Top trends and priorities focus on agile, AI-powered transformation
We met with 158 energy and utilities executives to understand their top priorities and how they are preparing for and adapting to key trends shaping their organisations. This year, executives are prioritising:
- Using AI and data to drive decarbonisation and resilience
- Addressing workforce shortages with smart digital tools
- Enhancing security and resilience in global supply chains
- Applying AI to modernise systems and evolve business models
- Navigating new regulations with real-time compliance tools
Business models evolve to address climate and digitisation needs
#1 IT priorityaccelerating digital transformation and automation75%report that digitisation significantly impacts their business model29%rate their operating model as highly agile when addressing digitisation
Energy strategies adapt to shifting regulatory and operational demands
- 77%
cite regulatory complexity among top macroeconomic trends- 61%
report difficulty recruiting talent- 45%
say global economic shifts are disrupting operations and supply chains- 95%
track country residency of data for compliance and privacy
31% of organisations generating expected results from their digitisation strategies—the digital leaders—share common traits that help them deliver superior performance. In Energy & utilities, digital leaders:
Have a holistic data strategy
extending to the ecosystem
+12pp
vs. industry average
Have a holistic AI strategy
extending to the ecosystem
+7pp
vs. industry average
Produce results from their data privacy
and protection strategy
extending to the ecosystem
+23pp
vs. industry average
*"Digital leaders” are those producing expected results.
pp = percentage points
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