“Sustainability-Labor Issues-Inflation” are the three key changes this year • Thumbsup

Gartner Releases Latest Survey of CEOs and Top Executives It points to the CEO’s changing outlook on business practices, with a range of significant changes, ranging from labor, objectives, pricing and business efficiency in 2022, particularly in three key areas: sustainability, labor and inflation.

Mark Raskino, vice president of research at Gartner, said: “2022 is the year that the CEO’s idea of ​​doing business has truly changed. The epidemic has gradually created a variety of deeper social trends, such as the need to change the way we work. and the vulnerability of long-distance supply chains around the world. Including the Russian invasion of Ukraine that is affecting the macro-economic level that CEOs have to deal with at this time. For example, the issue of inflation. At the same time, the CEO continues to strive to create more digital businesses. from the impact of the pandemic and the associated crises that swept through it.”

For the third year in a row, Artificial Intelligence (AI) was the new technology that had the greatest impact from a CEO’s perspective. It’s still unlikely to be a core technology for businesses.

In the past, some CEOs were too quick to embrace new technology ideas. As in the case of Metaverse, however, it remains dubious as survey respondents think Metaverse has the potential to be a key technology for their business.

Other tech items that have a big impact on business remind us of the ‘freshness’ that executives are keeping an eye on. Whether it’s digital or e-commerce in second and fourth place This is a very new story based on relationships. Yet, these are technologies that many business executives still see as novel and worrying in a variety of situations.

Environmental issues come into the top 10 business priorities for CEOs.

This is the first time in the history of this survey. where CEOs focus on environmental sustainability, ranked in the top 10 of strategic business priorities It is ranked 8th, jumping from 14th in 2019 and 20th in 2015.

74% of CEOs agree that doing business with increased environmental, social and governance (or ESG) commitments will attract investors to their companies, with 80% of CEOs intending to Invest in new or improved products this year and next. Environmental sustainability is viewed as the third largest driver after general performance and quality.
Sustainability also represents a competitive differentiation for CEOs in 2022 and 2023. Indeed, sustainability is on par with Brand Trust of Executives Responded

Inflation is a persistent problem.

62% of CEOs view inflation as a permanent or long-term problem. The majority of respondents (51%) agreed that inflation was the top driver of price increases rather than capacity and business efficiency (22%). Neither productivity nor business efficiency issues were included in the top 10 CEO business priorities this year.