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 diagnose
· 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 |
23 examples
80%
Industry sentiment | AI in engineering – widespread adoption, shallow impact
“GenAI code generation tool is increasingly becoming "table stakes".”
56%
Budget and talent are key roadblocks to deploying AI efforts for cyber
36%
At least five hours of instruction, in-person sessions, and coaching are key components of effective training
“These three components also significantly boost employees' confidence in AI and improve the quality of AI-enabled work outputs”
57%
Non-bank financial institutions hold nearly 60% of the private sector's total global financial assets.
“The share of US non-bank mortgage origination has ballooned from 9% in 2010 to 62% in 2022.”
72%
Figure 3. Incumbents are struggling to compete.
“Most (72%) payments incumbents agreed that it is hard to compete with fintechs and bigtechs in merchant services, payment cards and cash management—areas where …”
56%
Weak fraud prevention, lack of value-added services, and difficulty adding new payment methods are the most significant causes of client dissatisfaction
“Commercial payments clients said weak fraud prevention, the lack of value-added services and the difficulty of adding new payment methods are the most significa…”
23%
Figure 1. Lack of efficiency and helpfulness make healthcare experiences negative
“Of those who had negative experiences, 41% were stressed/upset, 31% were less likely to seek medical care the next time they needed it, 29% switched providers/t…”
30-40%
Wasted end-of-life value is the largest waste pool, drivers pressure the industry for better waste handling and energy efficiency
“Wasted end-of-life value is the largest inefficiency in the construction industry, and the price for reused and refurbished material is high, making it difficul…”
75%
Other than increased sales and customers, convenience and safety are the top reasons behind digital payment adoption
“75% of digital merchants believe that it is more convenient to process digital payments”
45%
Culture Makers make the difference.
“In fact, they report their sales are 2.2x higher and their profits are 3.2x higher.”
42%
Our research examines the root causes of why culture is low on the list and reveals the hurdles to progress:
“We asked leaders who do not have targets in place around building a more inclusive environment—but who think they should have them—what is limiting their organi…”
50%
4a: Swathes of low income districts are under-served by high-frequency transit
30%
Too many diverse Canadians face obstacles at work
“Disabled Canadians are nearly 1.5x more likely to perceive obstacles than non-disabled colleagues and 1.5x more likely to have experienced discrimination at wor…”
40%
Leadership commitment at all levels matters
“More than 40% of diverse employees questioned whether their organization fully backed the D&I values their senior leaders espoused because of inconsistent messa…”
41%
Driving innovation within functional silos hinders AI activity
“Working in functional silos on AI (e.g., AI projects only driven by IT) significantly reduces the chances of becoming an active Player.”
-15.0% p.a.
Drivers of decline in exports include declining demand (KSA, UAE) and declining market share of Lebanese goods (Egypt, Jordan)
17% lower
“Summary of Europe's tech deficit measured along 5 dimensions”
~40%
“Inefficient processes (71% of resp.) and outdated systems (43% of resp.) are the top 2 challenges faced by P&C underwriters”
71%
“Q2: What are the main challenges within your underwriting function that impact your ability to achieve your business objectives? Please select top 3”
63%
“Moreover, anecdotal evidence suggests that quality of local products lags behind imports.”
1%
“So far, non-banking financial services have stayed as the “humble siblings” of banking with clear room to further grow and develop in order to reduce public sec…”
35%
“However, even with low interest housing loans ~66% of households cannot afford owning property across most regions.”
81%
“Number of customers has been consistently growing in recent years to achieve penetration rates of 21% and 81% in fixed broadband and mobile respectively”