Industries we work in.
Every field runs on different work. Choose yours to see what slows firms like yours down, the numbers behind it, and where we would start.
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Capital & Wealth
Wealth managers, family offices, private equity and investment banks.
More than a third of advisers plan to retire within ten years
- Plan to retire within 10 years: 35
- Not planning to retire within 10 years: 65
35 in 100 US financial advisers plan to retire within ten years. They look after 40% of the industry’s assets.
Source: Cerulli Associates, 2026
- Wealth managers and RIAsBetter-prepared client reviews, with the adviser in charge.
- Multi-family officesOne well-run office, with each family’s details kept private.
- Single-family officesAn office that does not rely on one person’s memory.
- Private-equity firmsWhat the deal team learns carries through to ownership.
- Investment banksA secure workspace for each deal team.
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Retail & Consumer
A clear weekly view of sales, stock and returns.
Explore Retail & ConsumerWhat happens to $100 of sales
- Expected to come back as returns in 2024: about $17
- Stays sold
Each square is $1 of $100, rounded to whole squares.
About $17 of every $100 of US retail sales was expected to come back as returns in 2024 (16.9%).
Source: NRF and Happy Returns, 2024
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Manufacturing
Keep production running, and keep your people’s know-how on record.
Explore ManufacturingHours lost a month at a large plant
Down from 39 hours in 2019, still about 27 a month.
Survey data from April 2019 to March 2023, published in 2024.
27 hours a month lost to unplanned downtime at a large plant, down from 39 in 2019.
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Construction & Field Services
Help crews find the right drawings and information faster.
Explore Construction & Field ServicesContractors with projects delayed by worker shortages
Down from 66% in 2022, still nearly half in 2025.
45% of US contractors surveyed had projects delayed by worker shortages in 2025, down from 66% in 2022.
Source: AGC and NCCER, 2025
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Technology
Grow without losing what your company knows.
Explore TechnologyA developer’s 40-hour week
- The rest of the week
- The lost day: 8 hours or more
69% of developers say they lose 8 hours or more a week to inefficiencies.
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Professional Services
More of the day on client work.
Explore Professional ServicesBillable time is falling
20202024- Billable: 73.2% in 2021, 68.9% in 2024
- On time: 80.2% in 2021, 73.4% in 2024
The scale starts at 60%.
68.9% billable utilization at professional services firms in 2024, down from 73.2% in 2021.
Source: SPI Research, 2025
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The same idea in every industry
Your firm’s know-how stays yours when you change software or AI provider.
A store, a plant and a family office run very differently. In each, the firm should own and control where and how its work gets done: its know-how, its memory, its approvals, its record, its data and its choice of AI. That is its sovereignty, and it stays with the firm when the AI changes.
How we buildInsights
Useful for every firm
- How to keep your firm’s know-how when you change AI modelsModels are rented. What your firm knows, and how it works, should not be. Read the article
- Deciding which work goes to AI, and who checks itBuying AI licenses is the easy part. The value comes from deciding which work goes to AI, and who checks it. Read the article
- What your AI is allowed to accessThe useful question is what your AI can reach when it gets something wrong. Read the article
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