Business Insider
How to Build a Successful Hybrid Workplace
In conversation with Business Insider, BCG’s Kristi Woolsey shares her advice on creating an effective and viable hybrid work environment. To unlock future digital potential, she encourages companies to identify internal teams that are thriving in hybrid models and then replicate their tactics throughout the organization.
Financial Times
What Institutional Investors Think About Going Green
In the Financial Times, BCG’s Rebecca Fitz talks about the extent to which investors are modeling climate risk into valuations, noting that “it’s a potential headwind for [stock] performance.” Based on the key findings of a BCG survey, the data shows that investors want oil and gas companies to plan for the clean energy transition, but Wall Street has yet to figure out how to factor companies’ emissions into equity valuations.
CNBC
BCG Ranks Among Top 10 Best Places to Work in 2022
CNBC reports that BCG was ranked #6 among US companies on Glassdoor’s “Best Places to Work in 2022” list. The job site’s annual ranking is based on millions of voluntary and anonymous employee reviews. According to Glassdoor’s CEO Christian Sutherland-Wong, three factors distinguish the top 10 workplaces from the rest: “having a clear mission; strong, transparent senior leadership; and investing in employees’ career development.”
Forbes
Are You and Your Leadership Team Ready to Redefine Work in 2022?
In her column for Forbes, BCG’s Deborah Lovich poses nine questions to help CEOs determine whether they are ready to transform work in the post-pandemic era. She urges leaders to leverage what they have learned about new ways of working, vaccine mandates, and the “Great Resignation”—or risk being left behind in the increasingly competitive talent race.
Bloomberg TV
Biggest Risks Facing CEOs in 2022
Rich Lesser, BCG’s Global Chair, joins Bloomberg’s Balance of Power to share his perspective on what CEOs can look forward to in 2022. Despite a host of near-term pressures, he says that there are also many reasons for optimism—including opportunities for business growth, wage growth, and action on climate.
Australian Financial Review
Why Successful Digital Transformations Are So Rare
BCG’s Patrick Forth speaks to the Australian Financial Review about how big tech projects drive competitive advantage—and why so few companies are getting it right. According to a BCG survey of more than 850 companies worldwide, only 35% achieve their digital transformation objectives. Forth asserts that “there’s a huge temptation to declare success and move on without having achieved success.”
CNN
Omicron Delays Return-to-Office Plans
With the Omicron variant forcing more companies to rethink their 2022 reopening plans, BCG’s Deborah Lovich talks to CNN about building more flexible, productive, and engaging ways of working. “A key challenge of 2022 is, how do we deliver a better future of work that has flexibility, accountability, trust, fulfillment, and purpose for people who are tied to a location,” she says.
Cheddar News
BCG’s Sharon Marcil on Empowering Women in Business
BCG’s Sharon Marcil joins Cheddar News to discuss her new role as the firm’s regional chair for North America. Marcil says her primary objective is to create an environment where all employees have equal opportunity, and she explains that, as a former leader of the Women@BCG affinity group, she helped close BCG’s retention gap by creating more flexible career paths. She also looks back at her own journey at BCG and shares her advice for career advancement.
Fortune
Leveraging the Power and Pace of Climate Innovation
BCG’s CEO Christoph Schweizer writes in Fortune that climate innovation will disrupt business models in the coming decades, and that early movers face exciting opportunities that will set them up for advantages in the years ahead. Schweizer explains that one issue holding leaders back is inaccurate projections about speed and cost. He argues, however, that these concerns are often short sighted, and that sustainability is crucial for businesses to remain competitive.
The Economist
More Chargers Are Needed to Maintain EV Demand
BCG’s Aakash Arora tells The Economist that the complexity of the electric vehicle (EV) charging industry has slowed the rollout of public charging points. It’s a problem that could limit the growth potential of the EV market if sufficient investments in charging infrastructure are not made. A BCG report estimates that by 2030 there will be 6.5 million EV charging points between Europe, China, and the US; however, far more will be needed to meet the rising demand for public charging.
China Daily
China Prepares for a Net-Zero Transition
In China Daily, BCG’s Baiping Chen and Yvonne Zhou discuss ways for China to achieve its emissions reduction goals. Chen and Zhou explain that companies should use quantitative methodologies when assessing climate-related risks, as outlined in BCG’s book, “China’s Pathway to Net Zero.” Industries will need to employ advanced technologies and prepare for increased cost of exports while governments promote unified standards and implement market-oriented methods.
Forbes
Head, Heart and Hammer? When Data and Words Are Not Enough
In her column for Forbes, BCG’s Deborah Lovich writes that, while the traditional methods of incorporating analytics and persuasion to effect change are often effective, leaders must also be prepared to follow through with deliberate consequences when appeals to the head and heart aren’t enough—by applying “the hammer” to those who repeatedly disregard rules and company values.
City AM
London Is the Top Destination for Tech Talent
BCG’s Orsolya Kovács-Ondrejkovic tells City AM that the digital talent market has overheated in the wake of the pandemic, which left the digital workforce relatively unscathed. A recent BCG survey suggests that a wave of resignations is impending, with nearly 40% percent of digital workers actively job hunting. Kovács-Ondrejkovic says that salaries for digital workers across industries are increasing drastically, and many companies are struggling to compete. However, the right workplace culture and values are still among the top priorities for tech workers, she says.
Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe
Going Net Zero Might Be Less Costly Than Expected
BCG’s Jens Burchardt joins the Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe podcast to discuss how to cut Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions by more than half in industries such as food, fast-moving consumer goods, and automotive without additional costs. Burchardt explains that, for many industries, first-mover disadvantage doesn’t hold when looking at decarbonization costs. He also talks about the much larger problem of upstream emissions, arguing that while addressing them can be expensive, the cost impact for the end consumer is quite low.
The Sydney Morning Herald
Consumers to Spend More on Experiences Post COVID-19
BCG’s Monica Wegner tells The Sydney Morning Herald that there will be a radical shift in consumer behavior after COVID-19 as Australian consumers invest more in travel and well-being. Respondents to a BCG survey have cut back on spending and expressed a shift away from luxury goods and instead toward experiences like travel, day spas, and cinemas.
