Growth, Productivity, Innovation, and Demographic Change

In the years following the COVID-19 pandemic, institutions have had to rethink their strategies for growth, productivity, and innovation. Shifting demographics, evolving consumer preferences, rapid advances in AI, and changing patterns of how people live, work, and travel are creating new opportunities for sustainable and resilient growth. These forces are playing out most visibly in Asia’s gateway cities. Major economies in their own right, they concentrate talent, capital, innovation and consumption, while facing profound shifts in their citizens’ expectations. How can leaders harness technological and demographic trends to improve productivity while augmenting human capabilities? How can leading cities continue to attract talent, investment, and enterprise as demographic and economic patterns change? And what new opportunities are emerging as consumer behaviors and expectations evolve?