Kevin Plumberg

Contributor

The Economist Intelligence Unit

Kevin was a member of The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Thought Leadership team in North America and is based in San Francisco. From 2014-2017, he was based in The Economist’s Singapore office and led multi-year integrated content programmes such as Growth Crossings, a series about the new rules of global trade, and the Producers of Tomorrow, an initiative about the future of manufacturing. Prior to joining the EIU, he spent two years as Vice President, Institutional Marketing at BlackRock, the world’s largest asset management company. In that role, he produced and edited white papers, website articles and newsletters aimed at some of Asia’s biggest institutional investors. Kevin also spent 10 years as a journalist covering financial markets, economics and policy for Reuters in Singapore, Hong Kong and New York. As a correspondent and editor, he covered the global financial crisis from Wall Street and its aftermath in Asia, where he led market-moving coverage of the region’s economic policymakers.

Recent contributions

Technology & Innovation
Technology & Innovation

From gatekeeper to enabler: The role of IT when digital transformation is the norm

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Technology & Innovation
Technology & Innovation

What every business needs to know about organisational agility

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Strategy & Leadership
Strategy & Leadership

Organisational agility: business outcomes, collaboration and culture in a time of change

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Technology & Innovation
Technology & Innovation

Making the Most of Machine Learning

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Technology & Innovation
Technology & Innovation

Making the Most of Machine Learning: What are the advantages for business?

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Technology & Innovation
Technology & Innovation

Making the Most of Machine Learning: How will AI change organisational culture and structure?

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Technology & Innovation
Technology & Innovation

Making the Most of Machine Learning

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Technology & Innovation
Technology & Innovation

Making the Most of Machine Learning: How will AI affect business process outsourcing?

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Strategy & Leadership
Strategy & Leadership

The management consulting conundrum

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