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 survey_sentiment
· function benchmark_peers
· clear
Where in the narrative
| analyze_data | 741 |
| establish_context | 157 |
| diagnose | 76 |
| appendix | 72 |
| benchmark_peers | 57 |
| frame_problem | 51 |
| decompose_segments | 23 |
| illustrate_case | 21 |
| recommend | 18 |
| present_framework | 11 |
| quantify_impact | 8 |
| front_matter | 8 |
Number shape
| percent | 967 |
| plain | 290 |
| multiplier | 6 |
| money | 2 |
| other | 1 |
57 examples
41%
Top-quartile companies are 2X more likely to access next generation technologies early via large ecosystems
“Action items: CIOs and CEOs/CSOs must work as equal partners in selecting and leveraging major ecosystems to integrate next-generation technologies.”
44%
Singapore and Japan lead in AI/GenAI upskilling; Brazil and Italy are falling behind
50%
Financial services and tech are leading the pack on workflow redesign
18%
Brazil, India, Spain, and the US are at the forefront of using AI agents
63%
Top front-office use cases for wealth and asset managers
“Where do you expect to prioritize investment across front-office functions? Select all that apply”
62%
Top back-office use cases for wealth and asset managers
50
Most major economies closed out 2023 with sluggish activity momentum, though there was some notable improvement in China and the UK and continued resilience in the US
“Improvement reflected growing business optimism about 2024 demand outlook”
48.0%
Platform adopters are more resilient than non-platform companies
“This is where platform strategies—which link business strategies to real-time insights—shine. They enable business leaders to be bolder in their strategic think…”
9.1
Clients and partners hail providers' high-quality service delivery and account management with well-rounded complementary capabilties
68%
Among sectors, real estate, TMT, and retail show the most urgent need to change
“Real estate: 16% restructuring pressure plus 52% transformation pressure, with an increase of more than 10pp vs. 2023”
1.6x
Financial performance and disability inclusion: The gap between Leaders and other participants has grown
“Leaders earned 1.2x more revenue in 2018. In 2021 Leaders now earn 1.6x more revenue than other participants.”
60%
Europe lags in the share of AI patents (2010-2021/09)
“When it comes to patent activity, a considerably lower share of European companies file AI related patents. This gap widens even further for generative AI, as i…”
68%
Consumers feel financially worse-off, but are spending more; instead, True-Luxury consumers are more confident and project solid spending increase
“60% ...expect to increase household spend in the next 6 months”
33%
Brand temperature check | All brands struggle to reach Net Satisfaction Score above 50 and huge satisfaction gaps exist among peers
“Think about the expectations you had at the beginning of your purchase experience. How much was the actual experience of buying the luxury item in line with you…”
100
Luxury brands have spent decades perfecting the offline experience ... ...yet online ceremonies are lagging behind their in-store counterparts
“Why is my online experience the same whether I'm buying a blue polo or a 10k€ travel bag from my favorite Luxury brand?”
61%
Reinventors continuously invest in their digital core
+30%
Business partners are at the center of delivering reinvention strategies
“Selecting a business partner at the center of the strategy and working with them to select and build solutions and platforms”
33%
Brand temperature check | All brands struggle to reach Net Satisfaction Score above 50 and huge satisfaction gaps exist among peers
“All brands struggle to reach Net Satisfaction Score above 50 and huge satisfaction gaps exist among peers.”
100
Luxury brands have spent decades perfecting the offline experience ... yet online ceremonies are lagging behind their in-store counterparts
“Luxury brands beat retailers hands down in the offline experience, instead, online experiences of retailers are overall comparable & even superior in terms of s…”
46%
The CEOs who feel most highly impacted by supply chain disruptions are taking specific actions to build resilience
“These CEOs, who are ranking supply chain disruptions as their biggest global challenges, are taking outsized actions compared to their global peers”
+30%
Certain industries are leading the charge and taking outsized action to build resilience into their supply chains
“CEOs of the automotive, agriculture, and chemical industries are outperforming other industries in taking measures to improve their supply chains relative to th…”
53%
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
60%
Southeast Asian consumers are concerned about their physical and emotional wellness, even more so than in Europe
88%
Hospitals are expected to prioritize offering new medical technologies or cutting-edge treatments and improving staff safety in the coming years; Malaysia has put more emphasis on operation optimization
“Top 2 priorities”
64%
1. High growth economies can be technology-chaotic
“Companies in Growth Markets are ahead of their global peers when it comes to evaluating the emerging technologies and their future implementation in their organ…”
73%
Public hospitals are focused on improving clinical outcomes and reducing cost; private hospitals prioritize emergency preparedness and operating efficiency
“Top priorities”
57%
Slight increase in French workers feeling burned out, with fewer recommending their employer to family/friends compared to other countries
58%
French deskless worker job satisfaction in line with other nations
8.9%
Firm and industry sector differences in percentage of current marketing budget spent on marketing analytics
“8.9% of marketing budget spent on marketing analytics.”
95%
Failure to lean into new ways of working comes at a significant and measurable cost to businesses
60%
B: Young people have a higher willingness to pay, especially for snacks and ready meals
“Young people were more willing to pay a premium for sustainable products across categories compared to average”
54%
D2: Drugstore vs. supermarket shoppers have a higher willingness to pay for sustainability
“Consumers regularly shopping at drugstores were more willing to pay a premium for sustainable products across categories compared to supermarket shoppers”
70%
Leaders create value for all stakeholders
“For instance, during the pandemic, 70% of the Leaders looked to aggressively increase funding on training to build an agile and collaborative organization as op…”
25%
Embracing a broader value agenda
“Our data suggests that Leapfroggers are making a strong commitment to reach beyond traditional business priorities. For example, they are targeting 2x more busi…”
+36
Leaders show the way forward
“The greatest spending gaps between leaders and other manufacturers are in mobile technologies, open platforms, digital assistants/chatbots and AI.”
50
While plans are always optimistic, most successful transformations manage the risks of running late
35.2%
DESIGN AND PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS ARE INNOVATION PRIORITIES FOR AUTO-OES COMPANIES
“Design is an obvious innovation priority as they focus deeply on product quality and features. Production & Operations is a close second due to the emphasis on …”
32%
Competitors and suppliers are critical partnerships to scale digital PoCs
“Competitors and suppliers are critical partnerships to scale digital PoCs”
100%
CHAMPIONS WANTS TO INVEST IN STRATEGIC DIGITAL ALIGNMENT, DIGITAL ROLES AND MAN-MACHINE COLLABORATION
“This corresponds with their choice of Competitors and suppliers as partners”
87%
In France, Deep Techs Have Less Need for Technical Expertise and Local Resources but More Need for Business Expertise and Talent
“Top 1 FOR 50% OF French startups (vs. 60% at world level)”
45%
French Startups Receive Less Financial Support from Their Ecosystem (Except Public Funding)
“French startups receive less funding from the ecosystem's stakeholders, particularly from VC fund (5% vs. 15%) and Corporate (5% vs. 11%).”
73%
... this is in line with the SDGs in focus in the annual reports and sustainability reports of the largest Danish companies
37%
In Germany, LGBT+ talents less likely to be out at work to all their colleagues
33%
In Germany, Austria and Switzerland LGBT+ talents less likely to be out at work to all their colleagues
36%
Regional entrepreneurs find Lebanon as the top source for creative and marketing talent but lags regional peers on core technical skills
“Multiple response question Base: N = 419”
50%
Investors have a positive outlook even when compared with other Asian markets
150m
>150m adults 25+ in SEA are unbanked, with >100m existing in Vietnam, Philippines, and Indonesia
“~150m adults above age of 25 do not have an account at a bank or another financial institution”
94%
Build a quantitative innovation culture
“Leaders were significantly ahead of Strugglers in proactively pursuing such activities.”
15%
“+5pp”
61%
“Our research shows that European businesses surpass their US counterparts in several key aspects of technology-enabled operations as well.”
53%
79%
“As companies have become more stable in the "next normal," companies have shifted their defensive investments into building marketplace and operational resilien…”
83%
“Many companies are reimagining their governance structures over ESG, creating steering committees composed of executive leadership and making strategic decision…”
62%
25%
“Business Blockers outperform Cyber Risk Takers and The Vulnerable, but lag Cyber Champions across all key measures of cyber resilience.”
53%
“Securing more budget doesn't translate to better cyber resilience.”
17%
“The number of successful breaches experienced by Cyber Champions is 8 percentage points lower than Business Blockers and 36 percentage points lower than Cyber R…”