Sky TG24
Coronavirus e smart working
BCG ha reagito all'emergenza del Coronavirus sul territorio italiano, implementando le modalità di smart working per tutti i BCGer degli uffici di Milano e di Roma. Guarda il servizio completo di Sky TG24.
Sky TG24
Coronavirus e smart working
BCG ha reagito all'emergenza del Coronavirus sul territorio italiano, implementando le modalità di smart working per tutti i BCGer degli uffici di Milano e di Roma. Guarda il servizio completo di Sky TG24.
HBR.org
Lead Your Business through the Coronavirus Crisis
In their featured article for hbr.org, BCG’s Martin Reeves, Nikolaus Lang, and Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak outline 12 lessons for business leaders navigating coronavirus. These lessons focus on how to respond to and communicate unfolding events, as well as how to extract and apply learnings. By staying informed, being resilient, and practicing balanced communication, businesses can grow and succeed in a time of crisis.
TGR Lombardia - RAI 3
Milano, boom dello smart working
In un'intervista dedicata allo smart working, emerge come BCG sta utilizzando questo strumento mantenendo invariati i livelli di produttività durante l'emergenza sanitaria che ha colpito la regione Lombardia. Guarda il servizio completo del TGR Lombardia.
Tages Anzeiger
Luxusmarken rechnen mit Gewinneinbussen von 15 Prozent
In an exclusive BCG only article, economic journalist Jon Mettler writes about the impact of Covid-19 on the luxury industry. The article is based on BCG’s “Coronavirus outbreak impact assessment on luxury industry".
Il Sole 24 Ore
Così lo smart working assicura l'operatività
Che l'emergenza Coronavirus sia capitata a Milano e alla Lombardia è drammatico. Ma Milano e la Lombardia hanno dimostrato di essere pronte a reagire subito. BCG è tra le aziende che in queste settimane hanno dato la possibilità di lavorare in smart working con orari molto più flessibili, ma conservando la piena operatività. Leggi l'articolo completo pubblicato sul Sole 24 Ore.
Forbes
People, Performance & Purpose at PepsiCo and Beyond
In his guest column for Forbes, BCG’s Grant Freeland talks to former chairman and CEO of PepsiCo and BCG alumna, Indra Nooyi, about her passions and career highlights. Freeland analyzes PepsiCo’s strategy during the Great Recession, as well as Nooyi’s other accomplishments at the company. He remembers another interview he did with her ten years ago and admires how she was an innovator in topics that are just now becoming relevant in business. Nooyi tells him “the trick is not doing what everyone else is doing, but doing it before it becomes fashionable.”
Economic Times
How 5G Technology Is Critical to India's Digital Dream
In their guest column for the Economic Times, BCG’s Sanjay Kapoor and Ayon Banerjee explain how launching 5G in India could end the country’s late adoption of new technologies. They outline four foundational blocks that India needs to make 5G a reality: spectrum availability, technology, economics, and policy. The authors emphasize that skipping the “transformation shift” to 5G is “not a choice India can afford.”
Financial Times
‘Net Zero Company’ Emissions Plans Must Appeal to Shareholders
In their guest column for the Financial Times, BCG’s Alan Thomson and Rebecca Fitz outline the implications of oil and gas companies looking to achieve net zero emissions. They discuss what these plans may mean for shareholders and how such plans could lead to exceeding critical carbon emissions, instead of limiting them. They urge oil and gas companies to break the cycle that the “investor confidence deficit” has created and instead shift their dollars towards “long-term, paradigm-changing investments.”
The Edge Markets
Can Malaysia Navigate the River of Digital Change This Decade?
In his guest column for The Edge Markets, BCG’s Sagar Goel discusses digital disruption and transformation in the 2020s. He references a BCG survey and report to describe the relationship between the changing market and the need to build new skills to ensure a competitive advantage for Malaysian society and business. Goel emphasizes that “whether organizations are ready or not, the time of digital transformation is now.”
The Edge Malaysia
Can Malaysia navigate the river of digital change this decade?
Digital transformation should ultimately offer new ways of working and unlock fresh opportunities for businesses. But the process of transformation itself is tripping up many companies. BCG analysis shows that 70% of publicly announced digital transformations failed to achieve a company’s stated ambitions, timelines, or both. In his guest column for The Edge Malaysia, BCG’s Sagar Goel cautions that businesses need to embrace fundamental organizational change—central to which is building a lifelong learning mindset and supporting the workforce to be skills-ready and skills-relevant.
The Business Times
The kindest cut?: How to better manage a retrenchment exercise
BCG’s Kong Ming Teck weighed in on the topic by sharing what we do as a consulting firm, when it comes to helping businesses, which have to undertake this difficult task. “(We) help the company design the process leading up to the notification,” he said. Noting that not everyone involved in this complex operation might know how to best handle the situation, he added that “we have to make sure they (referring to the managers) are skilled enough to have difficult conversations in an appropriate way and to be ready for what to expect”.
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Auch das Hochkostenland Schweiz hat seine Trümpfe
The Neue Zürcher Zeitung writes about how Switzerland, even as a high-cost country, still has its advantages when it comes to manufacturing. The article is based on BCG’s latest "Cost-Competitiveness-Index" and an interview with Zurich based partner Damon Bland.
Financial Express
How Indian IT can Win 2020s: Bring Problem-Solving to the Fore and Create Heterogeneous Talent
In their guest column for Financial Express, BCG’s Vikash Jain and Aditya Shangloo discuss the expected growth of the IT-BPO industry in India. The authors emphasize that “all businesses will become technology businesses” and address the implications of this shift. They conclude the article by outlining five key themes on how the Indian IT industry can win in the 2020s.
Forbes
Older Workers Deserve Your Company’s Love Too
In his guest column for Forbes, BCG’s Grant Freeland discusses why it is important for companies to recruit and keep older employees. He explains how companies can leverage the unique skills of those over 50 and outlines the incentives that companies can offer employees to stay past the average retiring age. Freeland reminds companies that most employees “in their later years, want to be respected."
Knowledge@Wharton
Mindfulness Can Help Unlock Your Company’s Collective Intelligence
In their featured article for Knowledge@Wharton, BCG’s Christian Greiser and Jan-Philipp Martini explain how individual employees can practice mindfulness to grow collective intelligence. They discuss a BCG and Awaris study that found 31 teams that participated in a 10-week mindfulness program displayed an average increase of 13% in collective intelligence. The findings of the study are further highlighted in a separate article authored by Greiser for Gulf News. Both articles provide three steps companies can take to foster collective intelligence: provide mindfulness training, anchor mindfulness in teams, and establish metrics and track behavior changes.