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The New Blueprint for Corporate Performance

View in browser E-Alert May 2023 Most Read The New Blueprint for Corporate Performance The rules for boosting performance and competitive advantage are changing. CEOs urgently need a pragmatic playbook for building the capabilities to win in the future. Read more Automotive Industry Will Connected Cars Be a Boon or Bust for the Automotive Aftermarket? The next generation of vehicles will increasingly be defined by their software. The implications for every player in the auto value chain are enormous. Read more Business Transformation Rewiring the Auto Industry for the Electric, Connected Future Every automaker is preparing for the full transformation to electric, connected cars. Are their operating models, talent pools, ways of working, and corporate culture ready? Read more Are You Prioritizing Your Priorities? Choosing which transformation projects are the most important is surprisingly challenging for many senior executives. Three simple guidelines can help. Read more What Superprojects Teach Us About Corporate Change Lessons from two truly ambitious projects—NASA's Apollo program and Pfizer's Project Lightspeed—show how today's leaders can help their organizational change efforts succeed. Read more Change Your Trajectory There are myriad reasons for companies to transform. But regardless of the impetus for large-scale change, few transformations succeed. Learn how to unlock success. Subscribe Consumer Products Industry Consumer Companies Must Innovate to Drive Impact on Climate To gain the greatest sustainability advantage, they should act now. Three strategies can make a big difference. Read more Corporate Finance and Strategy How to Make Financial Steering Better, Faster, and More Efficient Finance functions can use two related capabilities—dynamic planning and advanced business intelligence—to turbocharge their role as forward-looking strategic advisors. Read more Perspectives on Strategy and Value How can you capture advantage before the competition does—and do it over and over again? Learn how to create sustained value in an uncertain world. Subscribe Customer Insights Building Customer Experience for the Future How can businesses adapt to fast-evolving expectations? Here are the capabilities companies need to thrive. Read more Digital, Technology, and Data The Agile Upside to an Uncertain World Implementing agile ways of working and fractal organization principles can help companies build the resilience to succeed in uncertain times. Read more Five Ways to Prepare for AI Regulation Proposals for regulating AI are picking up speed, yet organizational readiness has yet to gain traction. With a responsible approach, companies can ensure compliance—and create value. Read more People Strategy in the Age of Generative AI Why companies should focus on tasks more than on jobs, how they can train their managers to manage AI, and the importance of ethical thinking and responsible acting. Read more Any Company Can Become a Resilient Data Champion Data champions have outperformed laggard peers across major indicators such as revenue growth, sustainability, lead times, and employee attrition—a performance gap that is expected to widen. Read more What's Missing from Your AI Transformation Is a Transformer Collaborating with AI startups or scale-ups to overcome technology gaps, skills deficits, and obsolescent ways of working can yield immense benefits for incumbent companies. Read more California's Digital Opportunity in Public Services By providing more proactive, integrated, and personalized digital services, the state could boost public satisfaction. Our survey identified six areas ripe for improvement. Read more Generative AI Is Under Growing Scrutiny. Here's What That Means. The discussion about artificial general intelligence is distracting people from the real risks we face today with generative AI. Read more Tech + Us Organizations are barely scratching the surface of AI and tech. Learn how to leverage disruptive technologies responsibly, manage risk, and harness the full potential of tomorrow. Subscribe Education A Turnaround for Higher Ed in the US Many American colleges and universities need to pivot strategically if they are to build a resilient future. We offer the University of Tulsa as a case study in how to succeed. Read more Ten Lessons for Universities to Prepare Students for Long-Term Success Universities should pursue a variety of initiatives to ensure that students have the skills required for lifelong success in the modern labor market. Read more Health Care Industry The Second Opinion That Unlocks Best-in-Class Pharma Launches The Team B approach involves assembling an independent cross-functional team to conduct rapid reviews of launch plans and market conditions for new pharmaceutical products. Read more The Future of Integrated Evidence Planning in Biopharma Biopharma companies can promote the success of product launches by initiating cross-functional collaboration on evidence generation early in the development process. Read more Exact Sciences' Chief Commercial Officer on Colon Cancer Screening CCO Everett Cunningham sits down with BCG's Torben Danger to explain how Exact Sciences is addressing the challenges of spreading colon cancer awareness. Read more Investing in the People of the Public Health System Lessons learned during COVID-19 present an opportunity to improve the US public health system. Expanding practitioners' capacities in decision-making, communication, and working with data is a critical step. Read more For Physicians and Pharma, Hybrid Engagement Is the New Normal BCG's latest survey of physicians and their preferences for patient and pharma company interactions finds a hybrid model of in-person and virtual engagement taking shape. Read more Industrial Goods Crisis on Pause, Europe Still Needs a Green Industry Transformation Europe's energy challenge remains a threat. A green transformation is both a strategic necessity and a massive growth opportunity. Read more International Business Bangladesh's Economy Is Growing, and So Are Its Emerging Champions Bangladesh is emerging as a dynamic, fast-growing market that presents an attractive investment opportunity for global VCs and multinationals. Read more Your Next Move in a Shifting Trade Landscape Global trade has been transformed by Brexit, geopolitical tensions, the pandemic, and other shocks. Here's how North American companies are adapting. Read more People Strategy A Fair Chance for Job Candidates with Criminal Records Americans with criminal records constitute a sizable talent pool. Fair chance hiring is good for companies and society, but employers need to do it right. Read more Principal Investors and Private Equity As Budgets Get Tighter, Cybersecurity Must Get Smarter A survey of CISOs reveals how advanced companies gain cyber maturity and what best practices they use to prepare for emerging threats in economically uncertain times. Read more Public Sector Decarbonizing Mega Projects in the Middle East Almost half of a project's carbon abatement practices can create cost savings or are zero cost—and emerging biogenic construction technologies could solve the most difficult abatement issues. Read more Retail Industry Amid Uncertainty, AI Gives Retailers a Path to Resilience Artificial intelligence can provide optimized solutions to three key retailer concerns: rising cost of goods, declining consumer spending, and supply chain volatility. Read more Social Impact Building an Employment Ecosystem for Ukrainian Refugees Ukrainian refugees are searching for work. Here's how stakeholders can come together to support these and other refugee job candidates. Read more Technology, Media, and Telecommunications Getting Ahead of Disruptions in Chip Supply Chains Uncertainty looks to be the new norm for the semiconductor industry. We outline strategies to help chip customers smooth out this volatility and gain a competitive edge Read more Accelerating the 5G Economy in the US By adding spectrum capacity, fostering innovation, and upgrading its workforce, the US can strengthen its lead in mobile communications—and increase its economic growth by more than $1.4 trillion. Read more Generating Value Despite Tougher Times TMT was hit hard by market volatility in 2022—but AI and other technologies are setting the scene for the next wave of value creation. Read more Tech Is Cooling Off. B2B SaaS Is Not. The B2B software-as-a-service model segment is growing about 10 times faster than any other. Here's a playbook to continue the growth trajectory. Read more Stay connected Discover new insights, ideas, and perspectives that are shaping the future of business and society. Read more Boston Consulting Group 200 Pier Four Boulevard Boston, Massachusetts 02210, USA Manage Communications Privacy Policy Unsubscribe