Is your business fit for the future?
Leverage data, insights, and actionable strategies to help your business overcome challenges and gain a competitive edge.
Increase resilience and thrive in the face of disruption.
Boost productivity and deliver efficiencies.
Enhance sustainability and attract talent.
Drawing on research with over 1,000 senior business executives, we've identified the behaviours and strategies that enable companies to grow more rapidly and demonstrate greater resilience compared to their peers.
Discover ways to grow faster, outperform your peers, optimise your operations, and adapt to rapid change in four key areas.
As governments increasingly impose environmental regulations, investing in sustainable practices could make sure your business is compliant and avoid penalties.
Today’s consumers are more environmentally conscious. Businesses that adopt sustainable practices could attract and retain customers who prioritise ethical consumption.
Sustainable practices contribute to long-term operational resilience and could lead to cost savings through energy efficiency and waste reduction.
By implementing energy-efficient practices, your organisations could achieve substantial cost reductions.
A commitment to sustainability builds a positive brand image and could be a powerful competitive differentiator.
Being an energy-efficient organisation makes your business a more desirable place to work.
A well-managed, diversified and flexible supply chain could help minimise any impacts from trade wars by sourcing materials from domestic suppliers or alternative regions.
By establishing relationships with multiple suppliers across different regions, you could reduce disruption risks and ensure continuity of supply.
Companies that effectively manage their supply chains and consistency in their services may gain a competitive edge.
Supply chain management (SCM) software, artificial intelligence (AI), and data analytics could greatly enhance visibility and efficiency, which could lead to reduced costs and enhanced customer satisfaction.
Optimising supply chain operations could lead to significant cost reductions through improved inventory management and logistics.
Strong supply chain partnerships could enhance your negotiation power and improve the quality and reliability of supplies, which is vital for maintaining competitiveness.
Attracting and retaining skilled talent is essential for innovation and competitiveness. Investing in workforce development through training and upskilling programmes could enhance employee capabilities.
A focus on talent fosters a positive workplace culture, reducing turnover and increasing employee satisfaction, which ultimately boosts productivity. It also results in a stable team and significantly reduces the time and money spent on recruitment.
Encourage staff to take the initiative in their development.
Leverage expertise within the organisation.
Foster a culture of collaboration by establishing mentorship programs.
Review and expand employee benefits.
Know the skills your business will need as it grows.
Think carefully about what attracts employees and what makes them stay.
Conduct exit interviews when staff leave and act on the insights gained.
Embracing new technologies could streamline operations, reduce costs, and improve product quality.
Leveraging technology could help you stay competitive among larger firms and emerging start-ups. Adopting cutting-edge tools could also differentiate your offering in the market.
By leveraging the data you already have in the business, you could make better, quicker decisions, as well as secure greater insights into vital issues such as sustainability.
Collect, manage and analyse as much data as possible.
Continuously learn from the data.
Constantly assess the markets in which you operate.
Never make a significant investment without empirical evidence.
Increase your rate of experimentation.
Explore the potential benefits of artificial intelligence for your business.
