1、P OSITIVE IN AN UNCERTAIN WORLD:CONFIDENT CEOs RESK ILL COMPANIES FOR AI-DRIVEN GROW THCEOs prepare for sustainable future through increased tech adoption,internal talent development2024CEO INSIGHTSCONTENTFOREWORD 3EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 51.ANALYSIS:4 KEY TRENDS FROM TODAYS CEOs 62.HOW SECTORS COMPARE 20

2、CONCLUSION:CEO LESSONS FOR SUCCESS 24We would like to acknowledge all those who contributed in the review of this Report,especially:Michael Eiden and Greg SmithFRANCESCO MARSELLAManaging Partner Global Practice Leader,Growth&Transformation RomePETTER KILEFORSManaging Partner Head of Arthur D.Little

3、Nordics StockholmMAXIMILIAN SCHERRPartner Practice Leader,Growth,Austria ViennaRALF BARONPartner FrankfurtSATYA EASWARAN Partner New Delhi 2Across the globe,the last 12 months have seen increased instability,driven by myriad factors,including deepening geopolitical rivalries and conflicts,diverging

4、economic fortunes,and the growing impacts of climate change and artificial intelligence(AI).All of this follows a period when the pandemic accelerated the importance of digitalization,driving wide-scale transformation,which still needs to be completed in many cases.Year-over-year,the range and depth

5、 of risks are accelerating,meaning that CEOs truly find themselves and their companies having to navigate in a volatile,uncertain,complex,and ambiguous(VUCA)world.At Arthur D.Little(ADL),we have been working with CEOs of the worlds leading businesses for more than 137 years,listening to their needs

6、and helping them innovate and transform to thrive in a fast-changing world and successive industrial revolutions.But changing times called for a new approach in exploring how business leaders of the worlds US$1 billion-plus companies across different industries were reacting to a turbulent present a