It is easy to get distracted by the illusion of fast AI progress. The leaders who turn AI into financial value apply transformation discipline.
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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.
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March 19, 2026
Are you running a great company––or are you building a great stock? Today’s CEOs must do both to stay ahead of shareholder activists.
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March 17, 2026
Most companies start to decay for four reasons: ignorance, inertia, individualism, and infighting. But a four-point strategic checklist of effective actions can help CEOs defeat internal corrosion.
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February 24, 2026
An effective CTrO can spell the difference between success and failure in AI transformation. Does yours have the right stuff?
The BCG CEO Insomnia Index: Relentless Stress, Rising Blind Spots
CEO pressure comes from all sides—performance, boards, employees, senior teams—but what feels most urgent isn’t always what drives CEO turnover.
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.
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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.
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CEO Data Point Interactive
CEO strategy is built on data. Track and benchmark the topics shaping CEO agendas with the CEO Data Point Interactive. Powered by BCG AI and deep industry expertise, it analyzes ~6,000 earnings call transcripts and 2,000+ keywords to reveal the trends gaining or losing momentum in CEO conversations.
CEO Advisory
The CEO role is inherently isolating—but it doesn’t have to be. BCG's CEO Advisory helps leaders burst the CEO bubble through mentorship from seasoned executives, support from CEO peer groups, and practical tools that clarify purpose and accelerate impact.
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.
Our Latest News Headlines
FEBRUARY 3, 2026 | Fortune
According to BCG's Christine Barton, the challenge of finding a single leader with the broad and varied skillset needed to navigate AI is driving more companies toward co-CEO arrangements.
JANUARY 20, 2026 | BFM Business
Sylvain Duranton, Global Leader of BCG X, emphasizes that artificial intelligence has become an essential pillar for corporate strategy and is no longer just an experimental tool for the French Tech sector.
JANUARY 16, 2026 | Bloomberg
Chief Marketing Officer Jessica Apotheker highlights a pivotal shift: CEOs are now taking direct ownership of AI strategy, moving their organizations beyond pilots and toward full-scale industrial transformation.
JANUARY 18, 2026 | Business Standard
BCG's India Head Rahul Jain argues that competitiveness for Indian businesses now depends on combining cost, scale, and resilience. He also says India is on track to become the world's third-largest economy by around 2030.
