By Martin Sheppard, guest editor.
As guest editor, I want to highlight the need for us, as leaders, to embrace innovation, champion change as opportunity and constantly encourage new thinking to solve the complex challenges our clients face. Throughout this edition you will find articles, such as An appetite for innovation, that discuss the need for, and benefits of, this type of an approach.
We all know we can provide solutions. But increasingly today we must add value by looking beyond the obvious, thinking long-term and finding new ways to help our clients achieve better results. We can only do this through our culture and the way we operate. Our people must be empowered to innovate and not be afraid of failure.
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In Depth
How innovative are we as a firm? Should we be doing more?
The business environment is changing and innovation is rising up the boardroom agenda. Innovation and long-term success are intrinsically linked – it’s no longer enough for companies to simply do what they’ve always done but do it better, faster and more efficiently.
Rather, as guest editor Martin Sheppard points out, companies need to “remain agile and open to new thinking; especially now they’re facing increased competition.”
In this issue, we consider the importance of innovation for global businesses and reflect on the things we’re doing well and areas where we might improve as a firm.
Part one: why creativity is crucial to success
Part two: innovation at KPMG
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Can the world’s third-largest economy escape its deflationary shackles?
There’s a new-found sense of optimism in Japan and the watching world is just as positive about the Land of the Rising Sun’s prospects. Tokyo is preparing to host the 2020 Olympic Games and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is determinedly pushing on with his reforms, commonly known as Abe-nomics.
“People are now more vibrant and more upbeat. It is not twilight, but a new dawn breaking over Japan,” declared Prime Minister Abe in his opening address at the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this year.
Japan was very much at the forefront of peoples’ minds at Davos.
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Would you accept an overseas assignment and, if you did, what would you gain from it and what challenges might you face along the way?
Overseas placements are often considered the preserve of mid-management, but there’s a lot to be said for partners moving abroad, too – and huge opportunities to be seized by those who take up the challenge. We hear from two of our people who’ve done just that.
We meet Derek Meates and Daniel Camilleri – two partners from KPMG Australia who stepped out of their comfort zone and relocated overseas to develop their careers, broaden their skillset and experience life in a very different part of the world.
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Opinion
Isabelle Allen considers how technology might affect professional services
Although certainly not advertised as such, attending Davos is a bit like taking a rollercoaster ride!
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Introducing Thomas Hofman-Bang
In February 2014, Thomas Hofman-Bang was appointed Senior Partner and CEO of our new member firm in Denmark: KPMG 2014.
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Digest
“Transfer pricing is at the top of the Chief Tax Officer agenda.”
Head of Global Transfer Pricing Sean Foley shares his thoughts on the challenges and opportunities for our multinational clients as they come to grips with tax transparency in the transfer pricing arena.
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Innovative proposal demonstrates our attention to detail
The overarching theme of this issue of Pulse is how fresh thinking in everything we do can help KPMG achieve its aspirations – and in part two of our feature on innovation we share some recent creative thinking from around the global firm.
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Confronting big global challenges at Davos
Our people present talks at the World Economic Forum that demonstrate our commitment to tackling some of the world’s most complex social and economic problems.
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We announce the results of the first GLP Confidence Index
In issue one of Pulse, we conducted the first GLP Confidence Index, a quarterly gauge of client and market confidence, and your outlook on your accounts. The results of the first index are in.
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