Build for the Future
BCG’s research reveals six key success factors and the steps companies need to take to drive innovation, gain competitive advantage, and build for the future.
The future is already here. It’s a new paradigm, powered by technology and harnessed by people. To thrive, you must focus on outcomes that will make a difference. Through the lens of our industry expertise, our digital consulting team identifies and delivers programs with the greatest promise for success.
It has never been clearer that companies need to be able to learn quickly, be more resilient to shocks, and adapt in the face of adversity. There is an accelerated need for companies to build for the future—not simply to make standalone digital improvements, but to intentionally combine human and technological capabilities.
Future-built companies are better able to thrive in the face of change and uncertainty, drive breakthrough innovation, and solve some of the biggest industrial and societal problems of our age. For this reason, building companies of the future is at the heart of BCG’s approach to digital transformation—and, we believe, an important factor in BCG receiving external recognition for our digital consulting services year after year.
BCG’s research reveals six key success factors and the steps companies need to take to drive innovation, gain competitive advantage, and build for the future.
BCG X disrupts the present and creates the future by building new products, services, and businesses in partnership with the world’s largest organizations.
STRATEGY & PURPOSE
A powerful, purpose-driven strategy allows companies to align and inspire teams, launch the right digital initiatives, and build the capabilities, processes, and mindsets necessary to sustain a digital advantage. Using our “articulate, activate, embed” methodology, we help organizations uncover their purpose—and translate that purpose into growth.
FUTURE-BUILT OUTCOMES
Three types of outcomes will shape companies: personalized customer experiences and relationships; operational excellence (in which business processes and operations are heavily augmented by machines and AI); and innovative offerings, services, and business models.
TECHNOLOGY AND DATA ENABLERS
Fast-moving digital leaders are gaining an insurmountable advantage over the competition—powered by cutting-edge technologies and data-driven insights. Our digital consulting team helps clients uncover, incubate, and deliver game-changing digital businesses and products.
HUMAN ENABLERS
The real strength of a company lies in unleashing the power of human creativity. BCG helps companies reset their organization and implement new ways of working to harness that potential at scale, while upskilling and reskilling digital talent to meet demands.
Replace product-centric marketing with an AI-driven, personalized strategy to reach the right customer with the right offer at the right time, no matter the channel.
A global pharmaceutical company launched a transformation to create value at speed and scale—with the goal of generating hundreds of millions of euros in incremental profit.
The new wave of generative AI systems, such as ChatGPT, have the potential to transform entire industries. To be an industry leader in five years, you need a clear and compelling generative AI strategy today.
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