Consumers are thirsting for authenticity even as the role of AI has risen to dizzying heights in the marketing and advertising industry…virtually overnight! It is a weird paradox to say the least. How will the industry survive and prosper – and which executives will navigate this industry upheaval?

Travel, hospitality and tourism are enjoying a strong recovery after the lean pandemic and post-pandemic period. But this industry is clearly facing a staffing crisis even as it recovers. The solution will be to hire and integrate creative, solution-oriented executives who can imagine the future and...

The manufacturing industry is in steep competition with other industries for talent at all organizational levels. Strategies to expand the pool of potential employees such as DEI initiatives, upskilling current employees, retaining associates, and enhancing the efficiency of available human talent...

Change is the one constant governing the complex Real Estate and Construction industry. However, change means opportunity for executives as they consider what they want to do for a living. What is guiding and driving this dynamic marketplace?

Financial Services is not the staid and traditional industry of prior generations. There is enormous change occurring both internally and externally. Moreover, it seems to be a growth industry at the moment. Why so much growth and change? And what does it mean for executives? 

The Barrett Group sees progress toward growing acceptance and support for more female executives. In fact, our new CEO, Marion Engelke, is also female. In this Industry Update, we review the data on the women who make things happen at many of the world’s most important companies.

The Barrett Group (TBG) believes that there has been an increase in the underlying HR executive population as a response to the post-pandemic economic resurgence. This trend may have been interrupted slightly in 2023 as some positions were trimmed—adjusting the post-pandemic overcorrection. But the...

In 2024 the tech industry is likely to see restructuring, and a variety of developments will affect the playing field. Almost 9,000 executives list the Big Tech companies as their employers on LinkedIn. Frankly, Big Tech companies are not comparable among themselves. What may most connect them, however,...

The increasing frequency of extreme weather events seems to be focusing public attention at last on the accelerating climate change humanity has inflicted on the planet for more than 100 years.  Finally, a few important steps were undertaken at the latest COP28 meeting in 2023, the global body charged...

There is no question that 2023 has been a complicated year for the Private Equity (PE) and Venture Capital (VC) industry. Here are a few headlines from S&P Global for the first nine months of 2023 [See source.]: “Global private equity fundraising remained sluggish as total capital raised in the...