Published: 12 April 2022
There are some deep changes to CEO priorities in 2022. People, purpose, prices and productivity are four themes that emerged from our analysis of this year’s annual global CEO and senior business executive survey. Executive leaders should use these to frame postpandemic strategies.
CEOs’ digital business ambition continues to rise, unabated by the pandemic and related crisis.
CEOs see a 3.7-year gap in the digital race between traditional industry peers.
Workforce has risen to become the third most important priority area for CEOs in 2022 and 2023.
For the first time ever, CEOs place environmental sustainability in their top 10 priorities.
Sixty-two percent of CEOs see general price inflation as a persistent or long-term issue.
The top response to inflation is to raise prices (51% of CEOs); only 22% mention productivity.
Superior products and services are the top competitive differentiator; customer experience is second.
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