Metrics
What numbers consultants lead with.
Every slide that foregrounds a metric — 7,750 in total — classified into families by what's being measured. Drill in to see who uses each family, where in the narrative, and the real examples.
Metric families
7,750 metric-led slides1266
Survey & sentiment
What people said — respondents, priorities, sentiment, NPS.
16.3%
1110
Market size & value
Scale of the pool — TAM, GMV, AUM, deal value, investment, funding.
14.3%
709
Cost & savings
What's spent or saved — costs, spend, savings, efficiency, abatement.
9.1%
541
Share & penetration
Piece of the pie — market share, adoption, penetration, uptake.
7.0%
491
Growth rate
Speed of change — CAGR, YoY, growth rate.
6.3%
261
Rates & ratios
Other rates — retention, conversion, representation, distress.
3.4%
324
Employment & headcount
People at work — employees, FTEs, productivity, jobs.
4.2%
226
Indices & scores
Composite indicators — confidence indices, rankings, ratings.
2.9%
218
Margin & return
Economic quality — margins, ROI/ROE/ROIC, TSR, profit.
2.8%
212
Environment & emissions
Green metrics — GHG, emissions, hydrogen, renewables.
2.7%
187
Volume & counts
Raw counts — number of X, transactions, deals.
2.4%
141
Revenue & sales
Top line — revenue, sales, GVA.
1.8%
76
Macro indicators
Economy-wide signals — inflation, unemployment, PMI.
1.0%
23
Valuation
Asset worth — present value, pre-money, exit value.
0.3%
1965
Other
Domain-specific or uncategorized long-tail.
25.4%
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Where in the narrative
| analyze_data | 99 |
| diagnose | 48 |
| illustrate_case | 43 |
| front_matter | 29 |
| establish_context | 21 |
| appendix | 19 |
| recommend | 14 |
| quantify_impact | 12 |
| frame_problem | 11 |
| size_opportunity | 7 |
| benchmark_peers | 7 |
| plan_implementation | 4 |
Number shape
| plain | 216 |
| percent | 94 |
| money | 11 |
| multiplier | 3 |
80 examples
showing first 80-23.7%
Labor market tightness is below pre-pandemic levels in major advanced economies, which should help alleviate wage pressures throughout the coming months
“Labor market tightness is below pre-pandemic levels in major advanced economies, which should help alleviate wage pressures throughout the coming months”
50%
Companies are taking action in three areas
-10.6% (UK)
Labor market tightness continues to ease across major economies, and is now back its to pre-pandemic average in the US, and comfortably below it in the UK and Japan
“US: -0.8%; UK: -10.6%; Germany: +2.7%; Japan: -20.6% (vs. 2017-2019 average)”
2X
Imagine a world | Human-AI collaboration doubles SDLC productivity
“Accelerated time to market and reduced total cost of ownership.”
20-60%
A: Case example of how a bank automated credit memo drafting using GenAI
“20-60% CA productivity gain; ~30% Faster decisioning speed”
6 000+
...And instilling trust across their environments
“Delivering end-to-end, comprehensive security that’s solid, agile, scalable and open to innovation.”
11.6 million
Helping rapidly support employers during a pandemic
“The program has supported 11.6 million jobs, with £67.4 billion paid to 1.3 million employers.”
7%
Less than 10% of executives expect a decrease in headcount due to AI automation
50%
BCG research shows that “enjoying work” can reduce turnover by 50%, but most companies overlook their employees’ emotional needs
“While most companies tend to focus more on functional needs (such as pay, flexibility, and benefits), they often underinvest in emotional needs which most influ…”
46%
Lack of human oversight, unclear accountability, and risk of bias—employees are raising flags on AI agents
68%
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 ac…”
500,000
Overall, 500,000 jobs are under pressure in France, representing $115B in GDP
“Our restructuring pressure is calculated based primarily on public companies. To estimate the broader impact on GDP and jobs, we extrapolated these findings to …”
30-40%
Regardless of industry or use-case complexity, the innovative gen AI platform’s capabilities have the power to help companies like BMW use data and insights to stay in the fast lane.
“Regardless of industry or use-case complexity, the innovative gen AI platform’s capabilities have the power to help companies like BMW use data and insights to …”
54.7
Home office use remains quite high, with less commuting helping to reduce telcos' CO2 footprint
17,500
Building an AI-skilled workforce
“AI is a technology that enhances us as individuals — like a companion or assistant. Those that embrace AI are going to find that achieving what they want to ach…”
50%
OCBC putting gen AI to work
“Participants said they were able, on average, to do their work 50% faster—which included the time taken to check the accuracy of the bot's output.”
+10/15%
Europe holding the bar, yet differently across countries
“Sound tourist growth, well above prepandemic levels”
30,000
KPMG: Holistic execution, IP development, and strategic partnering in the AADA space to drive cohesive business transformations
“KPMG delivers comprehensive transformation and value creation through a 'connected, powered, trusted, and elevate' approach.”
55%
Those surveyed said declining valuations are the most likely impact to smaller companies (annual revenues below $500 million) that miss productivity goals, compared with slower business growth among larger organizations (annual revenues $500 million and above).
“If your organization is not able to meet its productivity goals, what do you believe will be the likely impact on your organization?”
87%
While less than 10% of respondents reported already seeing increases in productivity from AI, almost nine out of ten (87%) respondents expect to see increases in productivity resulting from the use of AI in the next three years.
“While less than 10% of respondents reported already seeing increases in productivity from AI, almost nine out of ten (87%) respondents expect to see increases i…”
253,000
Upbeat consumer sentiment remains, 253,000 net new jobs, declining inflation (annualized), interest rates stay below 5.5%; equities cool in January after year-end surge
“Annual inflation down despite monthly increase; unemployment unchanged at 3.7%; 353,000 net new jobs in January”
22% to 30%
Our latest financial projections indicate that the gains over the next three years will be substantial for the early adopters:
“From this it becomes apparent that while generative AI is likely to dramatically improve the efficiency of the banking operating model, its potential to differe…”
59%
59% of banking employees are already using AI every day.
“59% of banking employees are already using AI every day.”
+34%
Change in sales professionals' reported productivity, confidence, impact and stress management as a result of integrating gen AI tools
“These effects were especially pronounced for people who had been in their role longer—suggesting that experienced workers are ready for, not resistant to, tools…”
$31b
Services industries such as professional and financial services benefit the most from the improved broadband speed delivered by the nbn
“Professional, Scientific and Technical Services experienced the largest aggregate benefits from the nbn network, accounting for $5.8b (18%) of the total GDP upl…”
169,000
The nbn network enabled the creation of 169,000 additional jobs between 2012 and 2022 and is projected to support the creation of a further 113,000 additional jobs by 2030
“The nbn network has a 1.5x stronger impact on female employment relative to male employment.”
17%
A difficult hiring environment (relative to pre-pandemic norms) persists across US and Europe, though labor markets are showing some signs of cooling
4,500
Taking jobs to "non-metro" residents in India
“Only 25% highly skilled graduates migrate to large cities.”
6,000+
Encouraging a harmony of career experiences
“In just one year of launching in 2021, over 6,000 employees have engaged with Echo resulting in over 70% new project assignments and 50% mentorship assignments.”
$845
Leaders outperform industry peers on productivity
“Leaders are more likely to outperform industry peers in productivity by 25%”
50,000
Digital reskilling strategy empowers decentralized decision making at an oil and gas company.
“A national oil and gas company with nearly 50,000 employees sought to accelerate its digital transformation journey, develop new lines of business and meet its …”
738,000
The following report is based on our research and on Accenture's depth of understanding working globally with clients and partners to deliver outsized results.
“Our 738,000 people serve more than 9,000 clients globally across more than 40 industries—including 89 of the Fortune 100 and 60% of the the world's 2,000 larges…”
18%
Reinventors strengthen connections across their organizations
“our analysis showing the average number of skills required for jobs posted during 2020-22 increased by 18%”
851
While the QT talent gap has narrowed, there is still a shortage; upskilling graduates in QT-relevant jobs can help.
“The number of job postings outstrips qualified talent by as much as three to one.”
460
Generative AI will have a significant impact across all industry sectors
>55%
Gen AI would typically enable value capture via the Four “Cs” of productivity use cases
~15,000 hours / $100M
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.”
39 p.p.
The 7 largest occupational groups, representing >70% of Norwegian workers, can expect a large productivity uplift from GenAI
738,000+
Rethinking Accenture's enterprise connectivity to achieve an agile, secure and cost-efficient network
“Accenture's enterprise network transformation program envisages phasing out the traditional network and instead taking full advantage of the cloud WAN and using…”
30%
Zuellig Pharma builds a future connected warehouse with an innovative Private 5G Network platform
“AR Vision Picking delivered: 30% improvement in pick productivity; 100% pick accuracy; Drone inventory counting delivered: 95% counting accuracy; 9 times faster…”
49%
Harnessing worker agency
55%
Removing traditional employment distinctions will unlock greater access to required skills
“Removing traditional employment distinctions will unlock greater access to required skills”
265,646
KPMG continues to be committed to building an inclusive culture. We’re working with KPMG firms to set targets that will drive our commitment to advancing IDE across the global organization — and it all starts with measuring and reporting on our progress.
43%
Most deskless workers feel burned out, and 43% are at risk of quitting
75%
Mazda fuels productivity with functional interoperability
“Mazda's export staff can see carrier bookings, invoicing and billing without logging out of software and report 75% higher productivity—from taking four days to…”
$100 million
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.”
4500+
...AND INSTILLING TRUST ACROSS THEIR ENVIRONMENTS
“Delivering end-to-end, comprehensive security that's solid, agile, and scalable”
25%
Increasing asset reliability, boosting profitability and reducing risk through self-optimising operations.
“Companies working with Accenture and SAP in this area have improved maintenance productivity by up to 25% through standardised processes and increased the speed…”
49%
Younger generations of talent bring the most challenges around attrition
“Half of respondents reported that the Great Resignation was most impactful on employees with 4 to 10 years of experience, with another 37% experiencing turnover…”
56%
Post-pandemic back-in-the-office policies are becoming more structured
“As most managers have returned to the office in some fashion for more than a year, more than half of managers believe leadership's target for returning to the o…”
78%
Invest heavily in talent to get more from AI investments
“Nearly half (44%) of Achievers have employees with consistently high AI skills competencies, while Innovators (33%) and Experimenters (30%) have significantly f…”
82%
Culture is often key to success, and the workforce is increasingly optimistic about AI opportunities
“82% of respondents surveyed indicated their employees believe that working with AI technologies will enhance their performance and job satisfaction.”
37%
One-third of deskless workers may leave their jobs within six months
“Ages 18 to 24 are 40% more likely to consider leaving their jobs”
81%
Yet companies struggle to build and sustain a culture of innovation
“81% of companies also told us that their employees collectively lack the behaviors and mindsets needed to build an innovation culture.”
30,000
Travelers leads with innovation "Evangelists" and "Jams"
“A culture of innovation has become part of the company DNA, with teams actively encouraged to collaborate, forge new partnerships, and accelerate new ideas to m…”
48.4%
Closing the gender gap
“More specifically, our leadership group, composed of Partners and Directors, witnessed an increase of 0.9 percent.”
350k+
Markle Foundation: Unlocking experience-based job progression for millions of workers
“As an Alliance partner, McKinsey helped design capabilities that enable participants in the labor market to better collaborate to unlock experience-based hiring…”
70%
Here's how organizations are using the technology lever:
“The bank not only improved efficiencies, but also achieved productivity gains of 50%—and even 70% in the now touchless conformity-check process.”
+25
... but leads to significant shifts between industries
+16k
Small regional effects expected in Germany
“Differences across regions due to specific industry structure”
56%
Funds' current F&L portfolio: average asset size
“56% of respondents have assets with an average turnover which is less than $50m.”
5,000+
A&M: A Global Professional Services Firm
500
Bain & Company the #1 consulting powerhouse in the Nordics
“We are ~500 passionate people operating as one unit across four locations.”
65%
Stakeholders are demanding more of businesses
“83% want the flexibility to be productive anywhere”
57 million
There may be an estimated $57 million vulnerable jobs due to the crisis concentrated in food service, customer service, and production work
“Health professionals and community services saw net gain in jobs (ie, vulnerable jobs were fewer than jobs gained)”
74%
Seventy-four percent of vulnerable jobs pay less than $40,000 a year
39%
More than a third of vulnerable private-sector jobs may be in small firms with fewer than 100 workers
65%
65 percent of CEOs say it is likely that managing climate-related risks will be a key factor in them keeping their job over the next 5 years
“ESG has always been the core of any business we are involved in. On the 'social' side, we feel there is much more that needs to be done in areas such as gender …”
500,000
Our study has uncovered several key economic and employment impacts of Ford and its F-Series production
“13 to 14 US jobs are supported for each direct Ford F-Series employee.”
~500,000
The F-Series supports ~500,000 American jobs, representing ~13–14 jobs for every direct Ford employee
“13–14x total multiple”
~1 million
Ford USA supports ~1 million American jobs, representing ~11–12 jobs for every direct Ford employee
“Ford USA supports ~1 million American jobs, representing ~11–12 jobs for every direct Ford employee.”
55
Today, women are still incredibly scarce at the top, comprising only 2.8 percent of FORTUNE Global 500 CEOs. Just one in five startups has a woman founder.
“In fact, we see no change in leaders' efforts to create a culture of equality.”
10x
The proportion of employees who do not feel included in their organizations (20 percent), i.e. who do not feel they are welcome at work and can contribute fully and thrive, is 10x higher than leaders believe (2 percent).
“88 percent of leaders say their organization offers training/upskilling opportunities, but only 73 percent of employees say the same.”
65%
The construction and building sectors saw improved business confidence in late 2020
“Organisations indicate that the impact of COVID-19 on productivity is less severe in the three months to November compared to earlier in the year.”
32.7%
Employment in the renewable energy sector has been increasing at around 30% between 2015 and 2019
“Employment in renewable energy activities from 2017 was driven by an increase in construction activity for roof-top solar photovoltaic (PV) systems (2,880 addit…”
15,145
Transportation and warehousing is a relatively small sector in DC with low specialization relative to US average
“Transportation and warehousing represents <2% of total DC employment”
10,156
Transit and ground passenger transportation is by far the largest employer within this sector in DC
52.6K
1: DC's most vulnerable jobs are concentrated in sectors with the lowest wages and lowest educational attainment
69K
Across sectors, DC has ~4K small-medium businesses with both higher financial risk and COVID-19 immediate impacts
“These SMBs employ ~69K workers, and their workers earn the lowest average income”
27.1%
E-commerce shows an unstoppable growth and presents big room for improvement.
“E-commerce market in Spain experiences a rapidly expansion. 2018 E-commerce revenues in Spain grew by 27.1% compared to the previous year period.”