McKinsey & Company asked the following question: “How do the best design performers increase their revenues and shareholder returns at twice the rate of their industry counterparts?”
We tracked the design practices of 300 publicly listed companies over a five-year period in multiple countries and industries. Their senior business and design leaders were interviewed or surveyed. Our team collected more than two million pieces of financial data and recorded more than 100,000 design actions.
1 Advanced regression analysis uncovered the 12 actions showing the greatest correlation with improved financial performance and clustered these actions into four broad themes.
The four themes of good design described below form the basis of the McKinsey Design Index (MDI), which rates companies by how strong they are at design and—for the first time—how that links up with the financial performance of each company.
Read the Full Article and Download the Business Value of Design PDF at McKinsey’s site.
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