Staying Relevant: The Future-Ready Business Benchmark

How future ready is your business? Criticaleye partner, Cognizant, commissioned Economist Impact to define what it takes to be future-ready, and how close businesses are to getting there.

Key takeaways include: 

  • Over 90% of business leaders say it’s a priority to adopt a data-driven approach and create a digital-first business model.

  • 89% of 2,000 senior executives said that their businesses have adopted/plan to adopt cloud computing.

  • Nearly half of respondents (46%) recognise they lack the talent necessary to implement and utilize advanced technologies.

  • When asked about the biggest hurdles to implementing new processes, products, services and technologies over the last 12 months, the two most significant challenges that respondents named were a lack of resources and knowledgeable staff.





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