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Digital transformation is no longer a choice; it's an imperative for companies in all industries. BCG's Digital Acceleration Index helps you meet that imperative—faster than your competitors can.

Michael Grebe is a member of the Technology Advantage practice and the Technology Advantage Operating Committee at Boston Consulting Group. He has deep experience in IT and digital across industries including transforming IT functions into World Class Technology Functions and in assessing the digital maturity of companies using BCG‘s Digital Acceleration Index.

Before joining the firm, Michael trained as a banker, worked as a software developer with an engineering company, completed internships with DG Bank, Frankfurt and Deutsche Bank, London, and conducted several benchmark projects with IBM, Mainz.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

  • PhD, information technology and statistics, University of Regensburg
  • Master’s degree, information technology, University of Mannheim

Publications and Videos

The Dawn of a New Era for the Tech Function | Rectangle

The Dawn of a New Era for the Tech Function

The tech team can emerge from the shadows and become an engine of value creation rather than a cost center.
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.
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Are Digital Natives Losing Sight of the Digital Basics?

Many of the original architects of digital disruption are slowing down, squeezed between a new class of digital incumbents that are gaining traction and a younger crop of speedy digital innovators. To get back on track, they need a renewed focus on the factors that drove their initial success.
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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The End of IT as We Know It

Bold transformation is only possible if technology and business create a joint vision for a technology transformation—and then collaborate to make sure all efforts are completely aligned.
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The Corporate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Metaverse

Forward-looking companies may want to experiment with the new technologies at work.
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The Keys to Scaling Digital Value

Improving digital proficiency requires the right enablers.
The Leaders’ Path to Digital Value

The Leaders’ Path to Digital Value

Bionic companies use four accelerators to translate strategy into superior outcomes—and market dominance.
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The Leaders’ Path to Digital Value: The Infographic

The world’s most digitally mature companies use four digital accelerators to drive gains in areas such as operational efficiency, enterprise value, and top-line growth.
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The Moment of Truth in Every Digital Journey

Digital journeys often stall before generating significant value. But leading companies use five bionic boosters to maintain their transformation’s momentum.
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Systems Thinking Powers Bionic Success

Why do digital natives grow into the world’s most valuable companies seemingly overnight while the world’s largest legacy companies achieve only incremental digital progress?
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How Digital Divides Health Care Providers

Champions that want to keep their advantage—and laggards that want to make up some ground—can take three no-regret moves to create value for patients, shareholders, and society as a whole.
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