New Imperatives for High Performance in a Multi-Polar World—Transport and Logistics

The evolution of globalization, however, is remapping the world economy. And this paradigm shift is changing the way we assess high performance in all industries.

Research from the Accenture Institute for High Performance confirms that high performers from both developed and emerging markets confront new imperatives in a multi-polar and increasingly complex and competitive global economy that is changing at unprecedented speed.

To achieve high performance, companies will need to consistently look outward, constantly re-assessing their business priorities in a vastly expanded value chain. They will need to make fact-based, focused choices about where and with whom to engage or compete.

And this will mean expanding their horizons to include broader based, external capabilities. The most important of these capabilities are:

• Intellectual Leadership—to sustain smarter and more adaptable ways of thinking.
  
  
• Network behavior—to enable swifter more synchronized operations.
  
  
• Understanding of inherent risk—to ensure safer network management.