The Conference Board CEO Challenge<sup>®</sup> 2012: Risky Business—Focusing on Innovation and Talent in a Volatile World

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The Conference Board CEO Challenge^® 2012: Risky Business—Focusing on Innovation and Talent in a Volatile World

Authors:
Chuck Mitchell
Rebecca L. Ray, PhD
Bart van Ark
Publication Date:
March 20, 2012

According to the 776 CEO respondents to the 2012 The Conference Board CEO Challenge® survey, the race to innovate, the war for talent, “black swans” and bad debts, and the hunt for new markets—all driven by an increasing drumbeat of regulation and oversight—define today’s global business environment. When this combination of risk, regulation, uncertainty, and complexity is mixed with the need for speed and an overwhelming flow of information and data (not all of it reliable), it makes for risky business and an intense set of unique leadership challenges for CEOs in every region of the world.