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CEO Outlook: Caution, Optimism, and Navigating the Road Ahead

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CEO Outlook: Caution, Optimism, and Navigating the Road Ahead

Global uncertainties—from talent shortages and macroeconomic concerns to financial crises and inflation—are creating a challenging environment for companies. This edition of BCG Executive Perspectives, based on a survey of C-suite leaders, reveals what executives are prioritizing and the actions they are taking.

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  Organizational Resilience

  Volatility and uncertainty have significantly stressed organizations and their people. This edition features the capabilities and components needed to build organizational resilience in the near-term and secure competitive advantage in the long run.
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  Build Advantage and Resilience Through Sustainability

  New innovations, regulations, and behaviors are rewriting the rules of the game for industry. Our latest Executive Perspectives is a guide for companies looking to create value with a climate and sustainability agenda.
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  How to Win Market Share in a Downturn

  The downturn cycle is likely to remain uncertain. This edition features our new top-line playbook to help companies thrive through the current polycrisis and future downturns.
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  Preparing Your Supply Chain for Resilience

  Companies that invest in supply chain resilience turn disruption into competitive advantage. Learn how leaders can prepare to absorb and recover from unpredictable upsets by leveraging digital tools, talent, governance, and more.
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  Building Financial Resilience

  Prices are rising. An energy crisis is brewing. And interest rates are climbing amid the worst inflation seen in decades. We explore how businesses can withstand and emerge stronger from these events by building the finanical resilience they need to thrive.
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  Competitive Cost Advantage

  The best organizations know how to turn adversity into opportunity. In this edition of BCG's Executive Perspectives, we look at how leaders can respond to today's unprecedented uncertainty by building a competitive cost advantage.
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  Transform for Resilience

  In this edition of BCG’s Executive Perspectives, we examine the disruptive forces that are bearing down on business leaders today, offering concrete actions that they can take to capture lasting competitive advantage and create more resilient organizations.
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  Building Resilience in a Time of Uncertainty

  Businesses around the globe are facing multiple unprecedented disruptions and an uncertain macroeconomic outlook. How should leaders create functional advantage when innovation investment and macroeconomic forces seem at odds?

The CEO’s Dilemma Editions

Build Advantage and Resilience Through Sustainability | February, 2023
How to Win Market Share in a Downturn | January, 2023
Preparing Your Supply Chain for Resilience | December 8, 2022
Building Financial Resilience | November 2022
Competitive Cost Position | November 2022
Transform for Resilience | October 20, 2022
Building Resilience in a Time of Uncertainty | September 7, 2022

US Inflation Reduction Act Editions

Clean Tech Growth Opportunities & Value Pools | October 7, 2022
Significant Cost Savings for Corporate Decarbonization | September 22, 2022
Climate & Energy Features and Potential Implications | August 16, 2022

War in Ukraine Editions

Global Update and Perspective on Energy Transition | June 14, 2022
Perspective on Consumer Sentiment | May 26, 2022
Global Update | May 26, 2022
Perspective on Future Scenarios | May 16, 2022
Perspective on the Refugee Crisis | April 27, 2022
Impact on the Industrial Sector | April 14, 2022
Global Update and Impact on Risk | March 31, 2022
Impact on Financial Institutions | March 24, 2022
Impact on Energy | March 17, 2022
Impact on Supply Chains | March 10, 2022

COVID-19 Editions

Is Omicron Signaling a Shift to Endemic COVID? | January 18, 2022
Omicron: What We Know, What We Don’t Know, Scenarios, and Implications | December 7, 2021
Navigating the Delta Variant and the Future of COVID-19 | August 17, 2021
How to End the Global Pandemic in 2022 | May 7, 2021
Lessons Learned from the Frontline Vaccine Rollout | March 20, 2021
Vaccines & Therapeutics Outlook Part II | September 29, 2020
Vaccines & Therapeutics Outlook Part I | August 26, 2020
Current Dynamics in the US | August 5, 2020
Global Restart: Key Dynamics | July 21, 2020
Ensuring an Inclusive Recovery | June 30, 2020
Accelerating Climate Actions in the New Reality | June 22, 2020
Value Protection and Acceleration Roadmap to Win in the New Reality | June 16, 2020
Future of Global Trade and Supply Chains | June 9, 2020
Galvanizing Nations for the New Reality | June 2, 2020
Sensing Consumer Behavior and Seizing Demand Shifts | May 26, 2020
Restructuring Costs and Managing Cash and Liquidity | May 19, 2020
Revamping Organizations for the New Reality | May 8, 2020
Accelerating Digital and Technology Transformation | May 1, 2020
Emerging Stronger from the Crisis | April 24, 2020
Preparing for the Restart | April 20, 2020
Facts, Scenarios, and Actions for Leaders | April 13, 2020

See Other Past Editions

Rethink and Broaden Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion To Create a Competitive Advantage | March 16, 2022
The Future of Sales and Marketing Is Here | February 22, 2022
Artificial Intelligence: Ready to Ride the Wave? | December 16, 2021
Inside COP26: Kickstarting a Decade of Delivery | November 15, 2021
Growing but slowing—Planning for the world economy in 2022 | October 27, 2022
How COVID-19 Changed the Consumer | October 6, 2021
The CEO's Guide to Cybersecurity | September 9, 2021
Investing to Win Talent | July 22, 2021
Supply Chain Resilience in a Volatile World | July 6, 2021
What the Evolution of Travel Means for Business Everywhere | June 21, 2021
Race for Innovation | June 1, 2021
How to End the Global Pandemic in 2022 | May 27, 2021
The Time for Climate Action Is Now | April 20, 2021
The China Growth Opportunity | January 6, 2021

About Executive Perspectives

BCG Executive Perspectives launched in April 2020 as COVID-19 BCG Perspectives to help leaders everywhere understand how the world was changing during the pandemic.

In time, the series evolved to cover a broader range of topics. Each edition is developed with input from our CEO Christoph Schweizer, Global Chair Rich Lesser, and our global topic experts to provide an integrated view of critical societal trends and business implications.