Competitive Agility
In a hyper-competitive landscape, how do you gain competitive advantage in the now, the new and the unknown?
What It Is
Companies that master competitive agility execute with equal strength across growth, profitability, and sustainability and trust.
Why It Matters
Companies must manage the core to maximize investment for the new and fundamentally re-align resources for growth.
Where It's Going
Competitive agility is demanded from the outside and driven from the inside. Leaders who act with speed and confidence turn disruption into opportunity.
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Whole-Brain Leadership
C-suite leaders who employ diversified—whole brain—thinking realize greater bottom-line benefits for their companies.
Striking balance with whole-brain leadership
Disruptive impacts on the C-suite are growing. A new response from leaders is needed. Only 8% employ a whole-brain approach today. 82% will tomorrow.
Disruption need not be an enigma
Leaders can harness the power of disruption. Its strength is defined by the value it releases. Disruption can be anticipated, met and even courted.
Pivot to the future podcast
Schneider Electric has been pivoting since 1836. Chairman & CEO Jean-Pascal Tricoire discusses their journey to competitive agility in a continuously changing landscape.
The bottom line on trust
What if companies could quantify the impact of trust on their bottom line? Now they can.
Balancing the trust equation
Companies that strive to balance the macro and micro trust equation will maximize revenues through increased customer loyalty and competitive differentiation.
Are you trusted? CEOs need a strategic priority
Platforms must nurture trust in a coordinated fashion across customers, partners, employees and service providers.
UNGC – Accenture Strategy CEO Study on Sustainability
CEO’s recognize that the business community could—and should—be making a far greater contribution to achieving a sustainable global economy by 2030.
From me to we: The rise of the purpose-led brand
Customers buy from brands they believe in–47 percent walk away from those that don’t. The kicker. 17 percent of those won’t ever come back.
H&M Foundation: Creating fashion with purpose
Accenture is working with H&M to help retailers attract future customers who demand greater transparency and clothes with a conscience.
The Big Zero
The book, The Big Zero, shows how to imbue an organization with a Zero-based Mindset to achieve startup speed at enterprise scale.
Beyond the ZBB buzz
Beyond the P&L, companies with a Zero-based Mindset harness their entire organization to gain competitive advantage.
Transform at speed: Run business at a smart sprint
Successful companies know how to keep the core strong while investing for growth and innovation.
Move fast to thrive: Intelligent operating model
Companies can improve their agility by making five characteristics part of their operating model DNA: Human. Liquid. Enhanced. Living. Modular.
Does digital leadership in banking really matter?
Traditional banks can morph into high-flying, digital-first banks for superior economic performance.
Chemical (Re)action: Growth in a circular economy
Chemical companies can capture a share of the fast-growing market for eco-friendly products—and accelerate growth while shaping a more sustainable future.
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The transformation of ZBB into a force for growth, innovation and competitive advantage.
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