The Press Room from Deloitte Insights

The fourth industrial revolution, or Industry 4.0, is upon us. Brenna Sniderman spoke with Tanya Ott on how systems—connected via the Internet—can now analyze data, and learn from and adjust to their environment to inform future activity.

The decline of retail theater; the Prime Effect; the mismatch of consumer expectations and reality.... Rod Sides and Tanya Ott discuss this holiday season's consumer shopping trends, as described by the 2016 Holiday Retail Survey.

Can blockchain become as sexy as virtual reality or the Internet of Things? And of trillions of signals potentially being processed, how do we isolate the few that are meaningful? Bill Briggs discusses 2016's tech trends with Tanya Ott.

How can video games help organizations develop better leaders? Cary Harr and Roxanne Splitt discuss how games, or simulations, encourage employees to examine their unconscious biases and internalize behaviors to become more inclusive leaders.

Almost every company expects digital disruption in some form or another—but how are they actually preparing for it? Perhaps surprisingly, this preparation may need to be more cultural than technological. Tanya Ott spoke with Gerald Kane about companies' differing levels of digital maturity as they compete in a rapidly changing world.

Losing customer data to hackers can be costly and embarrassing, but losing intellectual property to cyber thieves could threaten a company's future. Tanya Ott talks to Emily Mossburg and Ash Raghavan about the risks facing business today.

Health care consumers are looking for the same quality of service that they get in other industries, while doctors find they increasingly need business skills: leadership, marketing, communication. Harry Greenspun discusses how physicians and medical schools are responding to these different pressures in the current health care environment.

Even though healthcare.gov was initially called a public policy disaster, it ended up being one of the best things to happen to a government unable to keep up with evolving citizen expectations. Bill Eggers spoke with Tanya Ott on how government agencies must change their traditional culture to a digital, innovative one to continue to successfully deliver services.

It's not uncommon for top companies to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to recruit C-suite execs—but the failure rate is high. Ajit Kambil spoke with Tanya Ott about the 90-day myth, and the three main areas newly hired C-level executives need to focus on to be successful.

Water pipes in most US cities are more than 50 years old, and some even double that age—leading to major health concerns and enormous costs from main breaks. Tanya Ott spoke with Patricia Buckley about the water infrastructure's "hidden crisis," and from where the money to prevent it will come.