About Paul Expertise Advanced Manufacturing & Services Energy & Natural Resources Accelerated Performance Transformation Manufacturing Operations Performance Improvement Supply Chain Bain partner Paul Cichocki discusses "Zero-based budgeting." Recent Insights “Paul Cichocki: Zero-Based Budgeting,” Video, April 2015 “A Higher Bar,” Brief, October 2014 “How to Break Out from the G&A Cost Treadmill,” Brief, July 2013 “Bridging the shareholder return gap in big pharma,” Brief, January 2013 “Radical redesign through zero-based budgeting,” Brief, June 2012