Singapore emerges as a new-business-building hub

New infrastructure and funding sources, along with established practices, are helping traditional companies launch new businesses that can scale quickly.
Singapore emerges as a new-business-building hub

Closing the loop: Increasing fashion circularity in California

The fashion value chain is predominantly linear and global. It has put the apparel industry on an unsustainable path.
Closing the loop: Increasing fashion circularity in California

Aging reframed: Seeing aging as an opportunity in healthcare

An inspiring conversation about aging, women in leadership, and the chance to change the narrative on old age.
Aging reframed: Seeing aging as an opportunity in healthcare

How distributors can self-disrupt to win in the new digital world

Distributors can learn new strategies to make them effective in a world with increasingly powerful digital players.
How distributors can self-disrupt to win in the new digital world

Taking stock of the pandemic’s impact on global aviation

Although air cargo soared on the tailwinds of increased demand and high freight rates, airlines continued be the worst performers in the aviation sector.
Taking stock of the pandemic’s impact on global aviation

Author Talks: Open season for intelligence gathering

Open-source intelligence means spying isn’t just for governments anymore—anyone with an online connection can gather troves of information.
Author Talks: Open season for intelligence gathering

I want it now: An interview with Gorillas CEO Kağan Sümer

Instant delivery has already made its presence felt. One of the disrupters shares his aspiration and what it will take to get there.
I want it now: An interview with Gorillas CEO Kağan Sümer

The rising toll of the war in Ukraine

Lives lost and upended. Soaring food and energy prices. Supply chains at risk. Much is at stake as the war continues.
The rising toll of the war in Ukraine

Rural rising: Economic development strategies for America’s heartland

There is no one-size-fits-all economic development strategy for rural communities. How can local leaders—including governments, businesses, and individuals—put rural regions on track to thrive?
Rural rising: Economic development strategies for America’s heartland

Economic conditions outlook, March 2022

Worries about geopolitical conflicts, among other risks to growth, now exceed executives’ concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic. Overall economic optimism continues to decline.
Economic conditions outlook, March 2022

Navigating the semiconductor chip shortage: A control-tower case study

One industrial company’s innovative response to the global semiconductor chip shortage proves to be a game changer for the manufacturing sector.
Navigating the semiconductor chip shortage: A control-tower case study

The state of diversity in US private equity

Taking a closer look at the data reveals private equity’s progress, remaining challenges, and the road ahead on diversity.
The state of diversity in US private equity

Lighthouses reveal a playbook for responsible industry transformation

The advanced factories of the Global Lighthouse Network show how sustainability and workforce engagement can accelerate and scale Fourth Industrial Revolution transformation—responsibly.
Lighthouses reveal a playbook for responsible industry transformation

Adding years to life and life to years

At least six years of higher quality life for everyone is within reach.
Adding years to life and life to years

Scale what works: The benefits of proven health interventions

Interactive visualization showing the opportunity to extend and improve life through known health interventions.
Scale what works: The benefits of proven health interventions

Viral-vector therapies at scale: Today’s challenges and future opportunities

Viral-vector gene therapies are here to stay. Keeping pace with increasing demand requires consideration of challenges, the potential for standardization, and strategizing for accelerating patient access.
Viral-vector therapies at scale: Today’s challenges and future opportunities

Outer space in 2030

In this video, three of McKinsey’s aerospace experts describe the ways in which future activity in space will benefit people on Earth—and some challenges that could arise along the way.
Outer space in 2030

Common pitfalls in transformations: A conversation with Jon Garcia

When 70 percent of transformations fail, management teams must avoid the common pitfalls that undermine success.
Common pitfalls in transformations: A conversation with Jon Garcia

Getting it right before going global: A conversation with LingoAce’s Hugh Yao

The founder of an online Mandarin language-learning platform explains why starting slowly prepared his start-up for exponential growth.
Getting it right before going global: A conversation with LingoAce’s Hugh Yao

The $773 billion question: Inflation’s impact on defense spending

How will the Defense Department deal with possible long-term inflation and price increases for its most important programs?
The $773 billion question: Inflation’s impact on defense spending

Five Fifty: Winning back your workers

Employees left the workforce in record numbers last year, and many are staying away. Companies need to rethink how to win them back.
Five Fifty: Winning back your workers

Bridging the labor mismatch in US construction

US construction projects are short-staffed today, and the problem is set to get worse. Here’s what the sector can do to close the gap.
Bridging the labor mismatch in US construction

The great divergence: Banking in Asia post pandemic

The banking sector has surprised many by emerging from COVID-19 relatively unscathed. But new conditions pose novel challenges: where now for Asian banks?
The great divergence: Banking in Asia post pandemic

Make room for alternative proteins: What it takes to build a new sector

Alternative proteins have the potential to dramatically slow climate change. This interview with three leaders in the field reveals the strategies and insights needed to unlock that potential.
Make room for alternative proteins: What it takes to build a new sector

Cracking the complexity code in embedded systems development

How to manage—and eventually master—complexity in embedded systems development.
Cracking the complexity code in embedded systems development

The flip side of large M&A deals

Research shows there is a 50-50 chance that companies pursuing large M&A deals will outperform industry peers. Here are the four actions executives can take to increase those odds.
The flip side of large M&A deals

Seven steps to help protect your ERP system against cyberattacks

Many companies’ enterprise resource planning systems, which house their most valuable data, are still too vulnerable.
Seven steps to help protect your ERP system against cyberattacks

Taking the first steps toward net-zero emissions

The path to net-zero emissions is full of challenges. Leadership must understand the risks and commit to change now—or face an even thornier transition down the road.
Taking the first steps toward net-zero emissions

Ten opportunities for Norway

Ten forward-looking industries will be able to create approximately 210,000 new jobs and generate about 310 billion kroner in increased GNP in 2030
Ten opportunities for Norway

Start-up investor pitch excellence

Start-up investor pitch excellence

Forecasting the future of stores

Shoppers’ behaviors and expectations have changed dramatically—and continue to evolve. If retailers want to keep their physical stores relevant, here are five things they’ll need to get right.
Forecasting the future of stores

Author Talks: Don’t spoil the fun

Even in difficult times, says Catherine Price, fun should be a priority, not an afterthought.
Author Talks: Don’t spoil the fun

Prioritizing technology transformations to win

Our latest IT survey confirms the accelerating pace of at-scale core technology transformations. The road map for success reflects the practices and capabilities of leading companies.
Prioritizing technology transformations to win

Stretched South African consumers put health and sustainability on the shopping list

Two years into the COVID19 pandemic, South African consumers are still facing economic challenges. But they are willing to pay for what really matters to them. In this article, we explore the implications of changing consumer sentiment and behavior for retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers in South Africa.
Stretched South African consumers put health and sustainability on the shopping list

Six strategic priorities for modern merchant leaders

Merchant leaders must distinguish their brands’ assortment and value proposition in an evolving landscape. A handful of investments could help them navigate the complexities of modern retailing.
Six strategic priorities for modern merchant leaders

Building a global biotech: Taking a first-time launch into international markets

Establishing an international presence with a first launch is a challenge, but learning from others’ experiences can help biotechs avoid missteps and maximize their chances of success.
Building a global biotech: Taking a first-time launch into international markets

Forward Thinking on sustainable and inclusive growth with Ron O’Hanley

A leading US financier discusses the route to carbon neutrality, what the pandemic taught us about resiliency, and the true meaning of stakeholder capitalism.
Forward Thinking on sustainable and inclusive growth with Ron O’Hanley

Four ways to make sure your pharma manufacturing strategy delivers value

COVID-19 disruptions have led many pharmas to reassess their manufacturing networks and strategies. We share four ways that pharma companies can optimize manufacturing and avoid common pitfalls.
Four ways to make sure your pharma manufacturing strategy delivers value

Making aerospace ‘diverse and dynamic’: An interview with Airbus U.S.’s Debra Facktor

One of the highest-ranking female executives in the aerospace industry foresees a space economy—and a space workforce—that look very different from today’s.
Making aerospace ‘diverse and dynamic’: An interview with Airbus U.S.’s Debra Facktor

The role of the board in preparing for extraordinary risk

Risks that threaten a company’s existence require unique interventions from the board.
The role of the board in preparing for extraordinary risk

Author Talks: Attributes—not skills—determine whether you ‘cut it’ or not

Retired Navy SEAL commander Rich Diviney explains why we react to stressors the way we do and how to achieve optimum performance.
Author Talks: Attributes—not skills—determine whether you ‘cut it’ or not

Businesses must make net-zero plans to go with our climate goals

Companies that prepare for the opportunities and risks that India’s net-zero transition entails will raise their odds of thriving, write Rajat Gupta and Suvojoy Sengupta in Mint.
Businesses must make net-zero plans to go with our climate goals

Health equity: A framework for the epidemiology of care

Pharmaceutical and life sciences companies can unlock new opportunities, help underserved patients, and build a cycle of trust.
Health equity: A framework for the epidemiology of care

Smart operators: How leading companies use machine intelligence

Despite the recent and significant advances in machine intelligence, the full scale of the opportunity is just beginning to unfold. New research reveals why some companies are doing better than others.
Smart operators: How leading companies use machine intelligence

Programmatic M&A: Winning in the new normal

How to successfully source and execute a string of deals that lead to the creation of a new business.
Programmatic M&A: Winning in the new normal

Measuring business: Accounting for companies' value creation and societal impact

There is ongoing debate over how to judge a company's performance beyond profits alone. This column devises a way of accounting for who benefits from a company's value creation and why. Hans-Helmut Kotz, Michael Birshan, and Kevin Russell identify eight pathways through which economic value from corporations flows to households and the economy, and how these have evolved over the past 25 years. The analysis also suggests a growing disparity between types of companies in terms of their impacts on the eight pathways, in VoxEU.
Measuring business: Accounting for companies' value creation and societal impact

Here comes the 21st century’s first big investment wave. Is your capital strategy ready?

A surge of investment in hard assets will pressure already strained supply chains and project delivery systems. CEOs who transform their capital strategy fast—and first—may win a competitive edge.
Here comes the 21st century’s first big investment wave. Is your capital strategy ready?

Transforming supply chains: Do you have the skills to accelerate your capabilities?

Despite progress over the past several years, companies are still struggling to build the capabilities that their emerging digital supply chains will need.
Transforming supply chains: Do you have the skills to accelerate your capabilities?

Net retention and customer success: Gainsight CEO Nick Mehta on winning at SaaS

A software leader shares his view of the growing importance of two key factors to creating value in the sector.
Net retention and customer success: Gainsight CEO Nick Mehta on winning at SaaS

Putting the ‘A’ back in FP&A

By focusing on execution in operations and strategy development, business unit financial planning and analysis teams are gaining more agency and helping to transform their organizations.
Putting the ‘A’ back in FP&A

Signed, sealed, and delivered: Unpacking the cross-border parcel market’s promise

As e-commerce continues to fuel cross-border package deliveries around the world, what should logistics providers pay attention to?
Signed, sealed, and delivered: Unpacking the cross-border parcel market’s promise

How American Family Insurance is investing in the agency channel

As insurers rethink agent relationships, American Family Insurance is looking ahead, investing in digital tools and solutions that help agencies stay on top of trends and changing customer needs.
How American Family Insurance is investing in the agency channel

Six customer experience pitfalls to avoid

To successfully enhance customer experience, companies need to build the right organizational capabilities and culture to plan, execute, and sustain the transformation.
Six customer experience pitfalls to avoid

Author Talks: Where are the women who are missing from the workforce?

Amid the pandemic, working mothers have had to downshift their careers to care for their children full time. Reshma Saujani says now is the time to change this dual burden.
Author Talks: Where are the women who are missing from the workforce?

Pathway to distinctive performance: M&A options for European insurers

As European insurance players reassess their strategic options in light of the pandemic, M&A can strengthen competitiveness and enhance performance. Here’s what companies should consider.
Pathway to distinctive performance: M&A options for European insurers

Global M&A market defies gravity in 2021 second half

But what are the odds that M&A remains buoyant in the months ahead?
Global M&A market defies gravity in 2021 second half

The five zeros reshaping stores

Consumers now demand much more than value and convenience—and tolerate fewer shortfalls.
The five zeros reshaping stores

Generating real-world evidence at scale using advanced analytics

As pharma companies apply advanced analytics to generate new types of evidence, how do they decide which use cases to target and how to scale them up across the business?
Generating real-world evidence at scale using advanced analytics

Building next-generation B2B sales capabilities

The pandemic has converted B2B buyers to e-commerce in a big way. B2B sellers need new capabilities to meet their new expectations.
Building next-generation B2B sales capabilities

The mainstreaming of additive manufacturing

After 40 years of development, what will it take for additive manufacturing to become more than a niche technology?
The mainstreaming of additive manufacturing

Germany’s e-health transformation makes uneven progress

Our eHealth Monitor report shows solid uptakes of telemedicine and consumer health apps. But e-prescriptions, health data exchange, and patient use of electronic health records are lagging behind.
Germany’s e-health transformation makes uneven progress

Beyond gender: Promoting diversity in French companies

French companies want executives with diverse national origins and socioeconomic backgrounds. But they have had uneven success in achieving this goal.
Beyond gender: Promoting diversity in French companies

How do digital consumers contribute to a more sustainable and inclusive Asia?

Richard Lee, Senior Partner in McKinsey’s Seoul office, shares observations on Asia’s digital ecosystem and how environmental and social concerns are shaping consumer preferences.
How do digital consumers contribute to a more sustainable and inclusive Asia?

Responsible product management: The critical tech challenge

Prioritizing privacy, sustainability, and inclusion will soon be essential to successful tech development. For product managers to make responsible innovation a core discipline, companies must first lay the foundation.
Responsible product management: The critical tech challenge

The anatomy of the net-zero transition

Reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 – and thus limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels – implies profound economic and societal shifts. According to a new report, a successful transition would have six key characteristics, writes Mekala Krishnan in Project Syndicate.
The anatomy of the net-zero transition

Navigating the current disruption in containerized logistics

Container freight rates will remain elevated throughout most of 2022 while the containerized logistics disruption persists. This article presents future scenarios that could help shippers in planning and offers levers to navigate through the disruption to emerge stronger.
Navigating the current disruption in containerized logistics

2022 and beyond for the packaging industry’s CEOs: The priorities for resilience

The revolution sparked by two megatrends—sustainability and digital—is unprecedented in the packaging industry. We highlight six priority moves for industry participants as they seek to build their resilience.
2022 and beyond for the packaging industry’s CEOs: The priorities for resilience

ICE businesses: Navigating the energy-transition trend within mobility

Electric vehicles are gaining market share, but ICE-component suppliers can still create significant value while advancing sustainability.
ICE businesses: Navigating the energy-transition trend within mobility

How business operations can respond to price increases: A CEO guide

Companies need better tools to tackle rising prices. CEOs can look for them across their business operations.
How business operations can respond to price increases: A CEO guide

What’s next for dairy?

Consumer commitments to sustainability and healthy diets, as well as inflationary pressures on the production side of food & beverages, are among the many trends that will redefine dairy going forward.
What’s next for dairy?

How dairy executives are navigating recovery in 2022

Even in the face of major headwinds, dairy executives are optimistic for future growth in a changing landscape. We help trace their path forward.
How dairy executives are navigating recovery in 2022

Ten lessons from the first two years of COVID-19

On the second anniversary of the pandemic, we take stock.
Ten lessons from the first two years of COVID-19

Cybersecurity trends: Looking over the horizon

McKinsey examines three of the latest cybersecurity trends and their implications for organizations facing new and emerging cyberrisks and threats.
Cybersecurity trends: Looking over the horizon

Health equity: Activating meaningful change

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted longstanding health and social inequities in healthcare and raised the urgent question of how health equity can be achieved.
Health equity: Activating meaningful change

Author Talks: Why your boss may indeed be a psychopath

Brian Klaas, who spoke to some of the world’s most corrupt people, says we need to rethink the way we select our leaders.
Author Talks: Why your boss may indeed be a psychopath

Model risk management 2.0 evolves to address continued uncertainty of risk-related events

Organizations this year plan to enhance their MRM framework capabilities—including risk culture, standards, and procedures—and to upgrade their validation resources with MRM 2.0 firmly on the agenda.
Model risk management 2.0 evolves to address continued uncertainty of risk-related events

From risk management to strategic resilience

Senior executives at leading companies reveal their commitment to move from defensive risk management to a forward-looking stance based on strategic resilience.
From risk management to strategic resilience

Gone for now, or gone for good? How to play the new talent game and win back workers

Nearly half of the employees who voluntarily left the workforce during the pandemic aren’t coming back on their own. Employers must go and get them. Here’s how to start.
Gone for now, or gone for good? How to play the new talent game and win back workers

Global Economics Intelligence executive summary, February 2022

Industry slowed in January amid high inflation and recent pandemic measures; trade remained buoyant; the Russian government’s invasion of Ukraine is causing a humanitarian crisis and economic risks.
Global Economics Intelligence executive summary, February 2022

Fix them first: Executing regulation-driven separations

A better understanding of the remedies that antitrust regulators may hand down in a large merger or acquisition could help executives improve their management of such deals.
Fix them first: Executing regulation-driven separations

IoT comes of age

McKinsey research shows that adoption of IoT technologies has increased exponentially the past five years—but successful implementation still eludes some. Here’s how to get it right.
IoT comes of age

Developing an effective M&A blueprint for insurers

The North American insurance industry needs systematic capabilities to support programmatic deal making. A good place to start is the where, why, and how of an effective M&A blueprint.
Developing an effective M&A blueprint for insurers

The future of streaming and diverse content: Starz CEO Jeffrey Hirsch weighs in

What technology means for the future of streaming, why most shows will be borderless, and how inclusive programming has been so good for business.
The future of streaming and diverse content: Starz CEO Jeffrey Hirsch weighs in

What resilience means to Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar

For Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar, resilience requires diverse perspectives, local solutions, playbooks to help anticipate the unexpected, and a regard for unforeseen consequences.
What resilience means to Nextdoor CEO Sarah Friar

Five steps to improve innovation in the insurance industry

Insurance executives are recognizing the power of innovation to accelerate the pace of company change. Yet for innovation to deliver long-term value, it must become embedded in a carrier’s DNA.
Five steps to improve innovation in the insurance industry

The next telco battleground: Network experience and competitiveness

Declining ROIC, evolving customer expectations, and growing competition from hyperscalers will push operators to rethink the importance of the network.
The next telco battleground: Network experience and competitiveness

The future of insurance: Creating value, finding focus

In this podcast episode, four McKinsey insurance experts discuss the industry’s struggles—and the strategic imperatives for growth in a world altered by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The future of insurance: Creating value, finding focus

Author Talks: Forge your power

Deepa Purushothaman pays homage to the women of color who cracked open corporate America and prepares the next generation to take their turn.
Author Talks: Forge your power

Decarbonizing US gas utilities: The potential role of a clean-fuels system in the energy transition

US natural gas utilities and combined electric and gas utilities have an opportunity to convert their infrastructure into clean-fuels networks—a move that could help enable a decarbonized energy system.
Decarbonizing US gas utilities: The potential role of a clean-fuels system in the energy transition

‘Innovation is Islamic’: An interview with Boubyan’s CEO and vice chair

Adel Abdul Wahab Al-Majed describes how prioritizing performance, setting high aspirations, and bubbling up ideas throughout the organization transformed Kuwait’s Boubyan Bank into a digital leader.
‘Innovation is Islamic’: An interview with Boubyan’s CEO and vice chair

Autonomous supply chain planning for consumer goods companies

To capitalize on analytics, consumer packaged goods organizations—especially in Asia—can build an integrated system with the power to oversee and control the entire supply chain from end to end.
Autonomous supply chain planning for consumer goods companies

Repairing the broken rung on the career ladder for women in technical roles

Women in technical roles are less likely than men to win promotions early in their careers, and many are exiting the field. Companies can strengthen workforces and boost performance by reversing this trend.
Repairing the broken rung on the career ladder for women in technical roles

Reimagining HR: Insights from people leaders

Human resources is playing a critical role in helping organizations respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Chief human resources officers expect that influence to persist.
Reimagining HR: Insights from people leaders

Government transformation in times of great change

Federal agencies are setting ambitious goals. What do agency leaders need to know about planning and directing successful transformations?
Government transformation in times of great change