|
Jul 17, 2019
New limitations on sulphur emissions will require ship operators to consider alternative fuels. As a result, the use of forced boil-off liquefied natural gas is likely to increase.
|
|
Jul 17, 2019
Total's Bernadette Spinoy details how safety was embedded into the organization's DNA.
|
|
Jul 16, 2019
A great transformation office is like a winning coach who pushes and encourages everyone to reach their goals.
|
|
Jul 16, 2019
Perspective on global refining markets and projections to 2035.
|
|
Jul 16, 2019
Fed up with turf wars, silos, and other company dysfunctions? Energize the "brokers" who knit together your organization's formal and informal networks.
|
|
Jul 16, 2019
Process automation at scale is now feasible for most payers. When coupled with other next-generation digital tools, we estimate that it may enable many payers to reduce operational costs by up to 30 percent within five years.
|
|
Jul 16, 2019
McKinsey researchers find a new generation of outperforming nations, from the South China Sea to the Horn of Africa, which are leaving poverty behind, writes Jeongmin Seong in The Mandarin.
|
|
Jul 15, 2019
In-depth research and a new qualitative survey suggest what's shaping the global industrial-robotics space and how OEMs and systems integrators can help unleash the potential.
|
|
Jul 15, 2019
Women will need to make far more significant transitions compared to men and may find it more difficult to capture new opportunities because of the persistent barriers they face, write Anu Madgavkar, Mekala Krishnan, and Kweilin Ellingrud in Harvard Business Review.
|
|
Jul 14, 2019
Asia is on track to top 50 percent of global GDP by 2040 and drive 40 percent of the world's consumption, representing a real shift in the world's center of gravity.
|
|
Jul 12, 2019
To deliver better strategies and outcomes, governments need to tackle social dynamics in the cabinet room.
|
|
Jul 12, 2019
Amid trade tensions and rising protectionism in many countries, we appear to be at a turning point, write Jonathan Woetzel, Joe Ngai, and Jeongmin Seong in World Economic Forum Blog.
|
|
Jul 12, 2019
With the right approach, lean management can reduce your field force's cost, even while improving customer experience. But getting the details right matters.
|
|
Jul 12, 2019
The relationship between China and the world is changing, and a key choice lies ahead: more engagement or less, write Jonathan Woetzel and Nick Leung in China Daily.
|
|
Jul 12, 2019
New research confirms that companies that regularly and systematically pursue moderately sized M&A deliver better shareholder returns than companies that don't.
|
|
Jul 12, 2019
McKinsey leaders provide an overview of the A, B, Cs of pulling together the building blocks of a customer-experience transformation.
|
|
Jul 12, 2019
A disciplined approach to revenue development has been shown to increase potential additional revenues by 50 percent.
|
|
Jul 12, 2019
Before embarking on a transformation journey, a company must have five prerequisites in place.
|
|
Jul 12, 2019
The chemical industry is poised to be an early beneficiary of the vastly expanded modeling and computational capabilities of quantum computing. Companies must act now to capture the benefits.
|
|
Jul 11, 2019
The health of local economies today will affect their ability to adapt and thrive in the automation age.
|
|
Jul 11, 2019
Economic ebbs and flows are called "cycles" for a reason. The challenge for healthcare leaders is not whether the next downturn will occur—it's whether you're ready for it.
|
|
Jul 11, 2019
Homelessness in and around the San Francisco Bay Area continues to rise. Coordinated efforts among governments, nonprofits, and the private sector could stem the crisis and spark progress.
|
|
Jul 10, 2019
By methodically putting equal emphasis on the hard and soft elements of leading change, organizations can more than double their odds of success.
|
|
Jul 10, 2019
Senior partner Andy West discusses the latest trends in M&A in light of several recent high-profile divestitures.
|
|
Jul 10, 2019
New research shows that companies that know how to shift critical resources where and when they're needed share common traits. Rigor is the first one.
|
|
Jul 10, 2019
When 70 percent of transformations fail, a company needs a proven strategy to beat the odds.
|
|
Jul 09, 2019
Creating value from a merger is not easy. Acquirers that get it right start with an overlooked advantage: a healthy organization.
|
|
Jul 09, 2019
The market for automotive software and for electrical and electronic components is expected to grow strongly in the next decade. What must companies know to succeed?
|
|
Jul 09, 2019
As prospects of a longer-term structural recovery remain somewhat dim, challenges grow for oil-field services and equipment.
|
|
Jul 03, 2019
Growth in a dynamic biotechnology industry requires empowering teams, making real-time adjustments, and shifting the mind-set to accelerate toward the end goal.
|
|
Jul 02, 2019
The past several years have seen a significant shift in how dairy CEOs are viewing future opportunities.
|
|
Jul 02, 2019
Marketing is getting new respect from the C-suite as a driver of growth.
|
|
Jul 02, 2019
New York State has set ambitious decarbonization goals. What needs to happen to reach them?
|
|
Jul 01, 2019
The preeminent happiness researcher shares some surprising results on connecting well-being, mental health, and how employers can play a role in improving our lives at work.
|
|
Jul 01, 2019
To emerge from a period of potential consolidation, Asia's banks must reinvent themselves or risk disappearing.
|
|
Jul 01, 2019
The relationship between China and the rest of the world is changing, and a great deal of value could be at stake depending on whether there is more or less engagement. Businesses will need to adjust to the uncertainty ahead.
|
|
Jun 30, 2019
Businesses that can't see where their resources are going are flying blind. To respond to the unexpected, managers need new capabilities that show where they are and how much room they have to maneuver.
|
|
Jun 28, 2019
The key to above-market growth at Aliaxis is a mind-set that keeps the customer first.
|
|
Jun 28, 2019
Statens IT, the Danish government shared-service center for IT, has established a comprehensive government data center. The next step is to embrace the opportunities and challenges of the public cloud.
|
|
Jun 28, 2019
The roles that create the most value in your organization may not be at the top. Getting the right people in these critical seats can turbocharge performance.
|
|
Jun 28, 2019
Here's what you need to know about the North American outlook for gas demand, supply, and price to 2030.
|
|
Jun 28, 2019
To guard against disruption, established companies should launch new businesses that have start-up-like freedom—along with access to advantages that start-ups usually lack.
|
|
Jun 27, 2019
Pace and power go hand in hand for digital leaders, which typically run four times faster and pull critical strategic levers two times harder than other companies do.
|
|
Jun 27, 2019
Technology-driven ecosystems are emerging in the automotive industry. Here's what companies need to know about the new automotive technology stack, the players driving this transformation, and the issues they are grappling with.
|
|
Jun 27, 2019
To work effectively with machines, marketers need to set up guardrails, then let the machines crunch the data and the humans focus on creativity and personalization.
|
|
Jun 27, 2019
Executives' sentiments on the global economy are the lowest in years, amid growing concerns over trade conflicts. Meanwhile, their expectations about conditions at home remain more negative than positive.
|
|
Jun 26, 2019
Rather than the traditional benchmark-based approach, a bottom-up analysis can determine what costs should be for any given warehouse, helping companies prioritize improvements and investments.
|
|
Jun 26, 2019
While the wealth gap has narrowed globally, inequality within advanced economies has increased since the 1980s.
|
|
Jun 26, 2019
CFOs are playing an increasingly pivotal role in driving change in their companies. How should they balance their traditional responsibilities with the new CFO mandate?
|
|
Jun 24, 2019
Even as critics of free trade gain the upper hand, globalization, wholly of its own accord, is transforming in rich countries' favor, write Susan Lund, James Manyika, and Michael Spence in Foreign Affairs.
|
|
Jun 24, 2019
The rise of domain control units (DCUs) will open new opportunities for semiconductor companies.
|
|
Jun 24, 2019
The Internet of Things connects the world in truly exciting ways. Insurance carriers that capture the opportunities of IoT stand to boost revenues and reduce claims expenses.
|
|
Jun 24, 2019
The engineering-and-construction sector is seeing a merger wave. To avoid a wipeout, focus on culture, capabilities, and value capture.
|
|
Jun 21, 2019
Education policy in Norway has been shaped by data more than by doctrine. As a result, education reforms in the country have been supported by various governments across a broad political spectrum for more than a decade.
|
|
Jun 21, 2019
For companies that respond strategically, input-cost increases can be an opportunity to restructure pricing, upgrade sales skills, and improve account management.
|
|
Jun 20, 2019
Research from over 30 countries offers insight into providing digital healthcare, including practical steps for key stakeholders.
|
|
Jun 20, 2019
Is your marketing executive a Unifier, Loner, or Friend? The CMO's rapport with the C-suite is crucial in establishing marketing's role as a growth driver.
|
|
Jun 20, 2019
The director of US Strategic Command's Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications Enterprise Center describes recent efforts to engage the private sector in modernizing the US nuclear deterrent.
|
|
Jun 20, 2019
Best practices are well understood. But are companies following them as closely as their leaders claim?
|
|
Jun 20, 2019
Collaboration among state governments across several tasks will contribute to the timely and cost-effective scaling of the emerging offshore wind industry along the US East Coast.
|
|
Jun 19, 2019
Heavy industry has a lot to gain from the digital revolution. To capture the benefits, companies need the right kind of transformation plan.
|
|
Jun 19, 2019
Legacy structures and operations are keeping companies from taking full advantage of technology.
|
|
Jun 18, 2019
Personalization will be the prime driver of marketing success within five years. Here are the capabilities companies need to develop to stay ahead of the curve.
|
|
Jun 18, 2019
Shifting construction away from traditional sites and into factories could dramatically change the way we build. Will modular construction make a sustainable impact this time around?
|
|
Jun 18, 2019
A small group of winners captures much of the economic profit in the insurance industry. New research quantifies just how far ahead the leaders are—and what other insurers can do to catch up.
|
|
Jun 16, 2019
In this report, we share stories of the things we are doing, beyond our client work, to make a difference in our communities and for our planet.
|
|
Jun 14, 2019
Although end-to-end digital claims management is still a distant vision, much can be gained from digitizing portions of the claims process today.
|
|
Jun 14, 2019
Shifting growth patterns and digitization are reshaping the sector. A strategic response can help machinery and industrial automation companies to keep pace.
|
|
Jun 14, 2019
Business leaders need three capabilities to drive growth: mind-set, curiosity, and a willingness to adapt to the client and the market.
|
|
Jun 13, 2019
Managing modern consumer-goods supply chains is demanding, but measuring supply-chain performance should be simple. It isn't yet— because of an inconsistent approach to the critical OTIF metric.
|
|
Jun 12, 2019
Four core areas of medical-affairs activity combine to maximize patient experiences and outcomes.
|
|
Jun 12, 2019
Data and analytics, combined with a personalized approach to performance management, are helping B2B sales execs inculcate best practices and significantly improve growth.
|
|
Jun 11, 2019
Three members of the telco's top team describe the challenges and rewards of implementing agile rapidly—and the power of a "no plan B" approach to change.
|
|
Jun 11, 2019
Uncertainties surround the future of shared autonomous vehicles. Modeling scenarios for their development and adoption can help companies on the road ahead.
|
|
Jun 10, 2019
The United Kingdom is one of Europe's AI leaders, and now needs to build on its strengths and tackle weaknesses.
|
|
Jun 10, 2019
Profitably serving small and medium-sized enterprises has been a challenge for banks. An ecosystem approach may be the key to tapping this vast market.
|
|
Jun 10, 2019
Millions of women in the United Kingdom may need to transition between occupations and into higher-skilled jobs due to automation but those transitions could be challenging.
|
|
Jun 07, 2019
Marketing has been on the front lines of the digital revolution, but the landscape has become much more complicated, requiring a focus on growth, data, and new modes of creativity.
|
|
Jun 07, 2019
Roche's Frank Duff and Malte Schutz explain how trust, a faster pace, and evolutionary design have transformed their highly technical (and highly regulated) work.
|
|
Jun 07, 2019
Caution is understandable when it comes to blockchain, but there are a number of areas where the technology could create value for retail banks.
|
|
Jun 07, 2019
To see how the healthcare sector stacks up on gender equality, we look at employee experiences, policies, and the effectiveness of industry programs intended to promote diversity and inclusion.
|
|
Jun 06, 2019
A recent survey shows that personalized benefits can help address consumer data-privacy concerns.
|
|
Jun 06, 2019
Dealers, investors, and disruptors can up their games to cater to digitally savvy used-car consumers.
|
|
Jun 06, 2019
AI has the potential to help humans make fairer decisions—but only if we carefully work toward fairness in AI systems as well.
|
|
Jun 05, 2019
Medical-device players are venturing into adjacent value pools through solutions and services. What do they require to capitalize on the opportunity and deliver on their profitable growth aspirations?
|
|
Jun 04, 2019
Concerted and creative new solutions are needed to enable women to seize new opportunities in the automation age; without them, women may fall further behind in the world of work.
|
|
Jun 04, 2019
This 253-year-old auction house is betting on China as a source of growth.
|
|
Jun 04, 2019
Small, independent teams are the lifeblood of agile. Here's how senior executives can help them thrive.
|
|
Jun 04, 2019
The future of the Canadian economy holds opportunities for women but to capture them, women will need to successfully reskill and transition.
|
|
May 31, 2019
At British telco giffgaff, growth comes from a formula for making the best decisions.
|
|
May 31, 2019
Global-strategy adviser Parag Khanna describes what makes Asia's political economy distinctive.
|
|
May 31, 2019
Globalization isn't in retreat, but it has morphed into a very different phenomenon, increasingly powered by trade in services and by intraregional trade.
|
|
May 31, 2019
Smart hospitals make extensive use of innovative technologies to improve care quality and patient experience while reducing costs.
|
|
May 30, 2019
If China and the world were to diminish their engagement with each other, significant value could be lost for both, write Jonathan Woetzel and Jeongmin Seong in Quartz.
|
|
May 30, 2019
Public-private data collaboration holds great promise for solving some of society's toughest challenges, but a holistic data-governance framework is needed to help build trust and address risks.
|
|
May 30, 2019
Our perspective on the global offshore-drilling market offers projections to 2035.
|
|
May 29, 2019
CEO Udit Batra describes what it took to fuse two vibrant R&D organizations, as well as the business value realized from their integration.
|
|
May 29, 2019
Over the course of her eight-year tenure as Colombia's minister of education, Cecilia María Vélez White oversaw a massive overhaul of the country's approach to student enrollment and achievement.
|
|
May 29, 2019
Biopharma in China is poised for change that will transform commercial and operating models, and require a step change in capabilities.
|
|
May 29, 2019
New analysis suggests that companies are missing some growth opportunities.
|
|
Private Label