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strides in Asia Pacific, growing its business dynamic region,” Arjun said. “Asia is the one of the top 25 consultants globally by
in every market and cementing its place engine room for the global economy and consulting magazine for “excellence in
as the leading strategic operations and this new decade will present even more leadership,” and for the work he has done
transformation partner in the region. change and opportunities for growth for establishing and growing Kearney’s Digital
Arjun’s appointment marks his return to our clients in the region and worldwide. Transformation Practice, the firm’s digital
Asia where he started his consulting career Kearney brings a unique mix of expertise experience labs, and its vibrant ecosystem
in March 2000 as a consultant in Kearney’s and empathy to help companies navigate of alliance partners in digital. Arjun has
New Delhi office. In 2005, Arjun moved to this evolving business environment”. begun transitioning into the regional role
New York where he made partner and later Arjun earned an MBA from the Indian effective January 1, 2020. He is a member
appointed as the Global and Americas Institute of Management in Calcutta and of Kearney’s Operating Committee and
Lead for the Digital Transformation a bachelor’s in engineering from Motilal will maintain his role as Vice Chair of the
Practice. “I am excited to take on this role Nehru National Institute of Technology Digital Transformation Practice.
leading our business in such a diverse and in Allahabad, India. He was selected as

BCG Advances to Top Position in ALM Intelligence

Ranking

ALM Intelligence has named Boston addition, BCG “continued to innovate new approach is highly programmable to
Consulting Group (BCG) the number one diverse approaches to organization unique client needs using a comprehensive
firm in organization strategy consulting design.” Adds ALM, “the firm’s research on set of tools for changing structures, roles,
worldwide. The latest edition of The organization strategy fuels this market- and ways of working, as well as building
ALM Vanguard of Organization Strategy centric innovation capability at the same leadership and culture.
Consultants, which ranks the world’s major time as it ensures client services are on the Best-in-Class Again for Enabling Tools
consultancies in terms of their ability leading edge of trends in the space.” BCG was also chosen “best-in-class” in the
to create client impact, has ranked BCG New Org Design Approaches Bring category “enabling tools” for the second
number one across all three dimensions Strategic Value year running. The choice was based on
considered: depth of capabilities, breadth These new approaches, under the heading the strength of BCG’s proprietary tools
of capabilities, and client impact. The Org Design 3.0, “apply the theoretical that underpin its organization strategy
top-ranked tier of consultancies in the foundations of Smart Simplicity to meet consulting methodologies. According
study—the ALM Vanguard leaders—are clients’ evolving needs for becoming to ALM, “BCG further stands out for its
at the pinnacle of the market in terms of more agile, digital, purpose-driven, and ability to connect the products, services,
their ability to create client impact through zero-based (i.e., cost effective).” “Being and capabilities of the firm’s broader
their depth and breadth of expertise and able to take a fresh, deeper, and more ecosystem in a people- and organization-
deploy that expertise across a range of comprehensive approach to organization focused ecosystem that leverages data
engagement models. BCG earned the best design creates powerful opportunities and emerging technologies to implement
composite performance ranking of the to change the trajectory of a business large-scale organization strategies.” As
29 firms featured in the study. It won the and boost performance,” notes Andrew Kevin Kelley, a BCG partner and software
highest rating (“very strong”) in four of the Toma, a senior partner and global leader and data product leader for the firm’s
nine provider capabilities (external market of organization design and support People & Organization practice, points
insight, strategy, management system, and functions at BCG. “This new way of looking out, “The scope of reorganization has
enabling tools) and the next-highest rating at organization redesign is especially grown, and developing structure and talent
(“strong”) in the remaining five categories helpful for executives who are faced with solutions and implementing the associated
(needs assessment, internal client insight, intensifying competition, evolving business reorganizations have become more
operating system, project management, models, and complex technologies.” Smart complex. Driving change at scale requires
and client capability development). The Simplicity is a set of principles designed a broader and deeper reorganization
firm improved its leading position of the to reduce complexity and shape behaviors than ever before. The right organizational
past two years, notes ALM, as a result by making people more autonomous and design and data management tools and
of “superior utilization of ecosystem collaborative problem-solvers. BCG has capabilities are therefore critical for
capabilities and strategic partnerships enhanced its approach to Smart Simplicity avoiding common pitfalls and ensuring
that extend [BCG’s] breadth of analytics through its Org Design 3.0 approach, built that firms achieve their objectives in these
and implementation capabilities.” In on the foundation of Org Design 2.0. This difficult projects.”

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