problem_statement
at position 40–45%
58 slides where a page of type problem statement falls in the 40–45% range of its deck.
Lebanon Economic Vision
“Increasing generation capacity and improving cost efficiency could lead to significant savings for the government and consumers”
60% · generation efficiency
2025 Bond Cap Artificial Intelligence AI 2025
“AI Model Compute Costs High / Rising + Inference Costs Per Token Falling = Performance Converging + Developer Usage Rising”
2025 Bond Cap Artificial Intelligence AI 2025
“AI Model Compute Costs High / Rising + Inference Costs Per Token Falling = Performance Converging + Developer Usage Rising ...(Likely) Long Way to Profitability”
...(Likely) Long Way to Profitability
Forsyningssektorens Effektiviseringspotentiale
“Der er en række tværgående problemstillinger i forsyningssektoren, som udspringer af naturlige monopoler og det kommunale ejerskab hvis implikationer er væsentlige i forhold til at realisere effektiviseringspotentialet”
Problemstillingerne vil i nogle tilfælde udgøre barrierer for realiseringen af effektiviserings- og konsolideringspotentialet.
Forsyningssektorens Effektiviseringspotentiale
“Regulering kan etableres kravbaseret eller mere aftalebaseret, valget har betydning for nødvendige kompetencer og kapacitet i tilsynet”
For at sikre optimal brug af tilsynets ressourcer kan der etableres et differentieret tilsyn, således at selskaber der underpræsterer bliver underlagt grundigere tilsyn end frontselskaber.
Forsyningssektorens Effektiviseringspotentiale
“Overinvesteringer og investeringer udenfor kerneaktiviteten kan lede til højere priser for forbrugerne”
Adgang til billig finansiering for ikke konkurrenceudsatte funktioner, i form af KommuneKredit, kan skævvride incitamenter til at foretage investeringer, da finansieringen af investeringerne potentiel
Forsyningssektorens Effektiviseringspotentiale
“Afskrivningerne er centrale for prisdannelsen, sammenlignelighed og effektivitetskrav, og de er for nuværende ikke harmoniseret i sektoren”
Næste side gennemgår udfordringer i afskrivningsreglerne indenfor fjernvarme og el
Forsyningssektorens Effektiviseringspotentiale
“Afskrivningsregler kan med fordel standardiseres yderligere i fjernvarme, el og affaldssektoren”
Ensarting af regnskabsprincipper med standardiseret kontoplan, lineære afskrivninger og faste afskrivningsprofiler er initiativer der kan muliggøre et bedre sammenligningsgrundlag af selskabernes omko
2025 The AI Dossier
“Transformation with speed and confidence”
AI can be used as a component of cloud and data transformations to empower developers working across the enterprise on applications, data engineering, machine learning, and front-end development.
2025 The AI Dossier
“Enterprise-wide data search and access”
AI capabilities can be built on top of an existing solution to facilitate the communication of queries from the user to the search layer.
2025 The AI Dossier
Business intelligence at your fingertips
AI as an interface between search and data enables business users to query databases and obtain tailored results without in-depth programming experience.
2025 The AI Dossier
“Fixing the missing data issue”
Generative AI can be used to quickly create synthetic data to supplement machine learning model training data, which is then used to aid and accelerate digital and cloud transformations.
2025 The AI Dossier
“Fixing the missing data issue”
A significant risk when generating synthetic data is that historic biases can creep into the generated data, perpetuating those biases.
2025 The AI Dossier
“Getting to know your customer”
Generative AI, alongside other machine learning models, can be used to conduct preliminary data searches and meta-analysis, potentially accelerating the KYC process.
2025 The AI Dossier
“Enhanced AI support for customers”
Generative AI can be paired with other models to create a customer interface that delivers a hyper-personalized experience, such as by training the generative AI model to provide answers or insights w
2021 Air Street Capital The State of AI Report 2021
“Depletion of academic faculty and the worsening of faculty:student ratios”
In absolute numbers, 2018 saw circa 230k students vs 2.5k professors, suggesting that 1 professor advises 90-100 students. This is untenable.
90-100 · Annual growth rate
2021 Air Street Capital The State of AI Report 2021
“Government funding cuts to higher education threatens more expensive STEM students”
In the Netherlands, for example, student enrollment in STEM programs has grown 68% between 2000 and 2017 but government funding for these resource-intensive programs has dropped 25% in the same time p
25% · Government funding per student
Technology Trends Outlook 2022
“What uncertainties must be resolved for the trend to achieve scale?”
Companies over-rely on automated testing/reviews when this tech scales; humans do not consistently check for errors in test and review outcomes.
Southeast Asia's Green Economy
“Across SEA, grids need upgrading and are not well equipped for renewable energy”
Annual investments in grid expansion and modernization must nearly double to $30 billion by 2035 to support greater RE integration
6.7% · T&D losses
SOUTHEAST ASIA’S GREEN ECONOMY 2024
“Scaling capital flows into the green economy constrained by multiple factors”
Large gap exists to fund the transition.
~$1.5 trillion · Investment gap
SOUTHEAST ASIA’S GREEN ECONOMY 2024
“ASEAN investment in renewables continues to underperform vs. global trends; change is needed to unlock the green potential in power sector”
From 2016-2020, for every dollar invested in RE power capacity in SEA, another dollar was invested in unabated fossil fuels, compared with US$0.5 in Sub-Saharan Africa, US$0.3 in China and US$0.2 in L
10%-12% · Renewable energy as % of cumulative energy FDI flows
SOUTHEAST ASIA’S GREEN ECONOMY 2024
“Structural challenges: Government action to support green economy needs to contend with fundamental economic and societal challenges as well as inherent trade-offs”
0.1 · Regulatory quality score
Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage
“In the cement industry, CO2 capture can be accomplished using post- and oxyfuel combustion”
Post-combustion technologies are assessed as easier to retrofit than the integrated oxy-fuel technologies.
2018 Air Street Capital The State of AI Report 2018
Diversity in machine learning
Diversity metrics for the industry are rarely publicised.
17% · percentage of female attendees
2020 Benedict Evans 2020 January Shoulders of Giants
“Is that a 'tech' company? Or is it a travel / insurance / employment / taxi / dating /banking / restaurant company using a new channel?”
2018 Benedict Evans 2018 The End of the Beginning
New problems
$40tr · Global consumer spending
2025 Nigeria Budget and Economic Outlook
“Macroeconomic pressure points such as rising inflation, interest rate and naira depreciation may drive additional 13 million people below the national poverty line in 2025”
The number of people living below the national poverty line is projected to increase by about 13 million by 2025.
47.2% · Poverty Rate (%)
2025 Benedict Evans 2025 Autum AI eats the world
“Is this just early? Or a harder problem?”
For everyone else, do you need to wrap this in tooling and product?
Socio-economic case for deepening solar PV deployment in Nig
“ICT teaching hours: Irregular power supply was identified as major challenge inhibiting ICT teaching hours”
Survey of public sec. schools identify limited power supply as key challenge to reduced ICT teaching time
86% · percentage of schools
Trend Compendium 2050 Six megatrends that will shape the wor
“Similarly, the demand for food is expected to rise substantially to 2050 – Multiple levers can help address the future food gap”
Three gaps that must be closed to achieve a sustainable food future in 2050: To meet the higher demand for food in 2050 we need (compared to 2010) ...
56% · Food demand
WORLD AFFAIRS
“Global gap between priority of threat and level of preparation”
Level of perceived preparation minus level of concern
-28 pp · percentage point gap
Southeast Asia’s Green Economy 2021 Report: Opportunities on
“Covid-19 has further diverted focus from sustainability to survival”
Covid-19 has further diverted focus from sustainability to survival
Ipsos Equalities Index 2023 Full report
Which of these groups of people, if any, do you think most experience unequal or unfair treatment in [country] today?
33% · Percentage of respondents
Wealth and asset management 4.0
“Providers need to assess how well their offerings align with investor needs”
What investors are looking for is not always exactly what the wealth industry is most focused on selling.
73% · investor preference
2021 q4 earnings results presentation
“We have built our business to be resilient in different market conditions”
We believe 2022 could be a more nuanced fundraising and operating environment.
ovid-19 Special Primer (2020)
“IF SO, SEVERAL FACTORS MIGHT INCREASE THE RISK OF AIRBORNE TRANSMISSION IN THE GCC”
28.5% ·
Seeing the BIG Picture
“Digital discovery is on the upswing, even in LTV...”
Influence of digital significantly higher for OTT and Movie Studios
3x · Percentage of respondents discovering content digitally
Value untangled Accelerating radical growth through interope
“Today's business and technology landscape can make reaching high interoperability a challenge precisely because it can become a tangle very quickly.”
Most large enterprises have more than 500 applications, and eight out of 10 say they plan to buy more from multiple vendors in the next two years.
53x · Growth in enterprise technology providers catering to marketing over the last decade
State of Data 2023
“DCR costs create a high barrier to entry—a challenge for smaller industry players”
Nearly two-thirds (62%) of DCR users spent a minimum of $200K on the technology, with a quarter (23%) spending $500K+.
62% · DCR Spend
Creating the best SME Debt finance ecosystem
“BANK LENDING CHALLENGES: A LARGE SHARE OF NL SMES ARE DISCOURAGED FROM SEEKING BANK LOANS”
NL SMES are the most discouraged to obtain new bank loan.
6% · SME discouragement rate
Blockchain and Digital Assets
“Misconceptions have continued to circulate over recent years”
Women @ Work 2023: 7 The Gender Equality Leaders are benefit
“At home, women do most of the domestic work”
Women in ethnic minority groups are more likely to do the majority of domestic tasks
46% · Responsibility for domestic tasks
Women @ Work 2023: 7 The Gender Equality Leaders are benefit
“Women are rarely the primary earners in a shared household, and many feel the need to prioritize their partner's career over their own”
Women's chances of earning more may diminish if they continue to prioritize their partners' career over their own.
67% · Primary earner status
Secret of Transformations
So, why don't transformations succeed?
The collective impact is that most transformations deliver only a fraction of an organization's full potential
70% · transformation success rate
Secret of Transformations
“Why do most transformations fail?”
Transformations fail because the organization does not fundamentally change the way it operates. The organization returns to "old habits" and change does not happen.
70% · Failure rate
Rail supply digitization
“In order to manage digital data and technology, the rail supply industry needs skilled employees – Worldwide shortage of experts”
IT-sector experiences a skill shortage worldwide, although more and more students are enrolled for respective courses
82% · IT-skill shortage
Ipsos Public Trust in AI
“But people are wary about being misled or humans being replaced by AI”
People are also uncomfortable with AI making high-stakes decisions that significantly impact people's lives without human oversight, such as assessing welfare benefits (22% comfortable) or marking exa
67% · Uncomfortable
Women @ Work 2022: A Global Outlook
“Despite a widespread shift in working arrangements, flexibility is not a reality for many women”
Even more worrisome, 94% of respondents believe that requesting flexible working will affect their likelihood of promotion, and 90% believe their workloads won't be adjusted accordingly if they reques
94% · Perceived impact of flexible working
Unlocking alpha in deals
“Large volumes of scattered data and an overload of technology and partner choices contribute to deal complexity.”
47% · Percentage of dealmakers citing factor in top three challenges
Crossing the lines Fintech
“C-suite executives not leading fintech efforts at many firms”
Given most firms' slow speed-to-market, along with the fact that C-suite leaders aren't directly responsible for driving the innovation agenda at many firms, it's hard to see how more than 90% of our
33% · C-suite leadership
Rethinking the course to manufacturing’s future
“WHAT'S NEEDED NOW: Automation to unlock efficiency and precision”
All together, this data reveals a significant conflict between today's priorities and 2040's competitive needs.
63% · factory manager prioritization
Embracing the Loyalty Equation
What will it take to complete the loyalty equation?
36 of the largest global communication service providers collectively spend $65 billion annually on customer service, amounting to 6.0% of their total revenue.
$65 billion · Annual customer service spend by 36 largest global CSPs
From Lead to Cash Simplify and Scale with Revenue Ops
People
While 75% of companies report strong collaboration between sales and marketing, only 21% see strong alignment between go-to-market (GTM) functions and critical revenue functions such as finance.
75% · Alignment percentage
Ukraine Refugee Pulse
EMPLOYMENT & CHILDCARE
19% ALREADY FOUND A JOB IN THEIR FIELD AND 9% TOLD US THEY ARE STILL LEARNING OR STUDYING
28% · Refugee employment status
AFF 2023 HKTDC and PwC’s Joint Pulse Survey
“Several challenges and risks, including a skill gap in the workforce, and stakeholder and customer trust/explainability, have not been sufficiently addressed in Hong Kong”
76.2% · Percentage of responses citing 'not sufficiently addressed'
Forecasting a Realistic Electricity Infrastructure Buildout
“... but for many local HD use cases, fleets would need high capacity L3 or DCFC chargers on-site, but just the cost of utility service upgrades can be prohibitive”
To remove this roadblock, regulators would need to approve use of ratepayer funding for service upgrades and other "make ready" investments, removing the burden from individual fleets
USD 4-18M · Cost of utility service upgrade
Technology Is the Fast Track to Net Zero
“Measurement remains a leading roadblock, with only marginal improvements in emissions measurement since 2021”
80% · Percentage of respondents
20250311 jpm conference presentation
“Competitors generated revenues that Southwest did not pursue”