Prabuddha Guha

While Growth Hacking started as an approach for optimizing marketing, its relevance and effectiveness in continuously improving key business metrics has been proven across business areas within financial services industry. The core of this growth engine lies in the rigorous use of data and analytics to generate insights, identify opportunities, conduct experiments, track performance and optimize approach. With recent advancement in AI, banks and insurance companies are now capable to sift through vast amount of datasets extracting valuable insights about customer behavior, market dynamics, and competitor strategies at significant accuracy and speed. By continuously harnessing these insights, “growth hacking pod” can be much sharper in targeting the right customers, tailoring its campaigns, personalizing content and optimizing the conversion – all in short cycles! Please read our latest report on “Revving up the growth engine” that describes the key components of Growth Hacking and a playbook on how to drive up business growth. https://lnkd.in/gAMf7YGx Do reach out for any thoughts, comments or in case you need any help!

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In our recent McKinsey Future of Asia Podcast episode, Jacob Johnson and I delved into the transformative potential of generative AI. The key takeaway? The success of AI isn't just about the technology itself but how effectively we adopt it. By 2030, we could see up 98 percent of tasks automated, significantly boosting productivity. But the real impact will depend on our boldness and strategy in adoption.   Join the conversation and explore how we can turn potential into performance here: https://lnkd.in/gaAKbtAX

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In a recent interview with Asian Hospital & Healthcare Management magazine, Bain's Alex Boulton discusses how the APAC region is grappling with a growing healthcare demand that exceeds the available supply of medical professionals. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the fragility of this imbalance. However, this challenge has also driven significant innovation in eHealth within the region, as traditional healthcare providers recognize the urgent need for transformation.

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In a recent interview with Asian Hospital & Healthcare Management magazine, Bain's Alex Boulton discusses how the APAC region is grappling with a growing healthcare demand that exceeds the available supply of medical professionals. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the fragility of this imbalance. However, this challenge has also driven significant innovation in eHealth within the region, as traditional healthcare providers recognize the urgent need for transformation. https://dy.si/w8aXjk2

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Bain's India 2024 PE report is now live. While overall deal activity in 2023 was down v. 2022, exits were up (buoyed by public market sales) and India's share of total APAC PE-VC deals has continued to rise (20% of APAC PE-VC deals in 2023 v. 15% in 2018). Investments in SaaS and new age tech (up 80%+ p.a. 20-22) were down 60% over the last year. Link to the full report below. https://lnkd.in/eCJhNvVe

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Great perspective on the role of India in the future global economy amidst the geopolitical tensions we see! I also really echo Bob's statement about our own role in India and the world as McKinsey that is driving me day in day out: "I keep coming back to this notion of our true north. Our true north is not about growth; it's about distinctiveness. We're not focused on whether our growth rate is the fastest. Some competitors publish their growth rates, but we don't because our objective is to ensure that our work is better. At the end of the day, I am obsessed with making sure McKinsey is known for its distinctiveness, not for its growth. If we achieve that, everything else will fall into place. Our goal is to stand behind the quality and uniqueness of our work, providing unparalleled value to our clients. Fundamentally, we are not about our own success. Our mission is to help our clients succeed. When our clients are successful, we are successful. We don't seek the limelight; we want our clients to shine."

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In a recent interview with Asian Hospital & Healthcare Management magazine, Bain's Alex Boulton discusses how the APAC region is grappling with a growing healthcare demand that exceeds the available supply of medical professionals. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the fragility of this imbalance. However, this challenge has also driven significant innovation in eHealth within the region, as traditional healthcare providers recognize the urgent need for transformation.

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Last year's business disruptions led to operational changes including cost-cutting, diversification into adjacent markets, and a strategic focus on core activities. So, how can leadership teams caught in the eye of the storm reconfigure a company for success? AlixPartners' Turnaround and Transformation survey Asia report identifies four crucial steps for cultivating real-time resilience. Read the full report to learn more: https://lnkd.in/gyjTfPQm

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Listen to Jiak See Ng, Deloitte's Asia Pacific Strategy, Risk, and Transactions Leader, for insight on how geopolitical tensions, shareholder activism and pursuit of growth drives APAC companies to rebalance their business portfolios..

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Proud to share that Bain & Company and Singapore Business Federation (SBF) have launched a groundbreaking sectoral net-zero transition programme, aimed at helping Singapore's SMEs accelerate their decarbonisation efforts and unlock significant benefits. The programme is backed by an inaugural study of nearly 500 SMEs across 20 sectors, which reveals that a significant lack of awareness, in-house capability and financial support were the top three barriers to SMEs’ decarbonisation journeys. Central to the programme is an AI-powered DecarboniSME tool, which enables SMEs to understand their emissions baseline and create quality decarbonisation plans with minimal effort and expertise. SMEs could see up to 70% Scope 1 and 2 emissions reduction, a 4%-5% EBITDA margin boost, and up to 50% lower energy costs. https://bit.ly/4eZJ0Up

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Proud to share that Bain & Company and Singapore Business Federation (SBF) have launched a groundbreaking sectoral net-zero transition programme, aimed at helping Singapore's SMEs accelerate their decarbonisation efforts and unlock significant benefits. The programme is backed by an inaugural study of nearly 500 SMEs across 20 sectors, which reveals that a significant lack of awareness, in-house capability and financial support were the top three barriers to SMEs’ decarbonisation journeys. Central to the programme is an AI-powered DecarboniSME tool, which enables SMEs to understand their emissions baseline and create quality decarbonisation plans with minimal effort and expertise. SMEs could see up to 70% Scope 1 and 2 emissions reduction, a 4%-5% EBITDA margin boost, and up to 50% lower energy costs. https://bit.ly/3NpcHCG

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Our latest analysis reveals three strategic paths that have propelled Asia-Pacific FMCG leaders to international success: expanding an existing core business, building a new one, or launching with an international focus for companies without a strong core. Bain & Company’s insights are here to guide CEOs through these challenges, backed by our work with leading FMCGs and in-depth data from the top 150 public companies. Explore the full report here. https://bit.ly/3MGQCPr

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Stop scrolling and start studying. That's one bit of advice from BCG reskilling and leadership development expert Sagar Goel. He joined The So What from BCG #podcast (https://lnkd.in/gJ6b6vff) recently to talk about this do-or-die moment in workforce readiness. Businesses and governments have a role to play in making sure people can either keep their jobs or slide into others with the rise of #AI, but he believes that the individual worker is the first line of defense. The trick, of course, is knowing what skills will be needed. Tune in to hear his advice and some very useful learning hacks.

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The #GCC ecosystem in India has emerged as a key driver of #growth & #innovation. KPMG in India's paper delves into four top-of-mind considerations for GCCs in India as they continue to build, innovate and scale. Explore in depth

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Global Capability Centers (GCCs) have evolved to strategic talent hubs co-leading core business functions such as R&D, product design and engineering, technology innovation including the reinvention of work and experiences with AI and GenAI. A recent Nasscom report shows 60% of GCCs performing work in these areas. It’s all about access to digital first talent at scale (and oh by the way, it costs less, but not the reason for doing it…all about the talent).

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According to AlixPartners' 2024 Turnaround and Transformation survey, 86% of respondents in Asia anticipate that their industry will face the same or greater levels of distress in the coming year, as compared to the previous one. To reconfigure their companies for success amid business disruptions, leaders must balance out the uncertainty with optimism and build real-time resilience. Our report outlines how: https://lnkd.in/gRaSN88E

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Southeast Asia is likely to outpace China’s growth in the next decade, according to a new report by Bain & Company, DBS Bank and Angsana Council. The region has strengthened its fundamentals by boosting key areas such as manufacturing and investing in emerging sectors. https://bit.ly/3Synptx

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In this webinar recording, Bain Partners Vikram Kapur and Alex Boulton share key insights from our latest Asia-Pacific Front Line of Healthcare Report. https://lnkd.in/eBK-aNEH

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