problem_statement
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63 slides where a page of type problem statement falls in the 50–55% range of its deck.
Lebanon Economic Vision
“RECAP: Lebanon’s economic challenges necessitate a change in its economic model”
RECAP: Lebanon’s economic challenges necessitate a change in its economic model
149% · Debt to GDP
Forsyningssektorens Effektiviseringspotentiale
“... men en stor andel af bestyrelserne i de kommunalt ejede forsyningsselskaber besidder ikke de nødvendige kompetencer”
Kommunalpolitikernes kompetencer er ikke nødvendigvis utilstrækkelige, men mekanismer til at sikre kompetencerne er de rette benyttes sjældent
88,7% · Competency representation
Forsyningssektorens Effektiviseringspotentiale
“Overlap i beslutningstagere mellem selskabsbestyrelser og kommunalbestyrelser giver potentiel interessekonflikt i beslutningsprocessen”
Bestyrelsen i et kommunalt selskab er ideelt sammensat således at den er i stand til at varetage sit ledelsesmæssige ansvar, hvilket indebærer at bestyrelsen uafhængigt af ejerne og andre særinteresse
Forsyningssektorens Effektiviseringspotentiale
“‘Privat kapital’ vurderer bl.a. afkastmuligheder og særligt reguleringens stabilitet, ved analyse af potentielle investeringer i forsyningssektoren”
Med ‘privat kapital’ skal forstås kapital fra professionelle investorer så som pensionsselskaber og kapitalforvaltere
Forsyningssektorens Effektiviseringspotentiale
“De interviewede repræsentanter for ‘privat kapital’ udtrykker ingen klar interesse i at investere i den danske forsyningssektor under nuværende rammer og vilkår”
Forsyningssektorens Effektiviseringspotentiale
“Kommunegrænserne udgør administrative skel der kan lede til suboptimale drifts- og anlægsmæssige dispositioner”
Kommunegrænserne udgør administrative skel i forsyningssektoren, som kan lede til suboptimale drifts- og anlægsmæssige dispositioner og gør det svært at sikre de rigtige kompetencer og det optimale se
2025 The AI Dossier
“AI-supported regulatory examinations and inspections”
Agentic AI systems can support regulators with specialized agents that analyze data, review large volumes of documents, and uncover insights to streamline examinations and inspections.
2025 The AI Dossier
“AI-enhanced benefits eligibility”
AI systems can streamline the application and determination processes for government benefits programs and public assistance.
2025 The AI Dossier
“Improving intelligence reporting via AI agents and multimodal data integration”
Agentic AI offers the potential to automate core intelligence gathering activities so human analysts can focus on validation and higher-level reasoning.
Infrastructure beyond COVID-19
“Social housing is already constrained, with the economic downturn from COVID-19 placing further pressure on demand”
There appears to be a shortage of fit-for-purpose social housing in Australia, particularly in Victoria and NSW, with the pandemic adding further pressure to the capacity of housing infrastructure
49 · Applications for social housing
Infrastructure beyond COVID-19
“With international students comprising a significant proportion of tertiary enrolment and revenue, universities are likely to face revenue pressures”
Revenue from international students represents around 26% of all university revenue
83% · Percent share of overseas students
Technology Trends Outlook 2022
“Why should leaders pay attention?”
Digital-trust technologies can reduce risk and potential negative impact from cyberattacks
$101.5 billion · Projected spending on service providers in digital trust
Technology Trends Outlook 2022
Why should leaders pay attention? (continued)
Digital trust offers value creation, enabling organizations to scale faster and become more effective
2020 Air Street Capital The State of AI Report 2020
“Sketchy metrics: Tracking AV progress is complicated by the industry's focus on miles per disengagement, which is hard to benchmark and is not reported across all US States.”
A year-on-year improvement of 8,679% sounds too good to be true...
18,050 · Miles/disengagement
Southeast Asia's Green Economy
“Several systemic challenges are limiting acceleration of EV adoption and development of regional EV supply chains in SEA”
Several systemic challenges are limiting acceleration of EV adoption and development of regional EV supply chains in SEA.
SOUTHEAST ASIA’S GREEN ECONOMY 2024
“Solutions: SEA funds and banks are starting to address financing challenges via innovative mechanisms like blended finance and carbon credits”
Rail industry cost and revenue sharing (2011)
“One of the potential issues with an outperformance only Regional EBS mechanism is that TOCs could benefit from the underlying uncertainty over NR’s costs and efficiency target.”
There is a risk that this systematic bias could lead to leakage of NR funding to train operators, unless: Train operators pay for this benefit (e.g. by factoring it into their franchise bids) or Train
Transformation Ebook
“The Lack of Well-Defined Milestones with Clear Impact Metrics Has Killed Many Change Initiatives”
36% · Respondents (%)
Developing sustainable carbon circularity Looking at advance
“What is the best biofuel x market segment combination?”
2020 Benedict Evans 2020 December The Great Unbundling
“All cars will be electric. But...”
Then - is this software, or scale manufacturing?
e-Conomy SEA 2020 At full velocity: Resilient and racing ahe
“Access to healthcare is a chronic challenge around the region”
2022 Air Street Capital The State of AI Report 2022
“How should big tech deal with their language model consumer products?”
Large-scale release of AI systems to the 1B+ users of Google and Facebook all but ensures that every ethics or safety issue with these systems will be surfaced.
2025 Benedict Evans 2025 Autum AI eats the world
Where is the value capture?
If models are near-commodities, and we don't know the right product, where will the value be?
2025 05 28 Goldman Sachs Brazil Commodities Days
“Challenge: Labor shortage
Mechanization to address rural population decline”
Reducing labor intensity in 40%
85% · Mechanized Silviculture Level
2025 05 28 Goldman Sachs Brazil Commodities Days
“Challenges: Higher logistics costs and limited Eucawood availability
Lower average distance and Eucawood self-sufficiency”
-36 km ~R$480MM/year
R$480MM · Logistics costs
Socio-economic case for deepening solar PV deployment in Nig
“Nigeria loses 80M tons of food annually along the value chain; equivalent to 9% of its GDP”
9% · GDP impact
Socio-economic case for deepening solar PV deployment in Nig
“Although they account for 12% of food produced, perishable foods contribute 20% to total food losses in Nigeria”
Perishable foods account for 12% of total food produced.
20% · Food loss percentage
ASEAN Growth and Scale Talent Playbook
“Ensure clear communication and a smooth hiring process to maintain an overall positive candidate experience”
A positive hiring experience is crucial in preventing the loss of potential talent in both existing and future hiring efforts.
CRYPTO ASSET SURVEY 2023
Reason(s) Given For Not Purchasing Any Crypto Assets
The top reasons given for not purchasing crypto assets remained consistent with 2022. However, the perception of crypto assets being too risky has increased (2023: 49%; 2022: 43%) and this has become
49% · Percentage of respondents
Indonesia case study
“... However, school connectivity gaps remain, especially in islands with lower population density, thereby requiring different funding solutions per region”
Well-developed islands of Java & Sumatra with high population density that are generally easier to connect or have already been connected; Less developed islands of Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Nusa Tenggara
2022 Global Marketing Trends
“With third-party cookies systematically disappearing, how can marketing organizations use other data strategies to effectively target and engage with their customers?”
61% of high-growth brands are shifting to a first-party data strategy while only 40% of negative-growth brands said the same.
61% · adoption of first-party data strategy
Boardroom Agenda 2022
“1. When are businesses at most risk?”
Boardroom Agenda 2022
“Digital Trust Insights Survey 2023 - Although cybercrime, hackers and insider threats are top concerns in 2023, organisations are least prepared to address them.”
47% of organisations who have experienced an increase in cyber breaches ranked cyber criminals in their top five answers, a significantly higher result than those who have not experienced an increase
47% · Ranked index of least prepared threats
2025 Benedict Evans 2025 Spring AI eats the world
“Do we use LLMs to control all of our traditional software? Or are LLMs just another API to build software?”
2025 Benedict Evans 2025 Spring AI eats the world
“Do chatbots have product-market fit? Who for?”
If this is life-changing, why is WAU/DAU so bad? Is this just a matter of time, or is this a product problem?
Global Health Partnerships Stop TB
Advocacy Team issues and opportunities
ey e book the green transition
“What can governments and businesses do now to prepare for the green jobs transition?”
Capacity building and public-private collaboration are key to reshaping the employment ecosystem.
WHAT THE FUTURE: WELLNESS
“Four tensions that will drive change: 2. How do we balance between care and cost?”
More prioritize their health over their budget. But what if that didn't have to be a choice?
60% · Consumer prioritization
Multi-regional transmission model
“R&D : How much target should be set to be employed in De-carbonisation market.”
Digital Finance Seeing is Believing
“Problem: Fragmented & Manually Intensive Procure-to-Pay (P2P) Process”
Due to legacy issues, a Lifestyle and Fitness Retailer is plagued with a number of P2P issues, which expose it to inefficiency and higher risk of errors and employee abuses.
2025 The new rules of Platform Strategy in the age of agenti
“Bridging the strategy gap”
Right now, only 31% of companies say they have a formal platform strategy.
31% · Percentage of companies with formal platform strategy
Barriers to FinTech innovation in the Netherlands
“While European economies are interconnected, the regulatory landscape is scattered and disconnected – Alignment is required”
Regulation is still strongly dependent on national implementation of laws, making a standardized European proposition almost impossible
Barriers to FinTech innovation in the Netherlands
“Lack of clarity of legal framework results in unpredictable outcomes or time-consuming decision processes, which hurt the startups”
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Barriers to FinTech innovation in the Netherlands
“Currently Dutch regulation is more strict than European regulation and therefore makes the Netherlands less attractive to FinTech”
Currently the Dutch regulation is often more strict than European and/or international regulation and therefore makes the Netherlands less attractive compared to other countries, and Dutch companies l
Women @ Work 2023: 7 The Gender Equality Leaders are benefit
“Lack of flexibility in working hours is driving women to quit”
Lack of flexibility around working hours is one of the top three reasons cited by women who left an employer in the past year.
30% · Percentage of respondents
2023 Gen Z and Millennial Survey
“Persistent stress and burnout continue to strain Gen Zs and millennials”
Work pressures are driving high levels of burnout among these generations.
46% · Stress/Anxiety prevalence
Environmental Services Outlook
“The COVID-19 pandemic impacts the industry in a variety of ways”
Blurred lines: How FinTech is shaping Financial Services
“An industry under siege”
Time to get off the bench: Over 20% of FS business at risk to FinTechs
20% · Estimated share of business at risk
Blurred lines FinTech 2016
“An industry under siege”
Time to get off the bench: Over 20% of FS business at risk to FinTechs
23% · Percentage of business at risk
Fueling the AI transformation: Four key actions powering wid
“Actively addressing AI-related risks is essential”
52% in Germany are concerned about the manipulative power of AI, compared with 41% globally.
52% · Concern regarding AI risks
Women @ Work 2022: A Global Outlook
“Employers are not doing enough to support the transition to a hybrid work model as women report a lack of flexibility and feeling excluded”
Employers are not doing enough to support the transition to a hybrid work model as women report a lack of flexibility and feeling excluded
60% · Percentage of women experiencing exclusion
AI Radar 2025
“AI risks that companies must navigate”
66% · share of executives
AI at Work 2025
“Without the right tools, companies face rising shadow AI usage—and the accompanying security risks”
GenZ and Millennials are most likely to bypass restrictions
54% · Share of respondents who would use AI tools without authorization
Gartner delivers actionable, objective insight, guidance and
“...Leaving CIOs Struggling w/ Resourcing/Talent...”
Talent is now the overwhelming #1
61% · Percentage of Respondents
Open Education Resources ecosystem
“In higher education, while awareness among academic officers high, many professors remain unaware of OER”
Most interviewees were not aware of OER
88% · OER awareness
What if Germany becomes the sick man of Europe again?
“Starting and running a business in Germany is bureaucratically more challenging than in other economies, especially when it comes to the length of permitting procedures”
Rising difficulty of starting a business
125 · Ease of Doing Business rank
Forecasting a Realistic Electricity Infrastructure Buildout
“A reliable local on-route charging network must exist before high mileage vehicles can electrify, but utilization risk poses a major challenge to investment”
Timing & adoption: given that significant adoption of high-mileage vehicles will not occur before a sufficient network exists, there is a "first mover disadvantage"
Technology Is the Fast Track to Net Zero
“Organizations are not yet measuring their emissions accurately”
Our respondents estimate a 25% to 30% average error rate in their emissions measurement, with an improvement of approximately 5 pp over 2021
25%-30% · emissions measurement error rate
Impact of IRA IIJA CHIPS Clean Tech
“Pre-legislation challenges | DAC deployment dependent on financial support to de-risk projects and enable infrastructure buildout”
Most DAC technology remains too expensive to economically remove significant amounts of CO2.
2018 Manufacturing Priorities Survey
“Skilled labor shortage could hamper innovation”
In fact, beyond capital and financial limitations, a lack of skilled labor is one of the primary hurdles preventing manufacturers from implementing additional automation over the next five years.
34% · Percentage of respondents
Delivering on construction productivity is no longer optiona
“On current trajectory, the sector may be unable to meet demand pertaining to growth, infrastructure, net zero, housing”
~$40 trillion shortfall in construction output by 2040 assuming continued productivity stagnation and sector employment in line with overall workforce growth
$40 trillion · Construction output shortfall
Making WorkWorkBetter for Deskless Workers
“Individual contributors feel significantly less connected and supported than managers”
+27% · Employee sentiment
Cloud-migration opportunity: Business value grows, but misst
“Cloud-migration cost overruns are mounting.”
When the 14 percent in unanticipated cloud-migration spend is tallied globally, the price tag is eye opening.
75% · Budget overrun