CEO insights – What do CEOs talk about?

Update April 2023: IoT Analytics published a more recent blog on: What CEOs talked about in Q1/2023: Economic uncertainty, layoffs, and the rise of ChatGPT. In short Five themes noticeably gained traction in Q2/2022, i.e., the invasion of Ukraine, the recession, the stock market, energy prices, and layoffs. Other topic that are rising in importance include the public cloud and industrial IoT....

Update April 2023: IoT Analytics published a more recent blog on: What CEOs talked about in Q1/2023: Economic uncertainty, layoffs, and the rise of ChatGPT. In short Inflation and increasing prices were among executives’ most-discussed themes in Q1/2022. Other important and increasingly common themes on the CEO agenda were the invasion of Ukraine, AI, SaaS, and the cloud. The frequency of supply...

In short The topic of supply chain disruptions topped Q4/2021 as the most widely discussed theme among executives. Other important and growing themes on the CEO agenda include inflation, vaccine mandates, the talent war, climate change, and the metaverse.Work-from-home themes declined sharply.In general, the prevalence of many digitalization and tech topics increased strongly after falling in...

Update April 2023: IoT Analytics published a more recent blog on: What CEOs talked about in Q1/2023: Economic uncertainty, layoffs, and the rise of ChatGPT. In short The topic of inflation emerged as one of the most widely discussed themes with executives in Q3/2021. Other important and growing themes on the CEO agenda are “disrupted supply chains,” new work (hybrid work, recruiting), and...

Update October 2021: IoT Analytics published a more recent blog on: What CEOs talked about in Q3/2021: Inflation, supply chain disruptions, and new ways of work. Key Insights Corporate CEOs’ mentions of themes related to COVID-19 and vaccination faded in Q2 2021. Topics relating to macroeconomics, chips, and supply chains increased during this time.Recruiting is increasing, and hybrid work...

Update July 2021: IoT Analytics published a more recent blog on: What CEOs talked about in Q2 of 2021: Inflation, chip shortage, and recruiting. In short Corporate CEOs’ mentions of themes related to the effects of the pandemic faded in Q1. Topics relating to vaccines and vaccination increased during this time.The automotive semiconductor shortage has catapulted the subject into the center...