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The CEO agenda is a formidable one: generating profitable growth, managing costs, navigating geopolitics, harnessing AI, empowering talent, and advancing sustainability. Our insights help CEOs make sense of the world, solve business challenges, and excel at shaping their companies, their industries, and the world at large.
Trending with CEOs
Based on our work with companies across the globe and thousands of CEO conversations, we’ve gained significant CEO insights to create a powerful CEO agenda that keeps you ahead of the curve. This is what’s trending right now with your peers.
CEO Data Point
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September 24, 2025
Cost overruns, delays, and high failure rates are often seen as the price of innovation. But a co-ambidexterous approach can help companies innovate smarter and faster.
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September 16, 2025
How one CEO’s transformation formula unlocked value and impact beyond his organization’s boldest expectations.
Video
In the latest CEO Moments of Truth episode, SAP CEO Christian Klein joins Christoph Schweizer to share how, despite market pushback, he boldly transformed SAP's business model to better serve its customers in a digital future.
Leadership Insights That Endure
Essential lessons on leadership, AI, and keeping organizations nimble. Leadership Insights That Endure includes highlights from five years of BCG's Weekly Brief, covering some of the most challenging and sensitive issues facing CEOs.
Hear from Fellow CEOs
No one understands the unique challenges CEOs face quite like other chief executives. Explore CEO conversations to learn how your peers shape their CEO agenda, achieve breakthroughs, manage their time, and find greater purpose professionally and personally.
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August 1, 2025
How to Thrive in a VUCA World
Jan-Maarten de Vries, President of Fleet Management Solutions at Bridgestone, describes how robust scenario planning and an outside-in approach to strategic development can help CEOs navigate the challenges ahead.
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July 22, 2025
Make Cost Discipline a Cultural Priority
Roland Rott, CEO of GE Healthcare, explores the transformative potential of AI, while also encouraging leaders to build a culture that prioritizes sustainable cost management
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July 11, 2025
Finding Advantages in Adversity
Caroline Farberger, former CEO of ICA Insurance, explains how CEOs can protect their margins and excel in uncertain times by embracing digitalization, building resilience into business models, and focusing on areas of competitive advantage.
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June 27, 2025
Complexity Brings Opportunity
Barbara Martin Coppola, former CEO of Decathlon, shares her views on how CEOs can help their companies excel in uncertain times by taking bold moves to create value and seize emerging opportunities.
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June 17, 2025
CEO Piyush Gupta on Making an Impact That Endures
After 15 years as CEO of DBS, Piyush Gupta reflects on his leadership journey, pushing the boundaries of innovation, and the importance of building a strong corporate culture.
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May 27, 2025
The Power of Authentic Leadership
Gopal Vittal, vice chairman and managing director of Bharti Airtel, reflects on the company's remarkable journey under his leadership—from a $20 billion company to a $120 billion telecommunications giant.
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February 13, 2025
COWI's Jens Højgaard Christoffersen on Embracing Transformation
The group CEO of this 94-year-old engineering firm shares his advice for successfully transforming a business while retaining its beloved culture.
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December 16, 2024
Pret A Manger CEO Pano Christou on Growth and Resilience
As Pret evolves, and AI makes its impact on the industry, CEO Pano Christou discusses his business strategy and what he's focused on for the future.
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December 13, 2024
Aptiv's CEO on Nurturing Talent and Innovation
Kevin P. Clark explains how Aptiv attracts and retains great talent—and shares the one thing CEOs aren’t talking about enough today.
Video Series
CEO Moments of Truth
High-stakes decisions can make or break a CEO strategy. In this video series, BCG’s Christoph Schweizer talks to fellow CEOs about the most challenging moments of their careers, how they navigated them, and the lessons they learned.
Data Visualization Series
CEO Data Point
CEO strategy is built on data. The CEO Data Point uses BCG’s market intelligence and proprietary research to visualize insights that drive the CEO agenda—the numbers that tell the story.
Podcast Series
Imagine This...
A successful CEO agenda anticipates and prepares for a future that may look very different from today. Explore how leaders can prepare for disruptions with Imagine This by BCG, a podcast that helps CEOs consider possible futures for our world—and their businesses.
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SEPTEMBER 22, 2025 | FORTUNE
Cognitive empathy may sound like a soft skill, but BCG’s Christine Barton says it’s essential for effective leadership. Understanding the perspective of others helps burst the bubble that often traps top executives, allowing them to anticipate stakeholder views and make better decisions.
JULY 25, 2025 | THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
A growing number of companies are appointing interim CEOs, and it’s often a tough gig. But BCG’s Christine Barton says the role offers tremendous opportunities, especially for those vying for the job permanently.
JUNE 30, 2025 | PITCHBOOK
Private equity funds are holding assets longer than expected, with more than half now 6 to 9 years old. BCG’s Daniel Friedman explains that rising uncertainty has poured “a bucket of cold water” on dealmaking, stalling exits and stretching fund timelines.
APRIL 21, 2025 | FOX BUSINESS
With CEOs facing a daunting list of geopolitical challenges, BCG Global Chair Rich Lesser shares the concerns he is hearing from clients and how he is advising them. He recommends prioritizing resilience by forming cross-functional response teams, leveraging AI, and planning for multiple scenarios.
