Firm of the Future

The firm of the future will deliver the benefits of scale and intimacy better and faster to customers in a turbulent environment. Our insights discuss how companies can prepare for the next era of business.

Strategy

The Firm of the Future

We're beginning to see what the next generation of successful companies will look like.

Energy & Natural Resources

How to Feed AI’s Hunger for Power

The explosive growth of artificial intelligence will need a lot of electricity from a utility industry that hasn’t seen demand grow for 20 years.

Leadership & Talent

The Working Future In Gulf Cooperation Council Countries

It's time to humanize how we think about work to appeal to today's talent.

People and Organization

Automation May Not Come for Everyone's Job After All

Uniquely human skills are becoming more important as the composition of the workforce shifts.

People and Organization

Working Women and the War for Talent

By addressing deeply rooted gender imbalances, firms can overcome the labor shortage.

People and Organization

Quitting or Refitting? Solving the Great Resignation

Reskilling is the answer to both rising job insecurity and mounting talent shortages.

People and Organization

Preparing for the Next Generation of Work

Bain’s Andrew Schwedel and Tom Devlin discuss emerging themes that will characterize the future of work.

Strategy

Worker Archetypes for the Next Era of Business

As workers' motivations evolve, leaders must rethink their approach to talent.

People and Organization

More Human, Not Less: Insights On The Future Of Work

Five identifiable themes are reshaping work today. They point to three steps every executive should take to stay ahead in the war for talent.

Strategy

Rehumanizing Work: The Journey Ahead

To stay on top in increasingly competitive markets, forward-looking business leaders will reshape their talent strategy around three ideas.

Leadership & Talent

Young Workers Are Increasingly Overwhelmed

Younger generations, especially in advanced economies, are under mounting stress that spills over into their work lives.

People and Organization

Technological Change Is Blurring the Boundaries of the Firm

Remote and gig work are on the rise, but they are challenging firm cohesion.

Leadership & Talent

Automation Is Helping to Rehumanize Work

Distinctly human advantages are growing in importance as automation eliminates routine work.

Leadership & Talent

The Working Future: More Human, Not Less

It’s time to change how we think about work.

Leadership & Talent

Beliefs about What Makes a “Good Job” Are Diverging

As attitudes toward work have fragmented, six worker archetypes have emerged.

People and Organization

Motivations for Work Are Changing

Gains in living standards allow us to spend less time working but raise expectations about what a job should provide.

Strategy

China, Deglobalization, and the Multinational

What does the next decade hold for multinational companies from the East and West?

Strategy

Deglobalization and China: What Does It Mean for Multinationals?

Bain's James Root explains China's thriving domestic market and the challenges non-Chinese multinationals may face for future growth.

Strategy

Roadmap for a Post-Pandemic World

Bain Partner James Allen shares how CEOs can sustain the speed and adaptability that their organizations uncovered during the crisis.

Retail

LuxCo 2030: A Vision of Sustainable Luxury

We predict what a sustainability champion might look like in a decade—and how brands can get there.

Strategy

Getting Business Resilience Right

Five myths stand in the way of allowing a company to hedge against, absorb and recover from the inevitable shocks to its system.

Operations

Dispelling Five Myths on Business Resilience

Bain partners discuss how companies can identify and overcome common misconceptions to put a coherent resilience strategy in place.

Telecommunications

Becoming the Firm of the Future

Bain Partner James Root discusses why companies should be rethinking how they manage their talent to compete in a new era of business.

Consumer-led Brand Growth

Are You Ready for the New Era of Consumer Data?

The next phase of the data game is upon us. Winning will require a new playbook.

Strategy

Peak Profits: A Conversation on Corporate Profitability

Bain's Andrew Schwedel and James Root discuss how the rise in profitability over the past few decades may be ending, and what business leaders can do to adapt to the new environment.

Strategy

Have We Hit Peak Profits?

Even before Covid-19, the golden age of corporate profitability was showing signs of topping out.

Strategy

The New Deal for Talent

In the era of scale insurgency, the old talent management norms aren’t working.

Strategy

Businesses Are Thriving, Societies Are Not. Time for Urgent Change

As climate change and economic inequality rise, businesses must urgently change to support the societies they operate in.

Business Strategy

Using Micro-battles to Build a Business of the Future

The next generation of winning firms will be big and fast. Micro-battles can help companies get there.

Business Strategy

The Bain Micro-battles System℠

In the new era of business, leading firms will be big and fast. Micro-battles can help companies rediscover the art of business building to compete with scale and speed.

Retail

Faster Fashion: Delivering Customer Intimacy at Scale

How Zara brings the latest trends to customers in short order.

Business Strategy

Firm of the Future: Scale Insurgents in China

Bain Partner Weiwen Han explains the best tactics multinational corporations can employ to compete with the scale insurgents dominating the Chinese marketplace.