A manufacturing footprint fit for the future, via advanced analytics

Consumer-goods companies are under pressure to optimize manufacturing for the next normal. Advanced analytics could drive significant impact for their complex footprints and portfolios.
A manufacturing footprint fit for the future, via advanced analytics

How top tech trends will transform insurance

Over the next decade, the fully tech-enabled insurer will bear little resemblance to today’s organization. Five trends, individually and in combination, will have a seismic impact.
How top tech trends will transform insurance

Global perspectives on insurtechs

The growth of insurtechs is driving innovation and disruption in the industry. Four McKinsey experts discuss the current state and the future evolution of the field.
Global perspectives on insurtechs

The Future of Digital Innovation in China: Megatrends Shaping One of the World’s Fastest Evolving Digital Ecosystems

The paths taken by Chinese companies have relevant implications for other digital and traditional players as they craft their strategies.
The Future of Digital Innovation in China: Megatrends Shaping One of the World’s Fastest Evolving Digital Ecosystems

This time it’s personal: Shaping the ‘new possible’ through employee experience

In an era of workplace upheaval, companies that create tailored, authentic experiences strengthen employee purpose, ignite energy, and elevate organization-wide performance.
This time it’s personal: Shaping the ‘new possible’ through employee experience

When agile marketing breaks the agency model

The journey to agile marketing can be hard. But for many marketers and agencies, it offers the opportunity to forge a better partnership.
When agile marketing breaks the agency model

Economic conditions outlook, September 2021

Executives’ sentiment on economic conditions continues to be positive, even as concerns mount—yet again—over the pandemic’s threat to growth.
Economic conditions outlook, September 2021

Evolution and opportunity in the postpandemic economy

Industry and the government have evolved rapidly since the COVID-19 outbreak. What still needs to change, what will stay, and what will be left behind in the postpandemic economy?
Evolution and opportunity in the postpandemic economy

E(lectric) Commerce: Volta Trucks’ vehicle for sustainable delivery

Commercial trucks are a major source of emissions in cities. Carl-Magnus Norden thinks his start-up can be the catalyst needed to make the sector more environmentally-friendly.
E(lectric) Commerce: Volta Trucks’ vehicle for sustainable delivery

Who’s left? Engaging the remaining hesitant consumers on COVID-19 vaccine adoption

While more Americans receive and show openness to receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, concerns persist among guardians of children and other cautious segments.
Who’s left? Engaging the remaining hesitant consumers on COVID-19 vaccine adoption

How industrial companies can put e-commerce at the heart of their growth strategy

How can industrial companies maintain strong bonds with distributors while cultivating direct sales through e-commerce?
How industrial companies can put e-commerce at the heart of their growth strategy

Capital markets’ message to financial institutions: Differentiate or perish

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, investors have rewarded specialist financial institutions and universal banks making bold portfolio moves.
Capital markets’ message to financial institutions: Differentiate or perish

At the Food Company | No. 43

Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you’re looking for a quick win.
At the Food Company | No. 43

Cyber resilience: Protecting America’s digital infrastructure

Faced with rising cyberthreats, government and the private sector will need to improve their digital hygiene while also preparing for the next wave of cyber adversaries.
Cyber resilience: Protecting America’s digital infrastructure

Operationalizing machine learning in processes

Machine learning shows tremendous potential for increasing process efficiency. But generating real, lasting value requires more than just the best algorithms.
Operationalizing machine learning in processes

Lighthouses unlock sustainability through 4IR technologies

At manufacturing lighthouses, the Fourth Industrial Revolution makes sustainability easier. Environmental sustainability and operational competitiveness reinforce one another, thanks to digital.
Lighthouses unlock sustainability through 4IR technologies

Africa’s green manufacturing crossroads: Choices for a low-carbon industrial future

In Africa, the decarbonization of the manufacturing sector and economic growth and industrialization can go hand in hand; the choices the continent makes now will be critical for its future success and prosperity.
Africa’s green manufacturing crossroads: Choices for a low-carbon industrial future

Moving beyond agile to become a software innovator

Companies need to borrow a page from the tech industry’s playbook to understand how to use agile to build better products and experiences.
Moving beyond agile to become a software innovator

A playbook for newly minted private equity portfolio-company CEOs

Unprecedented private equity deal flow means more leaders than ever are stepping into the portfolio-company CEO role. Here’s guidance from the experts on the role’s unique challenges and demands.
A playbook for newly minted private equity portfolio-company CEOs

How data and analytics are redefining excellence in P&C underwriting

Most P&C insurers in Europe and North America are investing in data and analytics to improve underwriting; those with the most advanced capabilities enjoy better operating results and performance.
How data and analytics are redefining excellence in P&C underwriting

The rise of digital marketing in medtech

Digital marketing offers medtech companies powerful ways to personalize engagement with healthcare professionals and respond to their changing needs.
The rise of digital marketing in medtech

Curbing methane emissions: How five industries can counter a major climate threat

Methane accounts for about one-third of global warming. New McKinsey research shows how five industries can cut emissions with proven technologies and at a reasonable cost.
Curbing methane emissions: How five industries can counter a major climate threat

The new marketing model for growth: How CPGs can crack the code

A sophisticated, predictive, and customized new marketing agenda is enabling CPG marketers to fulfill their new growth mandate. Here are the key ingredients.
The new marketing model for growth: How CPGs can crack the code

Emerging markets leap forward in digital banking innovation and adoption

As consumer use of digital banking accelerates in Asia–Pacific, the region’s emerging markets have become the hub of banking innovation for digital business models.
Emerging markets leap forward in digital banking innovation and adoption

C2C e-commerce: Could a new business model sell more old goods?

Like other e-commerce but with less fanfare, C2C trade has expanded during the COVID-19 crisis alongside demand for recycled goods. A new business model could support still stronger growth.
C2C e-commerce: Could a new business model sell more old goods?

Banking on the ‘soft stuff’

The lessons of transforming performance at one midsize US bank came down to shifting mindsets and behaviors.
Banking on the ‘soft stuff’

How many people are really needed in a transformation?

Deciding how many employees to involve in an organization’s transformation shouldn’t be a guessing game. New research can help.
How many people are really needed in a transformation?

A turning point for US auto dealers: The unstoppable electric car

Electric-vehicle sales are surging, transforming every aspect of the business. Our assessment helps US auto dealers prepare for the coming change.
A turning point for US auto dealers: The unstoppable electric car

Four ways pharma companies can make their supply chains more resilient

Pharmaceutical supply chains have become global and complex. With more outsourcing, new modalities, and novel ways to reach patients, it’s critical to ensure that they can withstand shocks.
Four ways pharma companies can make their supply chains more resilient

How Telkomsel transformed to reach digital-first consumers

A 26-year-old incumbent seized an opportunity to reinvent itself—and attract its next generation of customers.
How Telkomsel transformed to reach digital-first consumers

Ordering in: The rapid evolution of food delivery

Succeeding in the fast-growing food-delivery ecosystem will require understanding how overlapping economic forces affect a complex web of stakeholders.
Ordering in: The rapid evolution of food delivery

From fighter pilot to robotics pioneer: An interview with Missy Cummings

One of the US Navy’s first female fighter pilots, the engineering and robotics professor talks about the promise and peril of automation in airplanes and cars, predicting a “very distinct shift away from replacing human reasoning to augmenting human reasoning.”
From fighter pilot to robotics pioneer: An interview with Missy Cummings

Buying into a more sustainable value chain

Two-thirds of the average company’s environment, social, and governance footprint lies with suppliers. Procurement leaders who take bold action can make a decisive difference in sustainability.
Buying into a more sustainable value chain

Closing the gender gap in Central and Eastern Europe

Empowering women in the workplace could unlock significant economic growth in the region.
Closing the gender gap in Central and Eastern Europe

Rebooting customer experience to bring back the magic of travel

The COVID-19 pandemic upended life as we know it, and devastated the travel industry globally. As travel volumes are returning in many parts of the world, customer experience is emerging as the challenge of the recovery.
Rebooting customer experience to bring back the magic of travel

Cloud calculator

This cloud cost-optimization simulator details the range of levers that can be used to substantially reduce costs for one illustrative scenario of an application on the cloud.
Cloud calculator

Five Fifty: The lonely economy

As households get smaller, new forms of connection and consumption are emerging. Are you ready to hug your robot friend?
Five Fifty: The lonely economy

The McKinsey Crossword: It’s Greek to Me | No. 42

Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you’re looking for a quick win.
The McKinsey Crossword: It’s Greek to Me | No. 42

Electrifying the bottom line

Electric-vehicle sales are increasing, yet many OEMs are still defining their path toward profitability. Our new report helps automotive leaders improve their EV business strategy.
Electrifying the bottom line

Government data management for the digital age

Public institutions can make more of their data resources. Five actions can help them modernize their data infrastructures and unlock significant value across state, economy, and society.
Government data management for the digital age

Pfizer’s mix of science and grit alters the course of COVID-19

Angela Hwang, Pfizer’s head of biopharmaceuticals, talks about breaking new ground when the pressure is on—and how having a deep company heritage can help.
Pfizer’s mix of science and grit alters the course of COVID-19

Ensuring adaptation and resilience to climate change

It is necessary to implement a prioritized approach to protect urban residents, and the infrastructure that supports them, from climate risk.
Ensuring adaptation and resilience to climate change

Accelerating sustainable infrastructure: An investor’s perspective

Sadek Wahba, chairman and managing partner of I Squared Capital, explains how to overcome challenges for funding sustainable infrastructure and why equitable access is so important.
Accelerating sustainable infrastructure: An investor’s perspective

Action needed: Help us measure project sustainability

Quickly delivering capital projects will be key in fighting climate change. Doing so requires capital-sustainability metrics that apply across industries and sectors.
Action needed: Help us measure project sustainability

Delivering sustainable infrastructure: Insights from industry leaders

Sustainable infrastructure is critical in reducing carbon emissions. More efficient design approaches, new technologies, and better benchmarking can help.
Delivering sustainable infrastructure: Insights from industry leaders

Author Talks: Ella Bell Smith on why race and class are wedges between women

Addressing gender alone won’t help women rise to the top.
Author Talks: Ella Bell Smith on why race and class are wedges between women

Fast forward: How cloud computing could transform risk management

Cloud-based computing will provide tangible benefits for banking risk management functions, but risk leaders face significant challenges migrating their systems and activities from on-premises to the cloud.
Fast forward: How cloud computing could transform risk management

Getting strategic about new-product submissions in the pharma industry

By rethinking the approach to regulatory submissions, pharma companies can reduce timelines and increase their chances of successful product approvals.
Getting strategic about new-product submissions in the pharma industry

Manufacturing process innovation for industrials

Industrial manufacturing levels in the United States have been falling for decades, but process innovation is gaining steam and could reinvigorate this struggling sector.
Manufacturing process innovation for industrials

Scaling up ‘rock-star fast’: A conversation with foodpanda’s Jakob Angele

The CEO of foodpanda APAC recounts how the company grew from a food-delivery start-up to a business valued at $30 billion by moving fast and creating a trusted brand.
Scaling up ‘rock-star fast’: A conversation with foodpanda’s Jakob Angele

How employers can improve their approach to mental health at work

Employers benefit when they help employees to prioritize mental wellness, thereby reducing the stigma of mental-health issues, addressing disparities in their incidence and treatment, and providing support through formal structures and programs.
How employers can improve their approach to mental health at work

Innovation—the launchpad out of the crisis

How organizations can innovate their way into the postpandemic era.
Innovation—the launchpad out of the crisis

Building resilience through procurement analytics

New tools can help companies crisis-proof their supply chains. To implement the technology at scale, companies can focus on four key priorities.
Building resilience through procurement analytics

Rethinking meat: A leader in the cultivated meat industry envisions the future

Meat made without animals could become as normal as electric cars and music streaming, says Josh Tetrick, cofounder and CEO of cultivated-meat company Eat Just, Inc.
Rethinking meat: A leader in the cultivated meat industry envisions the future

The McKinsey Crossword: Places of Business | No. 41

Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you’re looking for a quick win.
The McKinsey Crossword: Places of Business | No. 41

Unlocking value in large-deal healthcare M&A: How to achieve transformation during integration

A transformative integration approach can help healthcare organizations maximize value creation in large deals.
Unlocking value in large-deal healthcare M&A: How to achieve transformation during integration

Port to patient: Improving country cold chains for COVID-19 vaccines

In many developing countries, limitations of existing cold chains will provide challenges for COVID-19-vaccine distribution. Strategic distribution planning and targeted investment can help.
Port to patient: Improving country cold chains for COVID-19 vaccines

Creating value in the specialty-pumps market

OEMs and distributors face a rapidly changing competitive landscape, but aspiring leaders can take the initiative to seize the opportunity in this growing industrial market.
Creating value in the specialty-pumps market

Shortages of everyday products have become the new normal. Why they won’t end soon.

Just when consumers think it’s safe to draw down their pandemic reserve of toilet paper, many are finding stockouts and price increases on other products. Unexpected price increases on a wide range of products raise questions about when consumer product markets will return to normal. Authors Jaana Remes and Sajal Kohli highlight new McKinsey Global Institute analysis indicating that the pandemic interrupted a long-term rising trend in the share of services in household consumption, triggering an unexpected spike in demand for products. This may not change anytime soon.
Shortages of everyday products have become the new normal. Why they won’t end soon.

Why women are leaving the mining industry and what mining companies can do about it

Women are underrepresented at all levels within mining companies. Yet opportunities remain for the industry to boost female recruitment, retention, and advancement.
Why women are leaving the mining industry and what mining companies can do about it

Steady state: Prioritising stability in a volatile market

How Santos CEO Kevin Gallagher led a comprehensive reform of the Australian energy company’s operating model.
Steady state: Prioritising stability in a volatile market

A new age for insurance procurement

In this podcast, McKinsey experts explore the insurance procurement themes executives should consider as the tremors from the pandemic push them to rethink their service-provider relationships.
A new age for insurance procurement

Innovating employee health: Time to break the mold?

Employers have rapidly adapted during the COVID-19 pandemic: Can they now apply that level of speed to innovating employer-sponsored insurance?
Innovating employee health: Time to break the mold?

The autonomous plant: Entering a new digital era

The requirements of the energy transition present significant industry challenges. Energy companies must embrace new technologies, transform management systems, and expand workforce capabilities.
The autonomous plant: Entering a new digital era

A smarter way to think about public–private partnerships

For governments pursuing public–private partnerships for large infrastructure projects, capitalizing on the risk-management capabilities of the private sector could be a more efficient and effective approach.
A smarter way to think about public–private partnerships

The making of a megadeal: Howard Ungerleider on the merger of Dow and DuPont

The CFO of Dow shares his experience of leading one of the most complex mergers and spinouts in history.
The making of a megadeal: Howard Ungerleider on the merger of Dow and DuPont

Brand strength or margin? Both!

In times of uncertainty, strong brands are more important than ever. But how do you pursue ambitious marketing goals while keeping the budget in check?
Brand strength or margin? Both!

A new frontier for transforming nonpersonnel cost management in banking

COVID-19’s economic impact makes cost management critical for banks. Three actions pave the way to lower expenses while maintaining customer satisfaction.
A new frontier for transforming nonpersonnel cost management in banking

What matters most? Five priorities for CEOs in the next normal

How leaders can adapt to a very different future.
What matters most? Five priorities for CEOs in the next normal

Retail’s need for speed: Unlocking value in omnichannel delivery

The race to provide ever-faster omnichannel order fulfillment is on. Where should retailers keep up—and what are the value-creation opportunities in doing so?
Retail’s need for speed: Unlocking value in omnichannel delivery

‘Great Attrition’ or ‘Great Attraction’? The choice is yours

A record number of employees are quitting or thinking about doing so. Organizations that take the time to learn why—and act thoughtfully—will have an edge in attracting and retaining talent.
‘Great Attrition’ or ‘Great Attraction’? The choice is yours

COVID-19: A comparison with other public-health burdens

The good news: COVID-19 is no longer the leading cause of death in some countries.
COVID-19: A comparison with other public-health burdens

Beyond income: Redrawing Asia’s consumer map

Asia’s consumer markets are not only growing rapidly but diversifying and segmenting. Three changes in perspective are key to understanding new consumption paths in the region.
Beyond income: Redrawing Asia’s consumer map

Why the automotive future is electric

Mainstream EVs will transform the automotive industry and help decarbonize the planet.
Why the automotive future is electric

Five Fifty: The business builders

The more new businesses you build, the better you get at building them. That’s the lesson from the companies that do it best.
Five Fifty: The business builders

Author Talks: Vanessa Bohns on our hidden potential to persuade

Social psychologist Vanessa Bohns discusses why failing to recognize our ability to influence can lead us to miss opportunities or misuse power.
Author Talks: Vanessa Bohns on our hidden potential to persuade

Global IT services: An often-overlooked opportunity for private equity

The $1 trillion IT services market offers many untapped possibilities for private capital.
Global IT services: An often-overlooked opportunity for private equity

Tech-enabled SG&A transformation

How to leverage the upcoming S/4HANA migration as an opportunity for a holistic SG&A cost transformation.
Tech-enabled SG&A transformation

COVID-19 Consumer Healthcare Insights: What 2021 may hold

American consumers say they are prioritizing health and wellness in the COVID-19 pandemic, and stakeholders are evaluating ways to boost vaccine adoption among ‘cautious’ or ‘unlikely’ vaccinators.
COVID-19 Consumer Healthcare Insights: What 2021 may hold

Global business-services sourcing comes of age

How can companies ensure their technology and business-services sourcing is creating real value? And how can service providers create propositions that support continued growth?
Global business-services sourcing comes of age

Five traps to avoid: The long game of DTC and e-commerce

Simply selling online is relatively easy. But unless you plan from day one to build a sustainable e-commerce business, you risk crippling your ability to scale over time.
Five traps to avoid: The long game of DTC and e-commerce

In banking, location is everything again—for now

With growth diverging again in emerging versus developed economies, banks need to remap their market strategy.
In banking, location is everything again—for now

Four imperatives for the next-generation legal department

The legal ecosystem is dramatically different today, so legal departments must change as well. A set of four imperatives can guide planning of the department’s new priorities, structure, and talent.
Four imperatives for the next-generation legal department

The key role of dynamic talent allocation in shaping the future of work

“Flow to work” operating models match scarce skills to high-priority work, improve people development, and increase business responsiveness. While the approach isn’t new, the pandemic has demonstrated its value.
The key role of dynamic talent allocation in shaping the future of work