Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by RelevanceDate Order AscDesc Newsletter November 16, 2020 Setting Sights on Digital Transformation and Innovation With the sudden onset of a worldwide pandemic, companies have had to accelerate their efforts to transform themselves digitally. How can boards and their companies best leverage digital transformation to compete and thrive in a brave new world? At a recent NACD Master Class programme for active directors, one session contrasted the expected churn in the S&P 500 today versus 50 years ago.* … Newsletter July 13, 2023 The Metaverse: The Dawn of a New Generation of Capabilities The big picture: The metaverse has the potential to be a disruptive, expansive and transformative force, even to the point of spawning its own economy. Every board has a fiduciary duty to evaluate that potential for its company’s future. By the numbers: According to a survey of 250 global business leaders, the metaverse has the potential to dramatically alter the future of the human experience… Newsletter November 17, 2022 Is ESG Receiving Sufficient Attention in North America? Worldwide, there is awareness that environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations will prove to be essential drivers and components of profitability and sustainable business over the next 10 years. The reality is, however, that the level of engagement with ESG — as an integral component of business strategy — is significantly higher outside of North America than within it, and to an… Newsletter October 13, 2022 The ESG Debate: Where Does Your Company Stand? A University of Oxford and Protiviti global survey reports that North American companies are less committed to ESG than their counterparts in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. The questions are why this disparity exists, and where does your organisation stand? The Oxford and Protiviti survey findings suggest that North American companies may be underrating the importance of external pressures… Podcast Transcript November 25, 2022 Transcript | Financial Index Tracking via Quantum Computing— with Multiverse Using cardinality constraints for portfolio optimisation opens the doors to new applications for creating innovative portfolios and exchange-traded-funds (ETFs). All while providing better returns with less market risk. Host Konstantinos Karagiannis recently co-authored a paper on portfolio optimisation with Sam Palmer from Multiverse Computing. Find out how the team was able to outperform… Newsletter October 14, 2022 The Board’s Role in the Transformation of Work The pandemic has had a lasting effect on people and the workplace. Seven in 10 business leaders expect the market will be embracing a hybrid work model 10 years out, up from 22% pre-pandemic. What is the board’s role in this transition? The pandemic has transformed how, where, when and even why we work. It accelerated workplace redesign as offices closed, entire industries were upended and… Newsletter October 6, 2022 Private Equity Insights Q4 2022 We are approaching the last quarter of a challenging 2022, and as many of us dive into our strategy and business planning for 2023, the coming year looks to be more of the same. Inflationary trends, supply chain challenges, access to talent and skills, security and privacy issues, and working capital management are among the many challenges that private equity firms and their portfolio companies… Newsletter November 14, 2021 Determining the Digital Investment Question in the Boardroom In the third decade of the 21st century, smart companies and boards across all industries recognise that the pace of technological change continues to unfold at warp speed. The question in the boardroom a decade ago — “Should we invest in digital transformation?” — has transitioned to a different question today: “How much should we invest and, more important, how fast should we invest, given our… Whitepaper April 4, 2023 Tech CFOs Discuss Banking Market Disruption and People Problems Chief financial officers (CFOs) in the technology sector met to discuss leading industry practices, trends and other topics of mutual interest in a virtual roundtable conducted under the Chatham House Rule. The agenda for this virtual exchange, hosted by Protiviti Managing Directors Gordon Tucker, Christopher Wright and Fran Maxwell, was created through a series of pre-interviews. Comments from… Whitepaper July 27, 2022 Balancing Opportunity and Risk: Security for RPA Platforms Robotic process automation (RPA) was first used to execute predetermined, rules-based tasks twenty or so years ago. Since then, RPA has functioned as a virtual workforce for businesses, which benefit from its power to collect data, execute processes rapidly and unerringly, and facilitate higher levels of quality — while enhancing customer satisfaction.We’ve previously addressed at length the … Load More
