CEO future business priorities 2020

According to a global survey, 57 of respondents state that technological factors are the most important external force impacting their organization within the next years. Importantly, regulatory concerns have risen to the second place in 2020. This is noteworthy as regulatory concerns have never finished above the fourth position in previous years. This is due to issues regarding privacy and data, in part as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, as many people are working remotely in 2020.

What are the most important external forces that will impact your enterprise in the next two to three years?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Technological factors	57%
Regulatory concerns	50%
Market factors	50%
Macro-economic factors	44%
People skills	44%
Globalization	27%
Environmental issues	22%
Socioeconomic factors	15%
Geopolitical factors	13%

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Release date

February 2021

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2020

Number of respondents

3,000 respondents

Special properties

CEOs*

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

*Respondents represent senior executive roles at their organizations: CEOs, public leaders, managing directors, general managers.

Respondents represent 26 industries. When safe, deep-dive interviews were conducted in-person with 24 CEOs from 11 industries and 11 countries.

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