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It’s unclear when the pandemic will come to an end. But its effects on business and society are increasingly clear to leaders everywhere. Topics that were considered almost niche just two years ago—such as hybrid working models, remote-collaboration tools, and employee vaccination status—have risen to the top of executives’ agendas. Even those long-term hallmarks of business strategy, like innovation and resilience, have taken on a new tenor, and new urgency, in today’s uncertain landscape. The business impact of COVID-19 is far-reaching and deeply felt in every industry. The challenge for organizations is to weather the current storm while charting a course for the future. BCG’s insights are intended to help leaders on this journey.
Vaccines are the best chance we have in putting a stop to the pandemic. For this reason, combatting hesitancy and promoting distribution are paramount. But the fight can’t stop there. The pandemic has shown that every organization has a meaningful role to play in bringing about a healthier and more equitable future for all.
Some of BCG's best advice to help provider, payer, biopharma, and medtech executives address the challenges and changes affecting the health care sector.
Another pandemic is on the horizon—and in plain sight. Avoiding its full impact requires action now.
To deliver superior outcomes at scale, companies need to invest in ecosystems. Forging strong connections with patients and partners will be key.
As the vaccine rollout continues across the United States, BCG is surveying individuals to learn what’s preventing or discouraging people from getting their shots and to uncover the insights that will help business and government chart a path to the postpandemic future.
Dr. Albert Bourla, chairman and CEO of Pfizer, discusses his new book Moonshot: Inside Pfizer’s Nine-Month Race to Make the Impossible Possible, chronicling the creation of a high efficacy, safe, and producible-at-scale mRNA vaccine within a tenth of the expected time.
Thinkers & Ideas presents inspiring and thought-provoking conversations with leading thinkers about influential ideas on business, technology, economics, and science. Hosted by Martin Reeves, chairman of the BCG Henderson Institute, and Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, global chief economist of BCG.
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Perhaps the biggest business impact of COVID-19 has been to show us that the old ways of working aren’t working today. They certainly won’t work tomorrow. It’s high time for organizations everywhere to rethink their business models, talent, operations, and more.
Making a decision to pursue work abroad is in some ways very individual: a person’s life circumstances, education, and work experience all play into it. But there are larger forces too, including economics and immigration politics.
The pandemic has caused unprecedented organizational disruption. But it also has offered valuable lessons about the way we work—and created significant opportunities.
Multilevel resilience is built upon the relationship between organizational and personal resilience, an optimal level of stress, and the right approach to change.
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From COVID-19 to social inequity, this business strategy podcast series looks around business and social trends and ideas that will disrupt the future.
The prepandemic playbooks won’t cut it anymore. Businesses have to radically reimagine their strategies to account for the formative business impact of COVID-19. They must be ready for whatever challenges and crises lie ahead—and prepared for reinvention in their wake.
CEOs face complex disruptions—climate change, rapid advances in technology, and the ongoing pandemic, to name a few. Where should they focus? BCG experts share their thoughts on an agenda for the future.
Today more than ever, we are relying on our leaders to deliver. We’re asking more of them than we have in decades.
US states face the delicate task of scaling back their COVID-19 public-health infrastructure while ensuring that they are better prepared for the next crisis.
What is the impact of the crisis on investors’ expectations for the US economy, the US stock market, and business leaders?
What matters most to consumers today? What will matter most tomorrow? Answering these questions is no small feat in such a rapidly changing environment. Businesses that are able to monitor and meet consumer needs will maintain the competitive edge—and build long-term relationships for the future.
Emerging from the isolation of the past 15 months, US consumers express optimism—some cautiously and others confidently—about resuming their pre-pandemic activities.
Today, people are spending more time—and more money—online than ever before. Consumers are expecting the quality of their experiences to grow alongside their engagement, and businesses are rising to the challenge.
Global clusters of like-minded consumers are surprisingly rare. And even among countries with similar consumer attitudes, needs can differ sharply by product category.
