Leadership Insights That Endure

While you await the launch of CEO Digest in a few weeks, please check out BCG's conversational AI agent, GENE, in the first episode of our current podcast, Imagine This... here--and then listen to the rest of the episodes at https://lnk.to/imagine-this-general-show14. In each episode of Imagine This..., Paul Michelman and his AI co-host GENE delve into disruptive scenarios that could define the coming decades. BCG experts join the conversation, probing the possibilities and implications for leaders. Human and machine work together to explore the very real actions CEOs could take today to prepare.In the first episode dropped into this feed, BCG’s Mickey McManus envisions a future where top leaders share the corner office with AI—blending the logical with human intuition. Mickey, a BCG senior advisor and a pioneer in human-centered design, considers how a company like this would function. Hint: he recommends an approach much like jazz improvisation.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis:Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

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Join BCG AI conversational agent GENE and editor in chief Paul Michelman as they discuss the ideas that GENE has identified as the BCG insights most relevant for CEOs this month. In May, GENE wants to make sure you are up to speed on the value of transforming before performance stalls, an unexpected opportunity to realign your organization around purpose, and the critical intersection of AI and water management—and what you can do about it. LEARN MOREAfter you listen, dive deep into the details in these bcg.com publications:Consumers Know More About AI Than Business Leaders Think (https://on.bcg.com/3WvC6QY)Five Truths (and One Lie) About Corporate Transformation (https://on.bcg.com/3JOOJPx)The Purpose-Driven Digital Transformation (https://on.bcg.com/44NwrrH)How to Manage AI’s Thirst for Water (https://on.bcg.com/4bmKmrb).Hear more of GENE (and Paul) in Imagine This… at https://lnk.to/imagine-this-general-show14, BCG’s future-focused podcast series. And you'll find even more of BCG's informative insights and experts at The So What from BCG podcast at https://lnk.to/so-what-general-show14.

Which BCG insights does our AI highlight as most relevant to CEOs this month? The threads that pull sustainability and competitive advantage together, practical steps to take now to ready your company for a new economic order, how to move beyond cost-cutting to achieve real cost management.  LEARN MOREAfter you listen, dive deep into the details in these bcg.com publications:Seven Ways to Get Sustainability Right (https://on.bcg.com/3KHstHF); Effective Cost Management Can Fuel Growth (https://on.bcg.com/4bV6tVG);An Evolving BRICS and the Shifting World Order (https://on.bcg.com/3zal40T).For more insight from BCG on the CEO Agenda, visit https://www.bcg.com/executives/ceo-agenda.Hear more of GENE (and Paul) in Imagine This… at https://lnk.to/imagine-this-general-show14, BCG’s future-focused podcast series. And you'll find even more of BCG's informative insights and experts at The So What from BCG podcast at https://lnk.to/so-what-general-show14.

Listen as BCG AI conversational agent GENE identifies and interprets the latest BCG insights most relevant for CEOs. This month, GENE and editor in chief Paul Michelman spotlight how CEOs can reboot their company’s innovation system, buy into retail media to boost brand and business strategy, and make real strides in advancing employee mental health and well-being. In this episode, you'll also hear GENE take the reins–an insight into what collaborating with AI really looks (and sounds) like. LEARN MOREAfter you listen, dive deep into the details in these bcg.com publications:How Work Preferences Are Shifting in the Age of AI (https://on.bcg.com/3LfZJGe)Innovation Systems Need a Reboot (https://on.bcg.com/3S1PgCa)How Retail Media Can Top the CEO Agenda (https://on.bcg.com/3RXbDbO)Four Keys to Boosting Inclusion and Beating Burnout (https://on.bcg.com/3WfR2C8)For more insight from BCG on the CEO Agenda, visit https://on.bcg.com/4cSLtiu.Hear more of GENE (and Paul) in Imagine This… at https://lnk.to/imagine-this-general-show14, BCG’s future-focused podcast series.And you'll find even more of BCG's informative insights and experts at The So What from BCG podcast at https://lnk.to/so-what-general-show14.

Listen as BCG AI conversational agent GENE and editor in chief Paul Michelman highlight the opportunities and obstacles ahead for CEOs, as outlined in BCG’s most recent thought leadership. The duo share which steps to take now before an expected M&A resurgence, the lessons to be learned from fintech, and how to advance carbon dioxide reduction.LEARN MOREAfter you listen, dive deep into the details in these bcg.com publications:AI at Work 2024: Friend and Foe (https://www.bcg.com/publications/2024/ai-at-work-friend-foe)M&A Insights H1 2024: The Recovery Continues (https://www.bcg.com/publications/2024/m-and-a-market-insights-series-h1-2024)Prudence, Profits, and Growth (https://www.bcg.com/publications/2024/global-fintech-prudence-profits-and-growth)Boosting Demand for Carbon Dioxide Removal (https://www.bcg.com/publications/2024/boosting-demand-for-carbon-dioxide-removal)For more insight from BCG on the CEO Agenda, visit https://on.bcg.com/4cSLtiu.Hear more of GENE (and Paul) in Imagine This… at https://lnk.to/imagine-this-general-show14.And you'll find even more of BCG's informative insights and experts at The So What from BCG podcast at https://lnk.to/so-what-general-show14.

This month, BCG’s AI conversational agent GENE and editor in chief Paul Michelman prepare to take on some of CEOs' toughest challenges: cyber threats, climate change, and responsible AI. During a give-and-take discussion, they highlight the opportunities and obstacles ahead for CEOs, as outlined in BCG’s most recent thought leadership. And they call out the steps CEOs can take today.LEARN MOREAfter you listen, check out the most recent publications on the topic Paul and GENE explore--cybersecurity, responsible AI, and climate adaptation and resilience: The Cybersecure CEO (https://on.bcg.com/4d6GVop);GenAI Can’t Scale Without Responsible AI (https://on.bcg.com/3AZaI5d);Get the Most out of Your Climate Scenario Analysis (https://on.bcg.com/4dZVM5d)For more insight from BCG on the CEO Agenda, visit https://on.bcg.com/4cSLtiu. Hear more of GENE (and Paul) in Imagine This…, BCG’s future-focused podcast series, at https://lnk.to/imagine-this-general-show14. Listen to CEOs share the toughest challenges of their career when they sit down with BCG's own CEO Christoph Schweizer in the video interview series, CEO Moments of Truth at https://on.bcg.com/CEOMoT. And you'll find even more of BCG's informative insights and experts at The So What from BCG podcast at https://lnk.to/so-what-general-show14.

CEOs and aspiring executives face a constant storm of disruption—AI revolutions, workforce shifts, geopolitical tension, and high-stakes deals. But when the pressure rises, where do leaders turn for clarity and perspective?Leadership Insights That Endure offers a rare window into the minds of two leaders from Boston Consulting Group—a top global consulting firm—over the course of five years of real-world transformation. Christoph Schweizer, BCG’s CEO, along with former CEO and current Global Chair Rich Lesser, share their most powerful weekly briefs written to leaders in the middle of crises, recalibrations, and reinventions.This is not theory. It’s the playbook for high-level decision makers who want a clear audiobook on the most challenging and sensitive issues of the day.Inside, you’ll learn:How to break through the “CEO bubble” and hear the truth before it’s too lateWhat separates real change from surface-level transformationWhy trust and healthy skepticism are your secret weaponsHow successful companies are scaling AIWhat top performers know about mergers, innovation, and resilienceWritten for sitting CEOs, senior executives, and those within striking distance of the C-suite, this audiobook delivers wisdom with brevity and candor.Whether you’re navigating your biggest challenge yet—or preparing for what’s ahead—Leadership Insights That Endure will help you lead with strength and build with vision.Audiobook Contents00:35 Principles of LeadershipChange Is Hard 6:01 Beware the CEO Bubble 10:04 Cynicism, Skepticism, and Earning Trust as a Leader 12:54 How Leaders Talk When the Outside World Can’t Hear—and Why 19.18 It Matters Mental Health: You Are Not Alone  22:52 Embracing AI and TechWhat It Takes to Win with AI 26:58 The Importance of a Thriving Innovation Culture 31:16 Why I Spend So Much Time on AI  35.24 Reshaping the EnterpriseWhere Do Your Strongest Businesses Really Stand? 40:03 Three Myths and One Truth About M&A 44:27 Financial Discipline Is Never out of Fashion 47:56 How Supply Chains Can Be a Game Changer in Sustainability