A little while back we told you about our latest thought leadership digests - quarterly summaries of the best research and ideas from consulting firms for leaders in six different functions. The latest editions have been in the hands of our target audiences for at least two weeks now and, thanks to the URL shortening service '
bitly', we've tracked what has been read.
Cue drumroll...
Unable to maintain the suspense, we're forgoing reverse order and starting with
the winner this quarter - Booz & Company. Its report Competing for the global middle class has been opened over twice as many times as any other - an impressive result. However, in some ways not a surprising one. From our other research strands, we know that clients are seeking to better understand what the changing demographics of emerging and developing markets mean for them. And what this article does well is focus on the issues relevant to businesses - product and service lines and operating models - rather than put forward yet another generic economic discussion. Although not quite in the same league, Booz & Company's article
Managing the global enterprise in today's multipolar world also received a significant number of hits, particularly from the readers of our strategy digest.
The second theme that was popular with our readers this quarter was decision making. Yet again, Booz & Company came out top with
The decision making flaw in powerful people tapping into broad concerns about the effectiveness of decision making and, we suspect, the desire in many of us to have some evidence to support our sneaking suspicions about those in charge. Our operations digest readers were also keen to click through to the Bain article on this theme:
How organisations make great decisions.
Honourable mentions must also go to Roland Berger for whom
The trend compendium 2030 proved a hit with marketing folks and KPMG's
The price isn't right which was well received by finance. HR readers liked the look of PwC's
Recruiting and managing the millennial generation. As far as our IT readers are concerned, they are apparently still open to reading new material on the cloud and KPMG's
Clarity in the cloud hit the spot for many.
Obviously, whilst we know which articles have been most opened, we don't know from
bitly which of these articles have been read through to the end. However, our White Space quality ratings, coming out next month, consider all aspects of thought leadership not just immediate appeal and will give a perspective on who is most likely to keep readers engaged.
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