Topic: Enterprise strategy

Want profits to endure? Think differently about pricing
By Katie Scearce
November 15, 2022
What’s the most powerful action CEOs can take to improve profitability; Accenture explains what CEOs must think differently about pricing strategy. Read more.
5 ways leaders can battle inflation and uncertainty today
By Praveen Kishorepuria
October 28, 2022
Our Praveen Kishorepuria shares 5 moves that CEOs should make to ward off disruption effects that are driving the risk of inflation. Accenture talks more.
Want to unlock more value? Focus on true costs
By Anshul X. Singhal
September 21, 2022
How can you maximize profits; Accenture’s Anshul Singhal explains how a cost-to-serve methodology provides visibility to true margins. Read more.
Private equity: Humble hero in an evolving market?
By Brian Crandall
August 31, 2022
In today’s volatile economy, private equity has remained strong. Accenture’s Brian Crandall looks at actions to consider for PE to maintain steady earnings.
Unlock greater value with a data-driven operating model
By Samuel Holmes
August 16, 2022
The value companies get from data is low often due to their op model. Accenture’s Sam Holmes recommends 5 actions to start realizing greater value from data.
The people-centric M&A integration advantage
By Danielle M. Miller
July 27, 2022
Successful acquirers need to sharpen their approach to the people-centric aspects of integration. Accenture’s Danielle Miller recommends 4 keys to success.
Should tech be at the M&A deal table? Yes!
By Nikhil Iyer
July 15, 2022
When it comes to mergers and acquisitions, it is important for tech to be at the deal table. Accenture explains there are a few areas where it matters.
Out of office: Time to rethink your real estate?
By Xavier Menendez
April 29, 2022
Pandemic-driven remote work left many businesses with unused office space. Accenture’s Xavier Menendez shares a zero-based approach for a real estate portfolio.
Take these four actions to help prepare your workforce for hypergrowth
By Yaarit Silverstone
March 18, 2022
Yaarit Silverstone from Accenture offers four tips for success with the crucial process for acquiring companies to integrate new employees. Read more.
Time for an upgrade: Cyber diligence in M&A
By Nikhil Iyer
February 25, 2022
Accenture’s Nikhil Iyer tells how companies are considering M&A need to account for the increased risk exposure that comes with targets they acquire. Read more.
Bottling agility: Transformation through ecosystems
By Paul Jeruchimowitz
February 9, 2022
Ecosystems can transform your operating model into a growth engine. Accenture examines how.
The modern CEO is a sustainable CEO
By Christie Smith
January 19, 2022
Accenture’s Christie Smith advises leaders on how to proactively embed sustainable purpose into their organizations. Read more.
3 M&A trends to watch in 2022 as dealmaking pace continues
By J Neely
January 12, 2022
Accenture’s J Neeley forecasts 3 m&a trends we can see in this year ahead as the dealmaking pace continues in 2022. Read more.
Three things everyone must do to unbound supply
By Kris Timmermans
December 20, 2021
Accenture’s Kris Timmermans discusses global supply chain challenges and what organizations can do to succeed. Read more.
Labor shortage: 5 ways to achieve more with less
By Rob Rubin
December 15, 2021
Accenture’s Rob Rubin outlines 5 actions to take to address the widespread challenge leaders are facing when a shortage of workers. Read more.
Can your operating model drive more than one business model?
By Colin Sonnier
November 29, 2021
Accenture’s Colin Sonnier shows how Intelligent organizations can design their operating model with the agility to support multiple business models. Read more.
Seeing change before it happens: The intentional futurist
By Annette Rippert
November 19, 2021
Accenture’s Annette Rippert explains how today’s environment leaders can become intentional futurists. Read more.
What if you embrace the promise of a virtual future today?
By Christopher Roark
November 16, 2021
Accenture’s Chris Roark explains how real virtualities will open new markets for your organization. Read more.
Transform, not just reduce, your costs
By Anshul X. Singhal
October 7, 2021
Accenture’s Anshul Singhal discusses how the company must have deep visibility into everything it spends for a true cost transformation. Read more.
Increased scientific capability is critical to future competitiveness
By Koen Deryckere
September 30, 2021
Accenture’s Koen Deryckere tells us how the The New Scientific Method will help you get converging. Read more.
Customers want outcomes. Do your partners deliver?
By Ron Ref
September 15, 2021
Accenture's Ron Ref explains how high-impact partner ecosystems can help enterprise clients get desired outcomes. Read more.
Purpose-led: Proof beyond the PR
By Paul Jeruchimowitz
August 30, 2021
Accenture’s Paul Jeruchimowitz discusses how purpose should transcend PR posturing to deliver real value to people, profit and the planet. Read more.
IT’s a legacy thing: Why agile teaming is not enough to win
By Kent McMillan
August 3, 2021
To make the leap to enterprise agility, companies need to tackle legacy technology. Kent McMillan recommends how to address this elephant in the room.
Decision-making at the edges: unlock growth through democratization
By Katherine Mohrig
July 12, 2021
Accenture’s Katherine Mohrig explains how slow decision-making is a barrier to democratization. Read more.
Forget getting back to “normal,” get back to profitable growth
By Rob Rubin
May 31, 2021
Accenture’s Rob Rubin looks at a zero-based approach to workforce to meet anticipated demand without going back to prior ways of working. Read more.
It’s not a cloud strategy—it’s a digitally enabled business strategy
By Bill Theofilou
April 30, 2021
Cloud strategy is actually a digitally enabled business strategy that runs in the cloud. Accenture’s Bill Theofilou discusses why this is critical to CEOs.
Culture in M&A: A source of opportunity
By Katherine Lavelle
April 16, 2021
Accenture’s Katherine Lavelle explains how important is culture integration in M&A and how critical culture is to the future combined company. Read more.
Reimagining work: Less where, more how
By Robert Willems
April 8, 2021
Accenture’s Robert Willems looks at the reality of work post-pandemic and how freed-up real estate investments can fuel transformation and growth. Read more.
Why should you care about cloud?
By Bill Theofilou
March 23, 2021
Accenture Cloud technology is now a central driver of business growth and can lead to future business innovation and reinvention. Read more.
A simple, immediate power boost to demand planning
By Kris Timmermans
February 22, 2021
Accenture highlights the benefits of a digital supply chain that begins with a new type of demand planning. Read more.
Want more M&A value? Focus on technology
By Donald Dawson
February 19, 2021
Accenture blog examines how companies that place emphasis on technology as part of their M&A strategy are best positioned to capture value. Read more.
Through the looking glass
By Kathleen O’Reilly
January 7, 2021
Accenture blog highlights upcoming insights to help leaders navigate a recovery to address strains the pandemic has put on businesses and societies. Read more.
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