Benjamin Rehberg

Apr 25, 2024 | bcg.com | Silvio Palumbo |Benjamin Rehberg |Haoran Li

It’s become one of the more persistent and unshakeable complaints from businesses large and small: tech projects routinely suffer long development delays and expensive cost overruns, making them appear in too many cases to be more troublesome than they are worth. Having heard these complaints too frequently to ignore, we set out to determine if the anecdotal claims are true—and, if they are, to identify why these problems keep arising and what the most effective solutions might be.

Sep 22, 2023 | bcg.com | Jaap Backx |Benjamin Rehberg |Andrew Toma

Here’s an eye-opening finding: in a BCG survey of industry-leading companies—those with annual revenue growth of more than 10% —two out of three executives saw an urgent need to redesign their operating models. These companies are all top performers. What’s going on? Post-pandemic and still early in the AI and generative AI (GenAI) revolution, companies are grappling with big questions. How do we stay ahead on growth, innovation, and profitability while withstanding disruption?

Apr 19, 2023 | bcg.com | David Ritter |Benjamin Rehberg |David T Kemp

The last time the possibility of recession loomed was 2019, when many managers expected it was around the corner. We didn’t get a downturn; instead, the world was plunged into a global pandemic. We climbed out two years later to be greeted by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and a war that continues to rage, affecting economies worldwide. Downturns may actually be among the lesser of today’s worries. The tech sector is pulling back, but elsewhere the labor market remains tight.