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The Copmany Insights library brings together our most considered perspectives on the topics our clients are about to ask us about. Every paper is researched, drafted, peer-reviewed, peer-re-reviewed, and signed off by a Senior Partner who has not read it.

Featured · Q2 2026 Outlook

The Future of the Future: A Forward-Looking Look Forward.

Our flagship annual outlook, refreshed quarterly. We surveyed 1,200 executives across 37 industries about the next five years. They were broadly in favour of them. The full report is available below.

Outlook · 60 pages

The Future of the Future: A Forward-Looking Look Forward (2026 Edition)

1,200 executives surveyed. 37 industries covered. Six trends identified, of which four are the same as last year. A confident prediction that the future will, on the whole, occur.

Office of the Chief Strategy & Strategic Strategy Officer · April 2026
Companion Brief · 12 pages

Reading the Outlook: A Reader’s Guide to the Outlook

For executives short on time, a brief on how to skim our flagship outlook. Includes recommended pages, recommended quotes for internal use, and a glossary of the words we made up.

Office of Reader Engagement · April 2026

Latest Research

Recent papers from across the Copmany research practice.

Filtered by relevance, then by recency, then by the partner most recently asked to highlight the practice in earnings remarks.

Whitepaper · Resilience

Resilience in Times of Resilience: A Resilient Framework

Resilience is no longer optional. It is also no longer not optional. Our four-pillar model explains how to be resilient about resilience itself, and the three sub-pillars beneath each pillar.

Resilience Practice · March 2026
Briefing · AI

AI, but for Your Specific Industry: A Vague Yet Confident Take

Every industry will be transformed by AI. We do not yet know how. Our briefing addresses what to say in the meantime, and to whom, and at what point in the meeting.

AI Center of Centers · March 2026
Perspective · Operating Model

Reorganising Without Reorganising: A New Operating Model for the New Operating Model

How leading organisations are restructuring without using the word “restructuring.” Includes a glossary of acceptable substitutes.

Operating Model Practice · February 2026
Whitepaper · ESG

ESG, ESG&G, ESG-and-Some-New-Letters: A Letters-Based Framework

The regulatory letter set is expanding. We propose a framework for managing letters, organised by letter, ranked by anticipated future letter pressure.

Sustainability & Letters Practice · February 2026
Outlook · Capital Markets

The Year Ahead in Capital Markets: It Will Mostly Resemble The Year Behind

A measured forecast for the coming twelve months in capital markets. Notable predictions: the markets will move; some movements will be up; others will be down.

Capital Markets & Finanical Services Practice · January 2026
Briefing · Talent

The War for Talent, Now in Its Twenty-Seventh Consecutive Year

The war for talent continues, with no apparent armistice. We propose a peace plan involving signing bonuses and a poster.

People & Person Practice · January 2026
Perspective · Customer

The Customer Is Always Right, Subject to Section 14.3 of the MSA

A nuanced look at the customer-first paradigm, calibrated against the realities of the master services agreement.

Customer Experience Practice · December 2025
Whitepaper · Risk

Black Swans, Grey Swans, & Other Avian Metaphors: A Field Guide

An ornithology of risk events. Includes identification charts, recommended responses, and a section on swans we may have invented for narrative purposes.

Risk Awareness Awareness Practice · December 2025
Outlook · Geopolitical

Geopolitical Risk: Ten Things to Watch, of Which You Will Watch Two

A pragmatic guide to the ten geopolitical risks our clients should be tracking. Two of the ten are highlighted; the other eight are bolded for completeness.

Geopolitics Desk · November 2025

By Topic

Browse the library by the topics our clients are most prepared to be briefed on.

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Strategy & Strategic Strategy

32 papers. Most cited: “What Is Strategy? A Question Worth Asking.”

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AI, in Various States of Specificity

41 papers. Most cited: “Generative What, Now?”

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Operating Models

27 papers. Most cited: “Three Models. Pick One. Pick Another One Later.”

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Talent & Culture

19 papers. Most cited: “Posters in the Break Room: A Quantitative Review.”

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Resilience

18 papers. Most cited: “The Bounce-Back Curve.”

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ESG & Letters

22 papers. Most cited: “S Is the Letter Where We Land.”

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Risk

14 papers. Most cited: “Risks We Have, in Hindsight, Identified.”

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The Future

9 papers. Most cited: “It Is Coming.”

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Webinar Series

Join our partners for an hour, including ten minutes of audio difficulties.

The Copmany Webinar Series brings together senior partners and external guests for live discussions on the topics shaping the next quarter, the next year, or the next earnings call.

DateTopicSpeakerFormat
15 May 2026Resilience in Times of Resilience: Live Q&AResilience Practice Lead60 min · Virtual
5 June 2026The Future of the Future: Authors’ DiscussionOffice of the CSO & SSO90 min · Virtual
22 June 2026AI: From Strategic Vagueness to Tactical VaguenessAI Center of Centers60 min · Virtual
10 July 2026The Synergy Tracker, LiveL. Bramwell-Khoury (Acting)45 min · Virtual
September 2026 (TBC)Annual Investor DayThe Office of the CEO & ChairHalf-Day · Hybrid

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