recommendation
at position 65–70%
53 slides where a page of type recommendation falls in the 65–70% range of its deck.
Lebanon Economic Vision
“To be in line with global innovation leaders, R&D spend should grow by ~20+% p.a.”
The government has a key role in driving growth in R&D spend, either through direct investments or through incentives
287 · Public sector R&D spend
Southeast Asia's Green Economy
“Recommendations | Key actions by stakeholders to bridge climate financing gap”
SOUTHEAST ASIA’S GREEN ECONOMY 2024
“Corporate investment recommendations: Corporates should assess new revenue opportunities and make their businesses future-ready through green investments”
SOUTHEAST ASIA’S GREEN ECONOMY 2024
“A wider strategic focus on ring-fenced green investment targeting such zones offers pathways forward while respecting constraints; helping green industrial policy and competitiveness”
The State of Fashion 2025
“Brands should prioritise product, marketing and distribution to gain share”
Rise of Agentic AI Report
“d. Create new performance metrics to gauge hybrid performance”
A combination of human feedback, agent performance logs, and business KPIs can help create a holistic view of hybrid team performance.
Rise of Agentic AI Report
“Strike the right balance between agent autonomy and human involvement”
Organizations can determine the appropriate level of autonomy by evaluating the criticality and complexity of decisions or actions, alongside their readiness across processes, technology, data, and wo
68% · employee capacity
Rise of Agentic AI Report
“Strengthen data and technological foundations to scale AI agents”
18% of organizations have high maturity across all aspects of data-readiness.
18% · data-readiness maturity
ASEAN Growth and Scale Talent Playbook
“Promote employee upskilling and growth through formal learning and development (L&D) programs”
10th Operations Efficiency Radar
“We recommend using the results of the Operations Efficiency Radar to challenge the organization and prepare for a potential crisis”
Therefore, we recommend using the results of the 10th Operations Efficiency Radar to challenge priorities, levers and budgets in your organization & review your early warning systems and at least prep
50% · economic downturn expectation
10th Operations Efficiency Radar
“Company leaders should use the 10th Operations Efficiency Radar to challenge priorities throughout 2019”
Company leaders should use the 10th Operations Efficiency Radar to challenge priorities throughout 2019.
2019 Global FS Consumer Study DACH
“They should leverage their physical footprint and integrate physical and digital services to meet customer needs more effectively.”
78 percent, for example, never use a mobile app or website to contact their bank
78% · customers who never use mobile app or website to contact bank
COVID-19: Briefing Note
“Companies should be prepared for the “return””
Banking: The future is back
“What do we expect by 2030?”
Generative AI will be a potent and universal tool for improving operational efficiency. But its greatest contribution to banks' financial performance will be to drive revenue and growth.
Value untangled Accelerating radical growth through interope
3. Focus on meaningful collaboration
They can use real-time data, analytics and AI, together with new ways of working, to unlock the value of technology, empower people and achieve better outcomes.
Breakthrough Brigade Innovation Growth
“So how can leaders respond and pursue significant top-line growth? There are five key focus areas for leaders of organisations of all sizes:”
Avoid the temptation and rush to scale until the idea, time, and mode of delivery have all been tested to the point of success - then scale with purpose and pace.
Modern Networks
“III. Adopting network best practices across the lifecycle”
THE NETWORK DIMENSIONS OF SUCCESS
Re-focus your talent lens: Abundance awaits
“Reduce routine tasks to make more room for human ingenuity”
Our recent research further suggests that generative AI could automate or augment up to 40% of working hours across industries.
$1.3 trillion · Generative AI market size by 2032
January Macro Brief Special edition: 2024 outlook and top 10
“CFOs should focus on strengthening balance sheets and unlocking additional cash flow through stricter operational practices”
Most exposed industries (industries with >USD 100 billion debt outstanding at lowest rating levels, "B-" and below)
>USD 100 billion · Debt outstanding threshold for most exposed industries
The art of AI maturity Advancing from practice to performanc
“Prioritize long- and short-term AI investments”
We found that in 2018, Achievers devoted 14% of their total technology budgets to AI, while in 2021 they devoted 28%. In 2024, they plan to devote 34%.
34% · Achievers' share of tech budget devoted to AI
The art of AI maturity Advancing from practice to performanc
“Prioritize long- and short-term AI investments”
In 2018, Achievers in North America devoted 11% of their total technology budgets to AI. In 2021, that rose to 25%. By 2024, they plan to devote 31%.
31% · AI share of technology budget (Achievers, North America)
Value untangled Amplify speed to value through interoperabil
“Companies with high interoperability have an unwavering focus on improving human connections with trust and skills. They continuously invest in pervasive training, empowering IT and non-IT decision makers to make sound application choices. They also build data-sharing mindsets to prevent data hoarding.”
For a company that has 10,000 employees, this amounts to a productivity gain of almost 15,000 hours and $100 million every year.
~15,000 hours / $100M · Annual productivity gain for a 10,000-employee company
Banking Consumer Study 2025
“Put customers in control with mobile as the orchestrator”
Mobile apps should evolve to be the nexus of the service center.
Ready for take-off Why niche markets are the next big thing
What can today's business leaders do?
Become a transfer point of disruptive practices invented by partners that will spark change in your own industry.
Innovate or Fade European businesses need to address the tec
Key steps
European companies should leverage their digital core to drive innovation in smart manufacturing, supply chain optimization, and operational effectiveness, while embracing sustainability keeping the E
Green by Default
“Practical considerations to help your business make a start”
Bike Sharing 4.0
“Affordable and strategic pricing scale should be designed to promote both, ridership and demand”
How aligning security and the business creates cyber resilie
How to be a Cyber Champion
Making finance the predictive powerhouse How to create an ag
Talent: One team, many skills
FP&A teams with agility are set apart because they focus on diverse skills rather than a singular skill. They recognize the need to strike the right balance between traditional quantitative skills and
How aligning security and the business creates cyber resilie
“Give CISOs a seat at the top table”
Cyber Champions have more autonomy: only 19% have their budget authorized by the CEO or board
19% · Share with budget authorized by CEO or Board
Transforming the Industry that transformed the World: 01 Shi
“Without investing in enterprise transformation, High Tech companies risk leaving billions on the table”
High Tech firms will struggle to recover from disruptions and fail to meet changing customer needs unless they get serious about business and op model reinvention, core tech transformation, and provid
60% · Organizations lacking capabilities and organizational model for a liquid, modular, agile organization
FULL VALUE. FULL STOP How to scale innovation and achieve fu
“Recognize data as being both an asset and a liability”
Only 40% of Laggards ensure data quality, but 90% of Leaders do. And while just 54% of Laggards continue to enrich their data, 90% of Leaders are doing so.
90% · Share of Leaders who continue to enrich their data
The importance of being human in a digital world
“The Deloitte View: It’s not just the data… it’s what you do with it”
2025 Executive Perspectives Unlocking Impact from AI
“Despite limited value realized to date, there are pathways to recover”
95% · Executive sentiment
Unlocking alpha in deals
“Focus on talent as a key driver of technology”
Eighty-four percent of the executives we surveyed see scope for improvement when it comes to applying insights from past transactions.
84% · Executives seeing scope for improvement applying past-deal insights
The Value Multiplier: Intelligent Operations Maturity
The talent lever
Organizations that improve their talent capabilities are 1.9X more likely to make the jump from predictive to future-ready maturity.
1.9X · likelihood to reach future-ready maturity
Artificial Intelligence: Ready to Ride the Wave?
“Embed AI skill set shortages in your strategic workforce planning and develop internal upskilling programs, do not focus only on external hiring”
Shift the recruitment focus from hiring for skill to hiring for "will": comprehensive upfront training and room for self-teaching AI skills
86% · impact from AI efforts
2024 Reinvention in the Age of Generative AI Executive Summa
“Understand and develop an AI-enabled, secure digital core”
Rigorously measure the progress toward ensuring more than 50% of your technology investments are toward building the new.
Artificial Intelligence: Ready to Ride the Wave?
“Enable data and AI via five “mental flips”: decouple data capability building from core IT, embed flexibility via reshoring, and modernize iteratively”
Embracing the Loyalty Equation
“Innovate and integrate relevant digital services to become customers' digital advisor”
This is the kind of engagement customers already expect, and that CSPs could enable soon if they scale their supporting technologies and data access quickly.
From Lead to Cash Simplify and Scale with Revenue Ops
Recommendations
Our first and “table stakes” recommendation is to adopt an integrated RevOps approach—one that aligns all functions, from front and back office to product teams, with full support from the C-suite.
IBV Smarter Workforce Institute
“Recommendations: Designing an employee listening program”
The FORT (Feedback, Opt-in, Reciprocal, Transparent) framework could be used as a starting point.
Level Up: Elevate Your Business With a Platform Strategy
Identify the value
Walmart expects WFS to be able to provide next- or two-day shipping to 95% of the US population.
95% of the US population · Walmart shipping reach
Future of Sales Marketing Executive Perspectives
“Revisit your channel strategy—focus on a seamless integrated experience across channels matching individual preferences”
Frictionless integration of stores, app, social, & new tech in stores.
13% · Uplift in in-store order values
2024 Executive Perspectives Human Resources
“For HR organizations lagging in data foundations, critical to address upfront and factor into GenAI investment priorities”
Opportunity to invest in data readiness and GenAI solutions in parallel
Gen AI amplified
“Action 3: Prioritize responsible and secure AI deployment.”
Leaders acknowledge the importance of responsible AI principles, but there is a gap in their practical implementation — our research shows that only 2% of companies have fully operationalized responsi
85% · healthcare executives citing cybersecurity as a major barrier to scaling gen AI
The future of demand
“Accelerate innovation by reinventing R&D, based on digital, data and AI”
These tools allow researchers to spend less time on repetitive, manual tasks such as data entry and literature review and more time on activities that create value such as collaboration and ideation.
up to 70% · R&D project success rate uplift from advanced digital/generative AI
Port of LA Clean Truck Program
“Our overall conclusion: Option III provides the best path to long term sustainability, but with near term risks”
Gen AI amplified
“Action 4: Expand your base of expertise beyond your own people”
CEOs prioritize hiring additional expertise (60%) as the top strategy for scaling gen AI, while 44% focus on partnerships with external organizations and 33% rely on internal teams.
84% · Share planning to hire additional expertise
The future of demand
“Develop and communicate a compelling value proposition, including traceability and transparency”
This evidence is especially important when companies are asking customers to pay a premium for eco-friendly offerings.
Beyond good intentions
“Three calls to action for corporate Canada”
Cascade leadership commitment throughout all management levels
Global Business Services Performance improvement
“Develop a GBS centre of excellence”
To do this, we recommend developing a team with broad and deep capabilities.
06 ·
World Economic Forum Digital Transformation Initiative: In c
“Reinventing customer service through digital innovation”
Add-on services present a new revenue stream that will help overcome the risk of a low-profit, low-growth market.
$147B · Value at stake (2016-2025)