The race to market is already on, Scott Rankin says, so retailers need to understand how consumer preferences are shifting, how consumers will spend their money and how the digital and physical worlds merge.
Lynne Doughtie says advancing growth, improving innovation and investing in people and technologies can help increase the resiliency of organizations in the current business environment.
Dipan Karumsi says it's critical for companies to build a frictionless procurement function that streamlines processes and aligns with the organization’s business objectives.
Larry Kocot says new rules could have unintended consequences as the list prices that will be disclosed to patients are much higher than any patient generally has to pay.
Emily Frolick says CEOs seeking transformational change are beginning to see that a rapid, wholesale rip and replace approach will not deliver the desired results.
Tania Carnegie says a growing number of investors seek to earn both a financial return and generate positive social and environmental impact through their portfolios.
Yesenia Scheker-Izquerdo explains that if real estate owners and asset managers take steps to advance women, they'll see their returns on investments soar.
Brian Higgins says advanced clients and customers expect transparency, low costs and high levels of service, and they are requiring supply chains to operate at new levels of efficiency.
Michelle Wroan says media companies need to become more focused on going directly to consumers and competing for the talent needed to produce good content.
Katherine Black says leveraging advanced analytics was once a unique strategy for a few elite players, but now is a critical tool for grocers at large.
“While oversight varies by company and industry, audit committee members should ask for regular updates on cyber strategy, preparedness and response plans,” says Jose R. Rodriguez, leader of KPMG’s Audit Committee Institute.
Katherine Black says loyalty is critical to brand growth and is as important as ever, but it is not as simple as copying an existing loyalty program and putting it into market.
Michael Herman says businesses must become more customer-centric and compete on the basis of customer experience, which means ensuring agility and curiosity.
“Organizations that move beyond the ‘consumer’ to the ‘individual,’ with a focus on purpose and personalization, achieve greater customer loyalty," says KPMG's Julio Hernandez.
Miriam Hernandez-Kakol advises businesses to build stronger connections between customers and experiences, talent and technology, data and decision-making, and inputs and outcomes.
With the increased technological, analytical and regulatory demands in finance functions, Ron Walker says only future ready finance groups are equipped to deliver business solutions that successfully drive enterprise performance.
