BCG CEO Christoph Schweizer will lead the firm’s delegation to the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting, January 20–24, 2025, in Davos, where leaders will convene to address societal and business challenges around the world.
The world is in flux amid unprecedented changes in technology, climate, and geopolitics, posing complex challenges and opportunities for global leaders. The theme of this year’s WEF Annual Meeting, “Collaboration for the Intelligent Age,” emphasizes the urgent need for business and political leaders to come together to address these issues head-on.
The CEO’s agenda is a formidable one: navigating geopolitics, harnessing AI, generating profitable growth, managing costs, empowering talent, and advancing sustainability. Balancing these priorities demands deep insights to help make sense of the world. Explore BCG’s latest thinking:
The international order hasn’t seen this much change in decades, creating new geopolitical dynamics for CEOs in all industries to navigate.
While the US and China have established early dominance in supplying this crucial technology, other competitors are emerging. Here’s what leaders need to know.
As global trade patterns change due to disruption, regional trade blocs with protectionist leanings gain influence.
As geopolitical tensions rise and multilateralism declines, nations are increasingly using trade and economic policies to advance foreign policy goals, complicating the global business landscape.
BCG's Center for Geopolitics
BCG’s Center for Geopolitics helps business leaders make sense of an increasingly complex world characterized by accelerating shifts in global power dynamics.
AI, including generative AI, is transforming the way companies do business and manage their workforce, posing tremendous opportunities and some risks.
BCG’s new AI Maturity Matrix combines an economy’s exposure to AI with its readiness to handle AI disruption. Explore our assessment of 73 economies.
BCG’s survey of 1,400+ C-suite executives reveals that GenAI is quickly changing the way companies do business—and big gaps are emerging between the winners and the observers.
The advance of AI requires more water to cool the servers in data centers. There’s an opportunity to embed positive water management in the industry’s expansion.
Sources of growth remain highly disaggregated, even as business and sustainability demands on CEOs continue to rise.
Climate change is already straining economies globally as it disrupts livelihoods, supply chains, and infrastructure. In the face of escalating operational costs and risks to business continuity, the need for immediate action has never been greater.
BCG research reveals what sets a select group of leaders apart. Here's how to join them.
The index provides a monthly update on dealmakers’ willingness to engage in mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures over roughly the next six months.
Leaders’ hesitation to incur the upfront costs of mitigation and adaptation has slowed the collective response to climate change. But what are the economic implications of inaction?
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