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
Number shape
| percent | 122 |
| plain | 43 |
| multiplier | 33 |
| money | 20 |
20 examples
64
An uneasy pause
“The standout trend in Q3 was a marked decline in consumer confidence.”
4% to 7%
Private markets continue to create value through sustainability initiatives
“On average, EDCI member GPs observe EBITDA increases of 4% to 7% from sustainability-linked initiatives over the lifetime of an investment.”
3x
Companies that scale strategic bets are usually delighted with their financial performance as well. For instance, compared to competitors that have not done so, companies that have scaled at least one strategic bet are nearly three times more likely to have their return on investment (ROI) from gen AI surpass their forecasts.
“Companies that scale strategic bets are usually delighted with their financial performance as well.”
2.1 percentage points
"Platform businesses" combine business and technological capabilities to reimagine customer, supplier and industry peer experiences and pursue new growth opportunities at speed.
“The 152 platform adopters in our analysis generated, on average, 2.1 percentage points higher margins in the 2019 to 2022 period, compared with non-platform com…”
8%
SME POTENTIAL: INCREASING ACCESS TO DEBT FOR SMES MAY BE A VIABLE STRATEGY TO STIMULATE GROWTH, FOSTER INNOVATION, AND HELP ACHIEVE FULL POTENTIAL
“Additional debt could help with increasing access to capital for capital-constrained Dutch SMEs and may unlock further growth.”
30%
The diversity dividend
“Although diverse founding teams often struggle to secure funding, they have been found to generate more value than homogenous teams.”
2.8x
Driving employee engagement and productivity through data-enabled, flexible operating models.
“An Accenture study which segmented companies into four levels of digital operational maturity found that the most advanced—the 'future-ready' organisations—enjo…”
$1 trillion
Why should leaders pay attention?
“Cloud has already effected change across industries and will remain an important tech disruption”
100%
Private hospitals have recovered quicker than public hospitals from the impacts of COVID-19; general economic growth and cost reductions are expected to underpin future profitability
“100% of large private hospitals expect future positive EBITDA margins.”
80%-90%
Hospitals have been showing resilience with a positive trend towards full recovery; for most hospitals, elective surgeries are back to pre-pandemic levels with a strong outlook for 2022
“Hospitals have been showing resilience, with 80%-90% of hospitals achieving a balanced budget or positive EBITDA margin, thus indicating recovery from COVID-19 …”
2.8X
If the last 18 months have taught us anything, it's that change is happening faster than ever.
“These leaders realized a 2.8X boost in profitability and 1.7X higher efficiency than those at lower operations maturity levels. However, 66% risked failing to a…”
64
“The impact of policy change and uncertainty – alongside geopolitical tensions – continues to dominate profit warnings.”
185
“For businesses, the message is clear: success will depend on agility, scenario planning and execution. Faster growth is possible – but so is renewed disruption.”
240
240
“Faster growth is possible if the outlook clears and businesses regain confidence – but so is renewed disruption. For companies, the message is clear: agility an…”
80%
“80% believe that banks that embrace AI will develop a competitive edge over those who do not.”
15%
“Dynamic pricing has always been possible, but it has mostly depended on intuition. In the future, banks will price their services with a greater understanding o…”
18%
75-85%
10%
“Pricing is the language of business.”