Top findings from the survey
- Increasingly intense regulation and governance and changes in market structure are cited as the key forces driving business transformation today.
- Building automated processes that integrate risk management, audit trails and compliance processes is the most effective strategy for adapting to more intense regulatory and governance requirements.
- Risk management is rated by all executives as the most important overall strategy in their organization’s response to global challenges.
- Firms with strong adaptability performance are more likely to say they will invest in a wide range of operational activities.
- There is an expectation, especially among C-suite executives, that operational leaders will initiate proposals to advance the organization’s broad strategic goals.