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 share_penetration
· function benchmark_peers
· clear
Where in the narrative
| analyze_data | 294 |
| establish_context | 58 |
| benchmark_peers | 48 |
| frame_problem | 32 |
| illustrate_case | 26 |
| diagnose | 23 |
| recommend | 17 |
| size_opportunity | 12 |
| decompose_segments | 12 |
| transition | 6 |
| present_framework | 5 |
| quantify_impact | 3 |
Number shape
| percent | 493 |
| plain | 40 |
| multiplier | 5 |
| other | 2 |
| money | 1 |
48 examples
9%
Accenture, Deloitte and IBM stand out as the largest players in the market
“Accenture, Deloitte and IBM stand out as the largest players in the market”
1.4x
Leaders are creating advanced marketing mix models, enabling better cross-channel decision making
“To revolutionize marketing mix models for decision making, leaders are integrating...”
9/10
More high-GHG emitting corporates have set net-zero targets across 6 SEA countries
45%
BANK LENDING CHALLENGES: BANKS HAVE LOST MARKET SHARE TO AFPS
“Non-bank lenders – so called “Alternative Finance Providers” – are gaining rapid market share in the smaller loan segments.”
84%
Commercial clients source advanced payments services from a variety of providers.
“Fintechs and bigtechs may have started out with basic services, but they are rapidly moving up the value stack. Incumbents are facing tougher competition from d…”
54%
Commercial payments incumbents face increasing disruption
“Only 30% of banks have adopted high levels of automation and AI in the commercial payments division, while 43% have adopted cloud and 27% network connectivity t…”
39%
Reinventors capitalize on their investments in the digital core
“13x”
49%
SEA takes the lead in implementing wellness & prevention programs and remote consultation compared to China and India, but lags behind on patient info and data
“SEA takes the lead in implementing wellness & prevention programs and remote consultation compared to China and India, but lags behind on patient info and data”
23%
Insurgent disruptors are also speeding up their conquest for market share across multiple key categories
59%
SEA hospitals have outperformed in the adoption of digital solutions in treatment and post-discharge monitoring compared to China and India, with a rising trend
62%
Canada has a very strong talent base to innovate in climate tech
“Canada has a well-educated workforce – boasting the highest share of adults with a post-secondary degree globally (by a healthy margin of 10% over second-place …”
1.7
Germany has a high proportion of self-reported AI capabilities compared to the OECD average, trailing only the US
“Germany has the 2nd second highest AI skill penetration (1.5) in its workforce, which is only surpassed by the US with a penetration factor of 2.2”
68.5%
Of greater concern, postal players losing the parcel market
“Royal Mail lost 17pps of parcel volume market share between 2016-21 while Swiss Post lost 8pps”
36.8%
Competition is getting fiercer driven by technology, data & CX
“Competition for parcel delivery and logistics will come from those with client relationship, data analytics and deep pockets”
30%
AI Achievers advance from practice to performance
“Pre-pandemic (2019), they already enjoyed 50% greater revenue growth on average, versus their peers. And today, they're 3.5 times more likely than Experimenters…”
81%
The Speedster advantage 1. Strongest technology leverage
“The fastest Industrial companies (Speedsters) achieve their higher time and cost reductions due to a significantly higher technology leverage in all three speed…”
86%
Operations leading practices—High- vs. Low-outcome organizations
“These findings suggest that taking and sustaining these and other similar actions may result in better AI outcomes.”
31%
Nearly all hospitals in China are using or planning to adopt digital tools; pace of digitalization is above APAC developed markets' average
“Nearly all hospitals in China are using or planning to adopt digital tools; pace of digitalization is above APAC developed markets' average.”
27.4%
China is leading in QT patent activity
“China has increased its share of patents in recent years, indicating increased activity in QT; leading organizations are the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Huawei…”
5%
FOR A SAFE REOPENING, THE WHO HAS ADVISED THAT THE SHARE OF DAILY TESTS THAT ARE POSITIVE SHOULD REMAIN AT 5% OR LOWER FOR AT LEAST 14 DAYS
“Among the GCC, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE meet the WHO recommendation for an adequate positivity rate.”
57%
MTA carries the most riders with majority of fare revenue
“Assuming similar percentage declines in ridership across systems, these fare revenue proportions would also represent the portion of total fare losses incurred …”
75%
Ford is the most popular pickup truck across commercial vocations
“Ford is the most popular truck in 75% of vocations”
4
5a: While DC has one of the highest shares of bicycle commuters, it has less bike lanes than many peers
“Washington, DC has the 2nd highest share of bicycle commuters yet is the 15th and 27th city in number of miles of protected and unprotected bike lanes (of 50 la…”
8%
The Automotive – OES industry has a lower percentage of Champions compared to the global average
“The Automotive – OES industry has a lower percentage of Champions compared to the global average”
80%
Adaptable systems learn, improve, and scale by themselves, eliminating the friction that hinders business growth and helping humans make better decisions, much faster.
“More than 80% of Leaders agree that decoupling the entire IT stack is a key step toward adaptable systems, compared to less than 40% of the Laggards.”
100%
Leaders master technology adoption
“Figure 7: Technology Adoption Rates, Leaders and Laggards. Figures here show rates of adoption of specific technologies in aggregate. Leaders also, by and large…”
49%
French companies are lagging behind in leveraging AI
“Of French companies having prior experience with AI initiatives, only 6 of 10 report generally successful outcomes (compared to 9 of 10 in China).”
18%
...but needs to catch up Industrials and Corporate / Investment Banking
“French materials and process industries are particularly strongly behind, lagging the cross-country average by almost half.”
50
Banks penetration metrics show an “overbanking” of the Lebanese population especially when compared to benchmarks
“Over 32 Branches per 100K adults vs. 14 regionally and 21 globally.”
27%
The sector also witnesses a low digital banking penetration with 27% of adults having made a digital transaction vs. 60% benchmarks
33%
However, Lebanon’s modern grocery retail penetration still lags behind global benchmarks
“Lebanon modern grocery retail share of total sales is low compared to developed economies (e.g. UK, France, UAE)”
72%
However, overall revenue opportunity remains from low mobile penetration
“Increasing penetration to benchmark ~115% increases revenue pool”
2%
Public transportation contributes to only 2% of total completed trips
7.5%
Fair share of source markets was determined based on extensive international benchmarking
0.54%
Lebanon has the advantage of having a relatively well-established prefab sector which accounts for a significant share of exports
51%
Marketplace dominates luxury e-commerce, yet social-linked shopping emerging fast
52.2%
Potential: Huge potential is yet to be unlocked despite rapid growth, with Internet penetration lagging behind G20 peers
44
Market structure: Market share of e-commerce and online finance are substantially larger in China than in US
“Market share of e-commerce and online finance are substantially larger in China than in US”
3 years
App preference: many apps adopted much faster in China than in the US
1.5x
Therefore, e-commerce "leapfrogged"; China's e-commerce share of total retail sales was 1.5x the U.S. in 2016
“China outpaced the U.S. for the first time in e-commerce penetration”
65%
When mobile payments were introduced, cash dominated offline transactions in China, while the US had a well-established credit card ecosystem
1%
Though they are late to expand globally, Chinese Internet players have started to explore overseas markets with established domestic leadership
“Chinese Internet giants currently only generate a small proportion of revenue overseas.”
6.7%
With 6.7% of working population as entrepreneurs, Sweden is well below OECD average
82%
50%
31%
“In fact, 13 of 16 industries we studied had at least 15% tech-forward companies across their sample.”
79%
“They not only track it; they act on it.”
20%
“The German respondents show that Agile still has a way to go. Agile concepts are known, but traditional methods are still alive and in every-day business.”