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%
Filtered by other
· function frame_problem
· clear
Where in the narrative
| analyze_data | 748 |
| establish_context | 270 |
| illustrate_case | 205 |
| diagnose | 153 |
| benchmark_peers | 115 |
| frame_problem | 108 |
| recommend | 98 |
| quantify_impact | 69 |
| size_opportunity | 51 |
| decompose_segments | 32 |
| present_framework | 28 |
| appendix | 27 |
Number shape
| percent | 1032 |
| plain | 727 |
| money | 145 |
| multiplier | 51 |
| other | 10 |
80 examples
showing first 802X
Executive summary | AI-enabled engineering excellence – from hype to 2X capacity
“By boosting the weakest areas, organizations can approach 2x engineering capacity.”
85%
Pain points | AI mostly tackles the “fun” coding tasks, but leaves critical steps as major bottlenecks – demanding innovation and a mindset shift
“Engineers today find joy in writing code, but mental models need to evolve to enjoy the thinking part and let GenAI write the code.”
75%
75% of executives rank AI/GenAI as a top three strategic priority ... but, only 25% of executives are seeing significant value from AI
“75% of executives rank AI/GenAI as a top three strategic priority ... but, only 25% of executives are seeing significant value from AI”
58%
Organizations don't expect high levels of autonomy
“Organizations do not foresee a significant increase in the autonomy of AI agents. As a result, in the next 12 months, we expect AI agents to make 6% of day-to-d…”
2.6 billion
Over 30% of the world still lack access to the Internet, requiring further investments in tower & fiber infrastructure
“Over 30% of the world still lack access to the Internet, requiring further investments in tower & fiber infrastructure”
3.8 million
WHAT'S NEEDED NOW: Workforce transformation to preserve and augment critical knowledge
“A significant majority (70%) of the factory managers that Accenture surveyed consider workforce transformation as the most critical factor for success.”
63%
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.”
$40 trillion
On current trajectory, the sector may be unable to meet demand pertaining to growth, infrastructure, net zero, housing
“~$40 trillion shortfall in construction output by 2040 assuming continued productivity stagnation and sector employment in line with overall workforce growth”
56%
Firms that modernize to meet client needs will win, others will lose
“More investors are considering switching providers over the next 3 years.”
~Single digit
Retail walk-ins plummeting, hampering growth of physical channels
“How to bring traffic back to store again?”
51%
Leaders see significant societal impacts on the horizon.
“51% expect generative AI to increase economic inequality.”
~2.4Gt
SEA has committed to cut emissions by ~32% by 2030 urgent need for accelerated action to shift trajectory
“~32% reduction in emissions is required by 2030 to meet NDC target; more need to start today to deliver a successful outcome with only five years to go”
$117B
Incentives: SEA's fiscal incentives continue to remain limited and incongruent
“SEA continues to incentivize fossil-based energy consumption.”
128
Corporate challenge: More SEA corporates committing to decarbonization; struggling how to deliver
“Unless continuous efforts are made, SBTi validation could be gone/rejected”
68%
The decline of the natural world is undeniable – and the pivot to recovery is urgent
nearly half a trillion dollars
Among companies that improve disability recruitment, hiring and retention, qualitative benefits also accrue:
“Estimates hold that people with disabilities in the US have nearly half a trillion dollars in disposable income (not including their family, friends and advocat…”
31
When it comes to building resiliency, piecemeal solutions are inadequate.
“From this list of 31 capabilities, we suggest that companies prioritize investment in the 11 emerging capabilities most aligned to better resiliency outcomes—th…”
80%
Small reactors. Big opportunities.
“A procurement target of 80% supplied, manufactured, and built-in-New Brunswick.”
2065
In France, women-only teams particularly struggle, while gender-mixed teams seem to cope better
“France appears as #3 country in terms of gender parity at creation, with clear deterioration vs 2021: with new trend, parity in founding teams would only be rea…”
2%
Women are still under-represented in startups; situation deteriorates along their journey
“Overall, in 2022, women-founded startups account for only 10% of startups created, 7% of fundraisings carried out and only 2% of funds raised.”
4.6%
Executive summary: A period of cautious optimism for US cards
“This quarter saw continued pressure on ROA from rising charge-offs, higher expenses and slowing spend growth.”
87%
Businesses are aware that current networks are becoming a bottleneck to enterprise reinvention.
“By 2026, data generation will jump more than 2.5 times to 7.0 Petabytes per second from 2.7 Petabytes per second in 2021.”
21%
Welcome back strategy. You've changed
“21% of companies have advanced their strategy development to integrate technology in a meaningful way.”
50%
...making it harder on healthcare providers to get their financials in order, given the difficult impact of the pandemic
9%
Clinical workforce challenges under pressure, irrespective of projections due to pandemic impact, aging, and disease prevalence
“Clinical workforce shortages in the US will be dire by 2034.”
851
The talent gap for QC jobs could be addressed with upskilling programs.
“There could be big potential for upskilling programs as ~350k people graduate with some QT-relevant knowledge.”
65%
Operational risk: Reacting to fraud
“Usually, the response to fraud is through enhancements of internal controls and governance and through company wide awareness and training as well as extended I…”
62%
Prepare for what's next with better planning
“The FP&A function lacks the agility to provide the business with the insights they need to manage growing uncertainty”
$2T–$4T
Why should leaders pay attention?
“These efforts could unlock transformative new capabilities, with a strong impact on scope and scale.”
94%
Is an increase in AI deployments yielding fewer outcomes?
“94% of business leaders surveyed agree that AI is critical to success over the next five years. Yet as organizations deploy more AI, outcomes appear to be laggi…”
48%
Deskless workers from Generation Z are most likely to leave their jobs
“Deskless workers from Generation Z are most likely to leave their jobs.”
7%
Yet despite growth in ambitions, most companies remain off track
“But even in an accelerated scenario – where the pace of emissions reduction is twice as fast until 2030 and then up to five times as fast until 2050 – two fifth…”
82%
Building and maintaining an innovation culture is crucial but often elusive.
“In our August 2021 global survey of 1,000 C-level executives, 82% said they believe that if they provide the suitable structures to support innovation, then an …”
65%
However, truly helpful content is getting lost in the communications clutter
“While new messages from pharma companies are welcome, healthcare providers are also receiving high volumes of less relevant digital content that is missing the …”
3.7
However, SEA is not on track, and there is a lot of work to do
“SEA's latest NDCs predict a marginal improvement of 0.5–0.6 GtCO2e from previous, which leaves projected emissions levels at >4-5GtCO2e in 2030.”
$60 billion
SEA faces specific challenges for change...
“SEA-specific nuances present multiple challenges”
6x
Yet growing profits have coincided with a ratcheting up of risk
58%
CEOs feel their organizations are struggling to report on and communicate ESG performance in a way that matters to key stakeholders, such as investors.
“When we asked CEOs to identify the one critical challenge that was undermining their ability to communicate ESG performance to key stakeholders, the standout ch…”
+10%
Continue banking on growth in hydrocarbons?
“+10%”
>1 mn
However, tech talent seems to be a bottle neck
“>1 mn Cumulated talent gap for tech professionals by 2030”
35%
There is a huge quality gap in tech education
“35% of tech courses are below minimum level to satisfy market expectations”
27-day
SMBs stand to face disproportionately high levels of adverse impact due to COVID-19
27
Most small businesses hold less than one month of expenses in cash reserves, resulting in a low margin of error in unexpected shocks
“With a median of only 27 cash buffer days, the typical SMB has a low margin of error in the face of economic headwinds and unexpected shocks”
$16.6bn
The COVID-19 pandemic also highlighted supply chain weaknesses that support the Australian health system
“Australia has a heavy reliance on international markets for medical supplies, importing $16.6bn of supplies while producing only $4.9bn domestically.”
49
Social housing is already constrained, with the economic downturn from COVID-19 placing further pressure on demand
“There appears to be a shortage of fit-for-purpose social housing in Australia, particularly in Victoria and NSW, with the pandemic adding further pressure to th…”
~50%
Our study identified several patterns among consumers, which we distilled into five key findings:
“Our research reveals that around half of consumers expect financial providers to offer propositions addressing core needs, and not only traditional financial se…”
60%
THE RESULT: IT'S ALL A MATTER OF MANAGEMENT!
“Companies are scaling more than 60 percent of all digital PoCs, but less than two out of ten companies are doing it successfully.”
€6B
THE SOCIO-POLITICAL SITUATION IN HONG KONG IS SIGNIFICANTLY RESHAPING THE MARKET ACROSS THE ASIAN REGION
“HK luxury landscape will be profoundly reshaped, with physical network strongly re-dimensioned and rules of the game deeply transformed: "local customers" are t…”
10%
Think like the top 10%
“Discover what leaders do differently”
$8-20bn
This study is a first step towards developing a set of comparative global benchmarks, providing improved performance data to the freight sector
“Going forward, the Transport and Infrastructure Council estimates that a ~1% improvement in productivity and cost could generate between ~$8-20bn AUD in savings…”
~738b tkm
There are good statistics on Australia’s freight task by mode, but not by either product / commodity or supply chain archetype
“As identified by the National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy, additional data is a critical enabler to improve the nation's productivity”
95%
Gen Z have a unique set of behaviors and values, and brands should start understanding them better
55%
Moreover, 55% of employers in Lebanon highlight a skill gap between the job requirement and the graduates acquired skills
~75%
Despite the diaspora’s historic contribution to Lebanon, several challenges remain
“High share of unproductive investments (~75% of yearly diaspora inflow goes to real estate and consumption)”
46%
Within Beirut, urban mobility is hindered by high congestion levels in main cities leading up to ~46% extra travel time
“Household car penetration: The number of cars per capita is higher than regional and global benchmarks.”
86%
Landfill portion of waste greatly exceeds global benchmarks; under status-quo landfill size expected to be double the Naameh size today
“86% of produced waste ends up in landfills vs. a Europe average of 45%”
452
Public extension services should address Lebanon’s high use of fertilizers and pesticides, which are harming profitability & safety
“Better (and unbiased) extension services are needed to rationalize chemical use”
50%
Hotel reporting should be automated, possibly through Visit Lebanon initiatives, to eliminate existing data collection issues
440-450M
TRADITIONAL MARKET SEGMENTATION IS LOSING RELEVANCE
357m
Our starting point: Ridership has slipped in bus & rail
600 million
Vaccine-preventable diseases today cause >600 million DALYs and make up ~23% of the burden across all diseases
453
Several existing vaccines still fall short on fully addressing public health needs
1,341
There are several high-burden and high-priority diseases for which we do not yet have vaccines on the market
+27%
Time to market for vaccines is increasing, implying increasing costs and creating potential economic uncertainty
“Vaccine trials are getting longer. This driven both by more advanced technology, and increased Regulatory hurdles”
453
Several existing vaccines still fall short on fully addressing public health needs
85%
Customer anxiety around retirement security is significantly higher in Poland
“Polish are the most worried about retirement security”
440 million
By 2025, the affordable housing gap could affect 440 million households
18
We define the affordability gap as the difference between the annualized market price of a standard unit and the income available for housing
“We define the affordability gap as the difference between the annualized market price of a standard unit and the income available for housing”
680mn
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”
88%
In higher education, while awareness among academic officers high, many professors remain unaware of OER
“Most interviewees were not aware of OER”
2
Commercial and industrial organisations typically seek a rapid payback period of ~2 years, while payback on many EE investments is significantly longer
“Motor potential not captured because: Payback period reflects average across all motors, but smaller motors may have longer payback period; Disruption costs and…”
5.3
The length of the average commercial lease has decreased significantly, reducing the attractiveness of some measures
“The long payback periods of commercial EE investments makes investments less cost effective within the average period of tenancy”
70%
The looming demands on agriculture are colossal ...
36.5
Universal Service Obligation: Customer service network costs are largely fixed
“600 weekly counter customers at the average Post Office, 1/10th of Walgreens”
600
Universal Service Obligation: Processing overhead costs are largely fixed
“Volume declines are rapidly reducing economies of scale.”
150B
2020 projections were then developed by aggregating segments into major mail classes
“A bright spot with projected 1B piece gain (+3% CAGR) – but not offsetting loss in core business”
4.9 years
Disruptions of operations are often impossible to predict, but happen with regularity
“Expected frequency of a disruption (in years) by duration”
76%
“Our view is different: the C-suite must not give up on B2C growth. Leaders can rethink the loyalty equation and invest in the consumer as a lever for stronger r…”
60%
“The biggest issue? Offense is scaling faster than defense.”
34 Mt
“The following key measures could be critical to unlocking this demand and bridging the cost gap with conventional alternatives: (i) effective implementation of …”