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Karalee Close is the global leader of Boston Consulting Group's Technology Advantage practice and a core member of DigitalBCG’s Global Senior Management team. She is an active sponsor of the firm’s Women@BCG and Women in Technology initiatives.

Karalee’s client work focuses on digital and technology-enabled transformations in health care and other industry sectors, including consumer products, media and entertainment, oil and gas, retail, technology, and telecommunications. In the public sector, she focuses on digital strategy, data-driven transformation, operating model development, capability building, cost reduction, risk and portfolio management, and IT governance.

Prior to joining BCG, Karalee held senior management positions in Canadian hospitals.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

  • MBA, with distinction, University of Toronto
  • BSc, with distinction, health informatics, University of Victoria

HONORS AND AWARDS

Publications and Videos

Scaling AI Pays Off, No Matter the Investment | Rectangle

Scaling AI Pays Off, No Matter the Investment

BCG’s latest digital research shows that companies that apply three lessons to scaling AI use cases get a big boost in results from even small investments.
Show Me the Digital Value

Show Me the Digital Value

When large companies overinvest in digital capabilities, they dramatically widen the value gap with their more cautious peers, generating an average of 30% more EBIT over three years. What are these outperformers doing right?
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Why Your Agile Coaching Isn’t Working—and How to Fix It

At many organizations, problems scaling agile can be traced to problems scaling agile coaching.

The Keys to Scaling Digital Value

BCG experts Hrishi Hrishikesh and Karalee Close discuss the keys for scaling digital ability and solutions to create value for all types of transformation.

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The Keys to Scaling Digital Value

Improving digital proficiency requires the right enablers.
How Tech Offers a Faster Path to Sustainability

How Tech Offers a Faster Path to Sustainability

Twentieth-century technology got us into the climate change conundrum. Can 21st-century data and digital technology help us get out of it?

Episode Ten: Set Your Data Free

Featuring Karalee Close

A modular and modern approach to data allow organizations to thrive amid uncertainty.

What Is the Opportunity Ahead for Shifting Work?

BCG’s Allison Bailey, Debbie Lovich, and Karalee Close shared their thoughts on the future of work at a recent Bloomberg Live event. They explained why leaders should take advantage of the current clean-sheet opportunity to broadly, intentionally, and boldly rethink what work is and how we do it.

What Is Our Advice for Clients About Shifting Work?

BCG’s Allison Bailey, Debbie Lovich, and Karalee Close shared their thoughts on the future of work at a recent Bloomberg Live event. They explained why leaders should take advantage of the current clean-sheet opportunity to broadly, intentionally, and boldly rethink what work is and how we do it.

What’s the Value at Stake for Businesses in Shifting Work?

BCG’s Allison Bailey, Debbie Lovich, and Karalee Close shared their thoughts on the future of work at a recent Bloomberg Live event. They explained why leaders should take advantage of the current clean-sheet opportunity to broadly, intentionally, and boldly rethink what work is and how we do it.

How Have Employee Expectations About Work Changed?

BCG’s Allison Bailey, Debbie Lovich, and Karalee Close shared their thoughts on the future of work at a recent Bloomberg Live event. They explained why leaders should take advantage of the current clean-sheet opportunity to broadly, intentionally, and boldly rethink what work is and how we do it.

How Should We Rethink Work?

BCG’s Karalee Close, Allison Bailey, and Debbie Lovich shared their thoughts on the future of work at a recent Bloomberg Live event. They explained why leaders should take advantage of the current clean-sheet opportunity to broadly, intentionally, and boldly rethink what work is and how we do it.

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