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As one of the original firms, we’ve never lost sight of the fact that consulting is a people business. A global partnership in more than 40 countries, our people make us who we are. We’re individuals with different passions and strengths who take as much joy in the work we do as from those we work with.
Our strategic operations heritage means we’ve always known that a plan is only as good as the outcome it inspires. In practice, our teams bring the perspective, understanding, and hands-on know-how to build the future as you see it. Working together we’ll see big ideas through to working realities, helping you move from keeping up to breaking through.
For most of the twentieth century, financial institutions were not known for their agility. But today, as technology turbocharges new product development and raises the expectations of both customers and decision makers, financial institutions must become as skilled in information management, organizational change, and real-time management as Silicon Valley high-tech firms. Increased......
Turbulent conditions over the past decade have prompted new regulations and calls for increased transparency, even as industry consolidation continues. As financial institutions continue to consolidate, understanding and managing the regulatory environment will remain a crucial area of consideration. In this challenging environment, Kearney helps financial institutions with end-to-end risk mitigation......
Ongoing volatility has highlighted the importance of governance models, the consequences of deceptive incentive schemes, and the inadequacy of risk management practices across the financial institutions industry. The problems that have been exposed have occurred throughout organizations, both in terms of overall strategy (such as major portfolio and risk decisions)......
Our practice includes experts in top-line growth, innovation, and marketing and sales to help our clients address these shifting dynamics through a variety of strategies: Creating customer value. Fundamentally, customers remain loyal because of superior value propositions and experiences. In an environment where consumers often have less wealth, lower incomes, and more......
A decade of volatility in the financial services industry and the global economy at large have brought to the forefront the need for clear and explicit strategies. Higher capital requirements for financial institutions make investors more selective; investors will readily discount financial institutions with unclear strategies, questionable portfolios, or perceived......
Even the best strategies and initiatives will fail to deliver results without the right implementation. By centralizing accountability, for example, change management projects are more likely to happen on time and achieve the expected results. Paradoxically, centralizing responsibility also makes it easier to involve more players in the organization. Our well-established......