BCG
recommend
“Gas is turning into gigawatts, as the increasing demand for power creates new opportunities for upstream natural gas players”
BCG
quantify_impact
“GPs estimate that sustainability drives 4% to 7% in realized EBITDA growth over the hold period of their portfolio companies”
BCG
benchmark_peers
“Long-run ‘winners’ have been more resilient and have withstood the Covid-19 shock significantly better than their FMCG peers”
BCG
benchmark_peers
“Germany/Austria/Switzerland among countries in transformation with 84% LGBT+ feeling comfortable in the business environment”
BCG
analyze_data
“A majority of investors are engaging with activists despite split views on whether activist campaigns drive improved results”
Bain
frame_problem
“ALREADY CLEAR SIGNS OF THIS TRAJECTORY AS COMPANIES ARE RATHER DEFINED BY THEIR CORE COMPETENCES THAN THEIR CONTINGENT OFFER”
Bain
decompose_segments
“Post-90s consumers have become a major market force, representing half of total luxury consumer base and 46% of luxury sales”
Cognizant
present_framework
Three Horizons
“Horizon 1 is in the rear-view mirror, and Horizon 3 is unfolding right now, driving the urgency to act on critical use cases”
Deloitte
benchmark_peers
“In comparison to peers, the GA function is highly decentralized and the function does not leverage Shared Services concepts.”
EY
analyze_data
“... and if given a choice between flexibility in work location and work time, employees prefer flexibility in when they work”
LEK
analyze_data
“... the premium segment across major markets has demonstrated fee growth at a premium to inflation between AY2017 and AY2022”
LEK
analyze_data
“Increased new and second-hand car registrations may indicate the 'lock-in' of mode shift to private car use may be sustained”
LEK
frame_problem
“Rules and restrictions on certain services, and physical distancing requirements, led to reduced healthcare service capacity”
LEK
size_opportunity
“Wine is an important export industry for the Australian economy with industry revenues of over ~$7b AUD, and ~173k employees”
LEK
benchmark_peers
“The Australian wine supply chain appears to be reasonably efficient against the geographies reviewed from a cost perspective”
McKinsey
analyze_data
“German consumers struggle with increased household budgets on energy, transport, and food/essentials, reducing their savings”
McKinsey
analyze_data
“In most industries weighted average returns exceeded medians significantly, implying that a subset of companies outperformed”
McKinsey
analyze_data
Value Chain
“The systems software market is split between full-stack and dedicated software players; most products are in prototype phase”
McKinsey
quantify_impact
“Stepping up quality of private label & develop private brands to grow to 15% of volume could add up to 0.5% in EBITDA margin”
McKinsey
compare_options
“While each location has a different value proposition, Al Qaa might be best-prepared to host an industrial construction zone”
McKinsey
frame_problem
“In addition to corruption, government instability and poor infrastructure put additional strain on doing business in Lebanon”
McKinsey
compare_options
“While each location has a different value proposition, Al Qaa might be best-prepared to host an industrial construction zone”
McKinsey
quantify_impact
“Effektiviseringspotentialet skal ses som et konservativt estimat, idet der er indlagt et forsigtighedshensyn på 1,2 DKK mia.”
McKinsey
present_framework
“Den rette sammensætning af kompetencer i en bestyrelse er et afgørende element i effektiv drift og udvikling af selskabet...”
McKinsey
illustrate_case
“C2 SamAqua er en platform for samarbejde der hurtigt har udvidet ejerkredsen og opgaveporteføljen mod flere kerneaktiviteter”
McKinsey
cite_precedent
“DONG Energy er et resultat af adskillige opkøb og fusioner over 10 år hovedsageligt drevet af liberaliseringen af elmarkedet”
McKinsey
analyze_data
“Applied AI recorded the highest innovation score of all 14 trends, while clean energy drew the most interest and investment.”