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58 slides where a page of type problem statement falls in the 20–25% range of its deck.
Budgetanalyse af Forsvaret 2017 Materialesamling Del 2
“Today's IT set-up has significant disadvantages”
Experience from other armies has shown that you can improve all three levers simultaneously if you think about IT in a much broader sense
2025 Air Street Capital The State of AI Report 2025
“The trouble with benchmarks: vibes aren't all we need, but increasingly all we've got”
Researchers revealed systematic manipulation of LMArena as Meta tested 27 private Llama-4 variants before cherry-picking the winner: testing 10 model variants yields a 100-point boost.
100-point · Maximum Arena Score
2024 Air Street Capital The State of AI Report 2024
“Yet, evals and benchmarking in BioML remains poor”
The fundamental problem with research at the intersection of biology and ML is that there are very few people with the skills to both train a frontier model and give it a rigorous biological appraisal
2025 The AI Dossier
“Avoiding downtime through autonomous, multi-agent diagnosis and intervention”
Agentic AI systems can monitor industrial equipment health, anticipate failures, diagnose root causes, and proactively schedule maintenance—keeping equipment running smoothly and reducing maintenance
2025 The AI Dossier
“Improving safety and efficiency by using AI agents to support field operations”
Agentic AI systems can improve field operations by managing task coordination and automating frontline decision-making, enabling field workers to focus on complex, high-value activities rather than ro
2025 The AI Dossier
“Driving smarter bidding, pricing, and customer engagement with AI agents”
AI can streamline and accelerate commercial operations by using agents to automate contract pricing, bid preparation, demand forecasting, and customer engagement workflows.
Southeast Asia's Green Economy
“SEA will need to overcome structural constraints that have hindered past efforts”
2020 Benedict Evans 2020 December The Great Unbundling
“Why does Shopify matter?”
Brands and consumers ready to go direct
2020 Benedict Evans 2020 January Shoulders of Giants
“Unless you have a new route to awareness”
If you’re not paying rent for a store (or in one), how do people hear about you?
$10bn · Revenue
Southeast Asia’s Green Economy 2022 Report
“SEA is challenged by fundamental questions as it plots a path to a green economy”
$3 trillion · cumulative investment
Solving fashion’s product returns
“3. Incorrect sizing or fit, followed by unmet quality expectations, bracketing behaviour, and misleading product display, comprised the top reasons behind fashion returns”
The practice of purchasing the same item in multiple sizes or colours, and sending back those that do not fit or suit buyer's preferences.
93% · Share of online returners
Solving fashion’s product returns
Solving Fashion’s Product Returns
2025 Nigeria Budget and Economic Outlook
Key issues for consideration in 2025
Disciplined monetary policy: sustaining the momentum
7 ·
2025 Benedict Evans 2025 Autum AI eats the world
“US power backlogs becoming a major issue”
US power demand growth is ~2%, and AI might add 1% that's hard to build fast (this is not an issue in China)
RAIL FREIGHT IN CENTRAL ASIA AND MIDDLE EAST
“Port of Baku and ferry services as key capacity bottleneck for corridor shipments via AZE”
150,000 · TEUs
ASEAN Growth and Scale Talent Playbook
“Companies' ability to increase productivity and meet customer expectations is more important than ever”
In this age of digital transformation, companies must meet 2 criteria to increase their chances of success in their respective industries and to stay competitive.
Southeast Asia’s Green Economy 2021 Report: Opportunities on
“Growing recognition of the risks of climate change to SEA...”
Risks require immediate action.
17-37% · GDP impact
10th Operations Efficiency Radar
“Many companies interpret digitalization as automation – It will ultimately dwarf many functions, thus, they must reposition”
Function must: Reposition itself; Define a new/extended value proposition.
PEOPLE AND CLIMATE CHANGE
“Misperception of progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals”
Yet, our survey found evidence of over-confidence in the progress made on the SDGs.
17% · UN SDG targets on track
People&ClimateChange2025
“Misperception of progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals”
Yet, our survey found evidence of over-confidence in the progress made on the SDGs.
17% · UN SDG targets on track
March Macro Brief Financial fissures emerge
“However, US reliance on China-controlled critical mineral supply chains threatens to constrain data center expansion and power grid supply chains if tensions escalate”
With a focus on reducing reliance on foreign AI infrastructure, businesses may need to reassess supply chains and data dependencies.
98% · China share of global refining
COVID-19: Briefing Note
“The Imperative of our Time”
The imperative requires 'timeboxing' the virus and the economic shock through a coordinated strategy of suppression, capacity expansion, and economic support.
-8 to -13% · Economic Shock
Gartner Introduction 2025
Chief Information Officers (CIOs) look to Gartner to help them...
Moving faster: Reinventing compliance to speed up, not trip
Negative impacts of increased complexity
The majority of respondents (77%) stated that their company had been negatively impacted to some or a great extent in five or more areas that can drive growth.
85% · Negative impact of compliance complexity
Digital Finance Seeing is Believing
“Is “Going Digital” still an option for Finance?”
Going “digital” is no longer an option, but a necessity.
69% · Time allocation
529 cpe
“Preparing for more than four years”
The high price of not graduating on time
$175,829 · Total projected in-state public college costs
529 cpe
Financial aid overview
Families now pay 48% of college costs from their income and investments, up from 38% 12 years ago.
+45% · College cost growth
529 cpe
“Financial aid reality check”
Free grants and scholarships normally pay only a small portion of college costs, and many families don't qualify.
57% · Percentage of total costs paid by grants
Private Markets Asset Allocation Guide May 2023 002
Why invest in private markets?
A differentiated investment universe with the potential for higher risk-adjusted returns through active management.
95% ·
Building Sustainable Organizations
“The status quo limits leadership teams' ability to build sustainable organizations in three main ways”
leadership teams lack the active, two-way communication channels that nurture human connections
3 · number of barriers
Namibia Budget on plate 2019-20
Challenges Facing the Fiscus
Overreliance on SACU
Re-focus your talent lens: Abundance awaits
Key challenges
Competing for highly skilled talent pools in APAC, Africa and LATAM is strategically important—but difficult.
Refueling Innovation Engine Vaccines
“There are several high-burden and high-priority diseases for which we do not yet have vaccines on the market”
1,341 · Deaths per year
Women @ Work 2023: 7 The Gender Equality Leaders are benefit
“Fewer women feel comfortable discussing or disclosing their mental health at work”
Only a quarter of respondents feel comfortable discussing mental health in the workplace, down significantly from 43% in 2022.
25% · Comfort level
Blurred lines FinTech 2016
“1.3 Customer centricity is fuelling disruption”
75% of our respondents confirmed that the most important impact FinTech will have on their businesses is an increased focus on the customer.
75% · Business impact of FinTech
Climate Change: BCG’s Perspectives and Offerings
“Humans cause ~50 Gt emissions per year”
50 Gt · Gt CO2e
Fueling the AI transformation: Four key actions powering wid
“Findings show that challenges weigh harder in Germany”
The only challenge that German respondents consider less complex compared with their global counterparts is "proving the business value" with 33% and 40% of the respondents, respectively.
48% · AI implementation challenges
160316 BBVA MS Conference tcm927 569522
“Redefining Our Value Proposition: Having a true impact on people’s lives and companies’ businesses”
Our purpose is to bring the age of opportunity to everyone
Women @ Work 2022: A Global Outlook
“Women are still unable to “switch off” from work, with many concerned about the impact on career progression”
Of those women who can’t switch off, 42% worried that their career progression will be affected if they are not constantly available.
34% · Ability to switch off
Calumet+Inc.+Carbonomics+Investor+Presentation+Final+11+Nov.
DOE LOAN OPPORTUNITY
DOE Loan enables Montana Renewables to launch its MaxSAF Expansion, turning the Western Hemisphere’s largest SAF production facility into a world-scale leader.
>700% · SAF output growth
Generative AI: A boost for Operations
“However, this technological advancement comes with risks – effective genAI governance necessary to manage these”
effective genAI governance necessary to manage these
Time to talk: What has to change for women at work
Time to talk: What has to change for women at work
The work/life balance and its effect on career progression presents women with a complex conundrum.
51% · women's perception of employer diversity efforts
BCG Investor Perspectives Series Q4 2023
“Interest rates and Federal Reserve policy remain the number one macro risk factor for investors, followed by geopolitical risks and inflation”
77 · Percentage of investors citing risk
Introduction to Bain and Report on Resilience
“We have privatized rewards while nationalizing risks – expect greater demands for corporate resilience”
Total government bailouts since 2008 equal to ~20% of total corporate profits (~50% including QE)
~20% · US bailouts (2020 USD)
Tenth Annual Leveraged Finance and Credit Conference
“COVID-19 Response: Dual Mandate”
Continuing to operate as an essential business while rapidly implementing our comprehensive COVID-19 response focused on the health and safety of employees as well as liquidity and recovery capacity.
16% · workforce reduction
The Canadian Venture Opportunity
“Climate tech is critical for Net Zero, yet 50% of solutions are not ready for market”
Successfully moving climate tech ideas from the lab to mainstream implementation — and doing so quickly — will be critical.
50% · Emissions reduction readiness
BCG's Guide to Cost and Growth
“40% of executives feel unprepared for market shocks heading into 2025”
40% of executives continue to feel unprepared for potential future market shocks, despite navigating years of disruptions like COVID, supply chain crises, the ChatGPT launch, and other economic upheav
40% · executive preparedness
2024 Executive Perspectives Transformation through AI and Ge
“What if AI-driven customer intelligence could help you answer key business questions...”
...yielding faster, better, cheaper results?
30-40% · Cost savings
Global Consumer Insights Survey 2023 ME
Figure 1: In the last 3 months, please indicate how often you have experienced any of the following while purchasing a product.
53% · Consumer experience frequency
Poverty Empowerment India
“680 million live below the Empowerment Line –2.5 times the extremely poor and 7 times their consumption gap”
680 million live below the Empowerment Line –2.5 times the extremely poor and 7 times their consumption gap
680mn · Population below poverty line
Gen AI amplified
The healthcare workforce crisis
The widening demand-supply gap is already stretching clinicians thin, leading to chronic fatigue, burnout and declining work satisfaction.
~900,000 · US registered nurses expected to leave the profession by 2027
2024 Executive Perspectives Supply Chains Unlocking potentia
“But many companies have yet to realize the full benefits of supply chain technologies”
Understanding public attitudes to early childhood
“However, there is relatively low recognition of the importance of early childhood compared with other life stages”
17% · Public perception of importance
Royal Foundation Attitudes to Early Childhood Key Findings P
“However, there is relatively low recognition of the importance of early childhood compared with other life stages”
17% · Public perception of importance
enhaced data extraction using gen ai ey collaboration with w
Current state and main challenges
These challenges highlight the need for a sophisticated solution to data extraction and analysis.
Taking Action on Nature Webinar
“The decline of the natural world is undeniable – and the pivot to recovery is urgent”
68% · Biodiversity loss
Aerospace supply chain: Resilience report 2024
“OEMs and suppliers are currently suffering huge resource gaps, putting pressure on ramp-up targets”
Between 35% and 60% of OEMs and suppliers are lacking key resources to support the planned ramp-up.
60% · Resource gap percentage
Constraints to growth: supply chain risks facing renewables
“But is an unconstrained demand view a reasonable assumption?”