Forbes
How 1.2 Million Dogs Are (Hopefully) Reshaping the Future of Work
In her column for Forbes, BCG’s Deborah Lovich considers how pets adopted during the pandemic may contribute to the reshaping of work, noting that “America’s beloved dogs are already a significant factor in what we do and how we think about returning full-time to the office.” Lovich analyzes whether benefits such as dog-friendly offices and pet insurance could become standard in the war for talent.
CNN's Quest Means Business
BCG's CEO Shares His Thoughts on Reopening Offices
In an interview with CNN’s Quest Means Business, BCG CEO Rich Lesser discusses the reopening of the firm’s US offices amid new CDC guidelines. However, it will not be business as usual. Lesser emphasizes that the business community must learn from this “forced experiment” and use it as an opportunity to transform how work gets done.
El País
La escasez de chips entorpece la recuperación económica global
Antonio Varas, Managing Director and Senior Partner de Boston Consulting Group analiza para el El País la crisis que atañe actualmente al sector de semiconductores; Antonio Varas explica los complejos factores que han causado carencias de semiconductores como el incremento de la demanda, la rigidez de la industria y el alto coste de aumentar la producción.
PlantaDoce
La innovación, el motor de éxito de las farmacéuticas
María López, Managing Director and Partner de Boston Consulting Group, destaca en PlantaDoce los importantes avances que las empresas farmacéuticas han realizado en el último año. María analiza los excelentes resultados de las empresas farmacéuticas como consecuencia de la innovación y la colaboración "La innovación ha escalado posiciones en la lista de prioridades de los líderes de las organizaciones. Casi la mitad de las empresas (49%) identifican la innovación como una de las tres principales prioridades de sus directores generales y respaldan su ambición con inversiones. Más del 60% de las empresas tienen previsto aumentar su inversión".
The Straits Times
Singapore fintechs raised $656m in Q1, up 355%
Singapore FinTechs are off to a flying start in 2021, having raised about S$656 million in the first quarter, up 355 per cent from the year before.
The Ken
Cash isn’t king anymore in SE Asia e-commerce, but it’s far from exile
The payments landscape has rapidly shifted from cash towards e-wallet payments, accelerated by the pandemic. However, e-wallet players still largely target the urban banked population, and the needle hasn’t moved much for the unbanked. In an interview with The Ken, BCG’s Aparna Bharadwaj discusses how this is set to change—with more funding pouring into the e-payments sector.
The Wall Street Journal
Bringing Workers Back to the Office, Without Masks
BCG CEO Rich Lesser talks to The Wall Street Journal about the CDC’s new guidelines, which allow vaccinated Americans to, in many cases, forgo masks and social distancing. He says BCG leaders will hold more meetings to determine the pace at which the firm should bring employees back into offices. According to Lesser, the CDC’s guidelines could “prompt more companies to ask employees to disclose whether they have been vaccinated, and it could spur workers to get vaccinated if they believe doing so will help them work without a mask.”
Axios
Bullish Investors Disregard Seemingly Bad News for the Stock Market
Axios covers a recent BCG pulse check survey of investors that gauges their impressions of the current market and their expectations for the future. Despite warning signs, more than half of respondents are bullish on the performance of the S&P 500 over the next three years. However, the survey also reveals a 10% decline in investor optimism in the index’s performance in 2022, compared with 2020. BCG’s Hady Farag explains that “the shrinking bullish contingent reflects the fact that valuations have expanded rapidly and the economic rebound is more priced in.”
Hindustan Times
How to Vaccinate 10 Million People a Day
In his article for Hindustan Times, BCG’s Neeraj Aggarwal writes about setting the ambitious, but achievable, goal of vaccinating 10 million Indians per day. He shares seven steps the Indian government can take to replicate the peak vaccination rates of countries like the United States and the United Kingdom.
Forbes
Coming to Terms with the Future of Work
In her Forbes column, BCG’s Deborah Lovich pushes organizations to “seize this once in a millennium opportunity to transform work.” She explains that a new perspective of hybrid work is emerging—one that can and should adapt to the personal lives of employees. Based on her discussions with more than 250 executives, Lovich outlines four stages organizations go through in the evolution of work.
Business Insider
How a Bionic Workplace Can Build a Resilient Hybrid Model
“When we come back into the world of mixing virtual and physical interaction again, companies really need to think about how they make it the best of both of those experiences,” BCG's Rich Hutchinson tells Business Insider. He and other BCGers argue that a “superhuman enterprise” can be created by combining technology with human adaptability. They outline seven steps for businesses to realize this type of workplace.
Fortune
At These Companies, AI is Already Driving Revenue Growth
In their guest column for Fortune, BCG’s François Candelon and Georgie Stokol write that “as the post-pandemic recovery takes shape, companies will have to tap into the myriad ways in which AI can boost revenues if they are to get ahead of rivals.” According to a recent survey from BCG and MIT of over 2,500 executives, only 10% of companies are generating significant increases in revenue by using AI. Candelon and Stokol outline three guidelines for realizing AI’s full potential: experimenting to refine the algorithm’s performance, creating new revenue streams using AI’s capabilities, and pushing boundaries to optimize revenues.
The Edge Singapore
Beyond Covid-19: The future of talent and business hubs in the digital era
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated to us that it’s possible to work remotely from anywhere in the world. With this as a backdrop, do hubs still matter?
elEconomista
Antonio Varas (BCG): "Las criptomonedas son solo la punta del iceberg en la escasez mundial de chips"
Antonio Varas, Managing Director and Senior Partner de Boston Consulting Group reflexiona para el elEconomista sobre la compleja crisis que atañe actualmente al sector de semiconductores y su mayor enclave de producción; Antonio Varas analiza factores como la evolución de precios del sector, las mayores amenazas de la Industria o la escasez de talento para hacer frente a la demanda.
Les Echos
Nicolas de Bellefonds et Sylvain Duranton : Humaine ou artificielle, combinons les intelligences !
Opposer dans l'entreprise l'intelligence artificielle à l'intelligence humaine est une erreur, écrivent Nicolas de Bellefonds et Sylvain Duranton de BCG Gamma. Il faut au contraire les articuler pour obtenir le meilleur résultat possible.