It’s cloud time for boards—in seven charts

These seven charts can help boards shape their business’s cloud strategy.
It’s cloud time for boards—in seven charts

Careem’s co-founders on finding purpose building a unicorn

Mudassir Sheikha and Magnus Olsson reflect on the early days of launching their Middle East ride-sharing app, the importance of a company’s meaning, and what lies ahead for both Careem and start-ups in the region.
Careem’s co-founders on finding purpose building a unicorn

Petrochemicals 2021: Regional fortunes and growing sustainability

The industry has continued to recover after the initial shock of COVID-19. A deep dive into the numbers illustrates several implications for 2022.
Petrochemicals 2021: Regional fortunes and growing sustainability

The next horizon for grocery e-commerce: Beyond the pandemic bump

Consumers will increasingly shop for groceries online in the years ahead. Retailers must make a series of strategic investments to keep pace.
The next horizon for grocery e-commerce: Beyond the pandemic bump

Overcoming global supply chain challenges

McKinsey’s Tom Bartman discusses what’s causing disruptions in global supply chains and how key stakeholders are responding.
Overcoming global supply chain challenges

Digital twins: The art of the possible in product development and beyond

Digital representations of physical products are coming to life. Here’s how to make them work for you.
Digital twins: The art of the possible in product development and beyond

Net-zero steel in building and construction: The way forward

Rising demand for greener approaches creates an imperative for the industry to seize the moment, adopt new mindsets, and set standards for the transition to a greener future.
Net-zero steel in building and construction: The way forward

NatWest Chairman Sir Howard Davies on operational resilience in banking

Sir Howard Davies discusses the ways regulations, interest rates, monetary policy, climate risk, and economic threats are affecting the resilience of the banking system.
NatWest Chairman Sir Howard Davies on operational resilience in banking

Rise of the inclusive, sustainable consumers

How can businesses attract and retain customers when sustainability and inclusion are no longer “nice to have” but critical to business? And how can they do so successfully in this challenging economic environment?
Rise of the inclusive, sustainable consumers

Building a green business: Lessons from sustainability start-ups

Green tech and climate technology companies are rapidly altering the competitive landscape. With sustainability now a business imperative, incumbents need to move quickly—or risk being left behind.
Building a green business: Lessons from sustainability start-ups

Social media as a service differentiator: How to win

With customers increasingly moving their service interactions onto social media, companies have an opportunity to leverage these channels to differentiate their service experience.
Social media as a service differentiator: How to win

Redesigning the design department

The best corporate design departments are transforming from fortified castles into vibrant town squares.
Redesigning the design department

The future of B2B sales is hybrid

Since B2B buyers are using more channels, B2B sellers must, too.
The future of B2B sales is hybrid

Driving digital transformation in healthcare: An interview with Dr. Pius S. Hornstein, Country Chair Sanofi Greater China

Reflections on Sanofi’s digital transformation journey in China
Driving digital transformation in healthcare: An interview with Dr. Pius S. Hornstein, Country Chair Sanofi Greater China

Training your own capital-project talent

With talent scarce, systemic capability building has become an imperative for the capital-project industry. Here’s how to get it right.
Training your own capital-project talent

The business value of innovation in the cloud

In this interview, TrueBlue’s chief technology and information officer explains why migrating to the cloud was always about far more than just technology.
The business value of innovation in the cloud

Philippines economic outlook 2022

As the Philippines continues to grapple with the effects of the COVID-19 crisis, our new research aims to provide directional scenarios and insights into lasting trends.
Philippines economic outlook 2022

Stave off attrition with an internal talent marketplace

Is your best talent hiding in plain sight? An internal talent marketplace helps match existing employees to open roles—in novel and sometimes unexpected ways.
Stave off attrition with an internal talent marketplace

The McKinsey Crossword: World Laughter Day | No. 73

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: World Laughter Day | No. 73

Skinny design: Smaller is better

Designing packaging and products with supply chain and in-stock issues in mind can increase revenues and profits, all while meaningfully improving sustainability. Three steps can point the way.
Skinny design: Smaller is better

The role of the executive team in a transformation: A conversation with Jon Garcia

In large-scale transformation programs, the tone is set at the top.
The role of the executive team in a transformation: A conversation with Jon Garcia

Author Talks: “If you don’t understand … how are you going to help?”

List-based marketing can go in one ear and out the other for consumers, which is why one Fortune 500 adviser says the best branding combines empathy, connectedness, and good storytelling.
Author Talks: “If you don’t understand … how are you going to help?”

Global Energy Perspective 2022

We’re in the midst of an energy transition that continues to accelerate.
Global Energy Perspective 2022

The CEO’s risk agenda: An insurance perspective

In a fast-changing business environment, CEOs who prioritize a new, holistic risk management approach will add value to their organizations—and to their customers too.
The CEO’s risk agenda: An insurance perspective

A digital path to sustainability

Sustainability and productivity needn’t be at odds when enabled by Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies. And with an empowered workforce leading the way, outsize gains can be the result.
A digital path to sustainability

Mobility’s net-zero transition: A look at opportunities and risks

A transition to net-zero emissions would entail much greater demand for electric vehicles. McKinsey analysis shows how the shift could create opportunities and risks for automakers around the world.
Mobility’s net-zero transition: A look at opportunities and risks

Growing meat instead of raising animals for food: A conversation with Eat Just’s Josh Tetrick

The cofounder of a food-technology company wants nothing less than to change the way we produce and consume meat.
Growing meat instead of raising animals for food: A conversation with Eat Just’s Josh Tetrick

Logistics disruptors: Flexport’s Sanne Manders on being customer obsessed and thinking differently

Founded in 2013, Flexport rose to become the sixth-largest freight forwarder in the transpacific region in less than a decade. How?
Logistics disruptors: Flexport’s Sanne Manders on being customer obsessed and thinking differently

The next frontier in consumer goods: Digitally enabled innovation

Four lessons to guide the industry’s innovation transformations.
The next frontier in consumer goods: Digitally enabled innovation

Chemicals and capital markets: Growing sustainably

Green chemicals—those with a low-carbon product portfolio or a higher exposure to end markets supporting sustainability—are being rewarded by capital markets and safeguarding future cash flow.
Chemicals and capital markets: Growing sustainably

Cloud foundations: Ten commandments for faster—and more profitable—cloud migrations

Cloud migrations founder quickly unless organizations invest in building the right cloud foundations.
Cloud foundations: Ten commandments for faster—and more profitable—cloud migrations

US manufacturing: The next frontier for sustainable, inclusive growth

US manufacturing has an outsize impact on the nation’s economy. How can business leaders harness innovation to revitalize the manufacturing sector and drive inclusive economic growth?
US manufacturing: The next frontier for sustainable, inclusive growth

Outsprinting the energy crisis

High energy costs are hitting Europe’s industrial players hard. Bold action could protect margins today and make companies cleaner, stronger, and more profitable for the future.
Outsprinting the energy crisis

Charting net zero: Insights on what the transition could look like

See the opportunities and risks of the net-zero transition through eight of our recent data visualizations.
Charting net zero: Insights on what the transition could look like

Author Talks: One billion more

The global population is fast approaching the eight billion mark. A former Department of Defense consultant says not to panic.
Author Talks: One billion more

Seizing green business growth for Asia’s energy players

Globally, sustainable energy and low-carbon solutions top national and corporate agendas. For regional energy players, the time to commit to new, planet-friendly ventures is now.
Seizing green business growth for Asia’s energy players

Space around the globe

The United States remains the epicenter of space activity, but many more countries are getting involved and increasing their investments.
Space around the globe

Forward Thinking on the growing role of business in the net-zero transition with Claire O’Neill

The former British politician who led the United Kingdom’s winning bid to host COP26 is now focused on coordinating an effective business contribution to the net-zero transition. She sees momentum building. “CEOs left COP saying, ‘We get it. Net zero is the thing we have to do.’”
Forward Thinking on the growing role of business in the net-zero transition with Claire O’Neill

Hybrid work: Making it fit with your diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy

New research details what empowered employees love about hybrid work models and the risks to diversity, equity, and inclusion if managers get the evolving flexible workplace wrong.
Hybrid work: Making it fit with your diversity, equity, and inclusion strategy

Fueling digital operations with analog data

Intelligent document processing, with humans in the loop, allows companies to bridge the business operations gap between the analog and digital worlds.
Fueling digital operations with analog data

Impact officer in chief: The state infrastructure coordinator’s role

As funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law becomes available, a coordinator could help states set priorities and allocate resources across agencies.
Impact officer in chief: The state infrastructure coordinator’s role

How to succeed in the expanding global offshore wind market

Regions around the world are embracing offshore wind. Companies that pursue projects can expect numerous challenges and must excel across multiple domains.
How to succeed in the expanding global offshore wind market

How Latin American physicians view the future of healthcare

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated trends in the healthcare industry. A survey of Latin American physicians reveals how they believe the industry will evolve as the pandemic evolves and the future unfolds.
How Latin American physicians view the future of healthcare

The McKinsey Crossword: Nonbinary | No. 72

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: Nonbinary | No. 72

Amid disruption, automotive suppliers must reimagine their footprints

Technology, sustainability, and the era of electric vehicles are complicating location decisions for automotive suppliers.
Amid disruption, automotive suppliers must reimagine their footprints

Author Talks: The great American demographic shift

Positive trends in immigration and fertility mean Black, Latinx, and other minority groups are on track to collectively account for more than 50 percent of the country’s population.
Author Talks: The great American demographic shift

The rising risk of a global food crisis

The war in Ukraine poses a looming threat to the worldwide food supply. Here’s what’s at stake—and what might be done to help.
The rising risk of a global food crisis

AI ushers in next-gen prior authorization in healthcare

Healthcare payers recognize that prior authorization (PA) is ripe for improvement. AI-enabled PA design may deliver substantial financial, user-experience, and care benefits.
AI ushers in next-gen prior authorization in healthcare

Delivering the climate technologies needed for net zero

Developing and deploying climate technologies is critical for the world’s net-zero agenda. Growth could await businesses willing to innovate quickly and to collaborate across value chains.
Delivering the climate technologies needed for net zero

Building the electric-vehicle charging infrastructure America needs

The United States needs many more EV-charging stations—and federal funds for them are coming. Seven principles could help US states and companies accelerate this buildout effectively.
Building the electric-vehicle charging infrastructure America needs

Net-zero emissions in US government fleets

Through its use of electric vehicles, the US government stands to serve as a role model for accelerating progress in the electrification journey and reaching net-zero commitments.
Net-zero emissions in US government fleets

What Medicare Advantage members want from their onboarding experience

Medicare Advantage payers that apply the results of a recent survey to improve the onboarding experience could reap benefits such as improved health outcomes for beneficiaries and reduced churn.
What Medicare Advantage members want from their onboarding experience

Strategies to lead in the semiconductor world

Semiconductor companies can take different paths to capture new opportunities as demand continues to outstrip supply.
Strategies to lead in the semiconductor world

Closing the racial wealth gap by investing in Black consumers

Organizations that incorporate racial equity into their strategic agenda can promote growth and advance Black economic mobility. How can business leaders realize this transformative growth?
Closing the racial wealth gap by investing in Black consumers

Better data for better therapies: The case for building health data platforms

Health data platforms that participants trust could bring an end to today’s reductionist approach to drug development, revolutionizing our understanding of disease.
Better data for better therapies: The case for building health data platforms

How Volkswagen board member Hiltrud Werner finds resilience

Resilience is top of mind for Hiltrud Werner in her role as a member of Volkswagen’s board of management as COVID-19, new regulations, and the energy transition test the automaker’s mettle.
How Volkswagen board member Hiltrud Werner finds resilience

Navigating inflation: A new playbook for CEOs

Few chief executives have faced the challenge of leading a company through an inflationary spike like today’s. Lessons from strong leaders and bold action can help CEOs make the decisions that only they can make.
Navigating inflation: A new playbook for CEOs

Viewing change as opportunity: An interview with Western Digital’s David Goeckeler

David Goeckeler took the reins at Western Digital days before COVID-19 was declared a pandemic—and helped the company rekindle its innovation road map in the face of massive change.
Viewing change as opportunity: An interview with Western Digital’s David Goeckeler

How advanced analytics can address agricultural supply chain shocks

Building automated supply chain planning systems to address global shocks could lead to significant cost savings for agricultural organizations.
How advanced analytics can address agricultural supply chain shocks

Tech talent tectonics: Ten new realities for finding, keeping, and developing talent

Large incumbents can compete successfully for tech talent—but only if they’re ready to completely rethink their entire HR approach. Tech talent think and act differently.
Tech talent tectonics: Ten new realities for finding, keeping, and developing talent

Better and faster: Organizational agility for the public sector

Agile principles can help governments transform the way they work for the better.
Better and faster: Organizational agility for the public sector

How industrial and aerospace and defense OEMs can win the obsolescence challenge

Complex equipment can last for decades, but internal components such as semiconductors have much shorter life cycles. Navigating that disparity requires a systematic approach.
How industrial and aerospace and defense OEMs can win the obsolescence challenge

Author Talks: A tale of two Americas

Tom Vozzo spent 26 years as a top executive before pivoting to a nonprofit that rehabilitates gang members. The philosophies that help them reenter society, he says, would help corporate America too.
Author Talks: A tale of two Americas

Three ways transformation has changed (and three ways it hasn’t): A conversation with Seth Goldstrom

Recent global challenges have shown evolving approaches to transformation and some enduring transformation best practices.
Three ways transformation has changed (and three ways it hasn’t): A conversation with Seth Goldstrom

Capturing the true value of Industry 4.0

With digital transformations notoriously difficult to scale up across factory networks, manufacturers may need to slow down to get ahead in the race to implement Industry 4.0.
Capturing the true value of Industry 4.0

Playing offense to create value in the net-zero transition

Decarbonization will reshape the economy, opening new markets and imperiling others. Now is the moment for companies to spot green growth opportunities and move boldly to take advantage.
Playing offense to create value in the net-zero transition

In conversation: The CFO’s critical role in innovation

By embracing discipline and well-defined processes, innovation teams can make finance leaders their biggest allies.
In conversation: The CFO’s critical role in innovation

Lithium mining: How new production technologies could fuel the global EV revolution

Lithium is the driving force behind electric vehicles, but will supply keep pace with demand? New technologies and sources of supply can fill the gap.
Lithium mining: How new production technologies could fuel the global EV revolution

The McKinsey Crossword: Thank You, Uncle Sam | No. 71

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: Thank You, Uncle Sam | No. 71

A formula for transformation success: A conversation with Jon Garcia

Organizations can learn from a three-part equation on the critical factors for a successful transformation.
A formula for transformation success: A conversation with Jon Garcia

In conversation: The CFO’s role in talent development

By taking the lead in enhancing financial acumen and other capabilities throughout the company, CFOs can raise their leadership profiles and their organization’s game.
In conversation: The CFO’s role in talent development

‘A CEO cannot micromanage’: An interview with Jackson Health CEO Carlos Migoya

Times of crisis call for communication, humbleness, and flexibility.
‘A CEO cannot micromanage’: An interview with Jackson Health CEO Carlos Migoya

How Asian insurers can use digital marketing to fuel growth

Modern digital marketing can cost-effectively amplify customer acquisition, conversion, and engagement, yet most Asian insurers still lack the strategies and capabilities to make it happen.
How Asian insurers can use digital marketing to fuel growth

Advanced analytics can help achieve fuel optimization in open-pit mining

Fuel efficiency and reduction of carbon emissions in mining have become much more distinct possibilities as data collection and advanced analytics have evolved.
Advanced analytics can help achieve fuel optimization in open-pit mining

How business operations can respond to price increases: A guide for Israel’s CEOs

How business operations can respond to price increases: A guide for Israel’s CEOs

In conversation: The new CFO mandate

How finance leaders can reconcile and fulfill their growing portfolios of responsibilities.
In conversation: The new CFO mandate

Leapfrogging a generation: Talking with GB Agboola, CEO of Flutterwave

The cofounder of the Lagos-based fintech shares his perspectives on the nuanced dynamics of payments competition and innovation in Africa.
Leapfrogging a generation: Talking with GB Agboola, CEO of Flutterwave

Women in healthcare and life sciences: The ongoing stress of COVID-19

The healthcare sector is examining how to better hire and promote women to the highest levels.
Women in healthcare and life sciences: The ongoing stress of COVID-19

Building pharma pipelines using a socioeconomic lens

Harnessing advances in science and technology can deliver transformative therapies faster while reducing the socioeconomic burden of disease.
Building pharma pipelines using a socioeconomic lens

Full-potential procurement: Lessons amid inflation and volatility

Procurement organizations are uniquely positioned to catalyze cross-functional actions that promote efficiency and resilience in rapidly evolving market conditions.
Full-potential procurement: Lessons amid inflation and volatility

How the fashion industry can get into a metaverse mindset

Shoppers, particularly those in Gen Z, are spending more time online and exploring the possibilities of the metaverse. Here’s what fashion and luxury players need to know about this emerging frontier.
How the fashion industry can get into a metaverse mindset

What makes the difference for Europe’s top start-ups

After years of enduring a relative innovation deficit, Europe’s start-up ecosystem is beginning to show renewed promise. The best performing companies offer a model for how to maintain the entrepreneurial momentum.
What makes the difference for Europe’s top start-ups

Using machine learning to improve student success in higher education

Deploying machine learning and advanced analytics thoughtfully and to their full potential may support improvements in student access, success, and the overall student experience.
Using machine learning to improve student success in higher education

Author Talks: Get on the performance curve

By taking pause to assess our default responses, Dr. Laura Watkins says we can take new problem-solving avenues that build our capacity to handle change and complexity.
Author Talks: Get on the performance curve

Capital investment is about to surge: Are your operations ready?

By 2027, about $130 trillion will flood into capital projects. But few organizations today could deliver with the speed and operational efficiency the influx demands.
Capital investment is about to surge: Are your operations ready?

Why the post-COVID-19 economic recovery can’t be about ‘growth at all costs’

The pandemic spurred rapid changes in how consumers and companies behave. How can this new moment create an opportunity for sustainable and inclusive growth?
Why the post-COVID-19 economic recovery can’t be about ‘growth at all costs’

Introduction: April 2022

The focus on net-zero engineering and project development is fully under way, and the picture for today’s energy, industrial, and transportation assets and underlying infrastructure remains uncertain.
Introduction: April 2022

News from the Global Infrastructure Initiative: April 2022

Welcome to the April 2022 edition of Voices on Infrastructure, which tackles how we need to reimagine engineering and project development to meet net-zero targets.
News from the Global Infrastructure Initiative: April 2022

As the cookie crumbles, three strategies for advertisers to thrive

Here is how brands can adapt their online advertising to compete in a dramatically changing landscape.
As the cookie crumbles, three strategies for advertisers to thrive

Global Economics Intelligence executive summary, March 2022

Amid high inflation, a pandemic, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, surveyed economies display considerable resilience; trade is strong, and manufacturing and services continue to expand moderately.
Global Economics Intelligence executive summary, March 2022

Japan’s design imperative

Japanese companies want to revamp their innovation engines and reconnect with their customers. Good design will help.
Japan’s design imperative

Mastering off-price fashion in an omnichannel world

The diversity of off-price channels and the emergence of online players requires fashion brands to develop clear strategies that protect their brands while reaching new consumers.
Mastering off-price fashion in an omnichannel world

Brendan Whitworth on Anheuser-Busch’s next phase of growth

The beverage giant’s CEO shares his vision for the company’s future.
Brendan Whitworth on Anheuser-Busch’s next phase of growth

Forward Thinking on tech and the unpredictability of prediction with Benedict Evans

One of the tech world’s sharpest analysts talks about the frontier and how we got here, connecting the metaverse, Web3, and crypto with everyone from industrialist Henry Ford to writer Voltaire to historian Hugh Trevor-Roper.
Forward Thinking on tech and the unpredictability of prediction with Benedict Evans

The path to sustainable and inclusive growth

Can collaboration between business, government, and society spur economic growth that benefits everyone without destroying the planet?
The path to sustainable and inclusive growth

Is worker power on the rise?

Quitting is up, and so are wages. As the Great Attrition persists, employer–employee dynamics appear to be changing. But who actually benefits—and how durably?
Is worker power on the rise?

Opportunities for industry leaders as new travelers take to the skies

A new global survey points to a greener future for air travel.
Opportunities for industry leaders as new travelers take to the skies

The McKinsey Crossword: All Alliterative | No. 70

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: All Alliterative | No. 70

Aon CEO Greg Case: Resilience protects, but it also promotes growth

As CEO of a company whose raison d’être is helping firms make better decisions, Greg Case has wide-ranging knowledge and a nuanced perspective on resilience and its importance in volatile times.
Aon CEO Greg Case: Resilience protects, but it also promotes growth

Author Talks: Why shouldn’t we all just get along?

Populace cofounder Todd Rose explains how conformity biases and our individual desires to fit in with the group can lead us all down the wrong path.
Author Talks: Why shouldn’t we all just get along?

Use star ratings to inform durable goods redesigns and spur growth

Star ratings have outsize influence on consumers shopping for appliances and other durables. Companies can use them to initiate a cycle of better product designs, happier buyers, and sales growth.
Use star ratings to inform durable goods redesigns and spur growth

Accelerating India’s sustainability journey in chemicals

To better confront climate change, chemical companies should take a holistic approach to ESG and aim to improve performance on environmental metrics.
Accelerating India’s sustainability journey in chemicals

Perspectives on paper and forest products in 2022: How can CEOs navigate today’s era of transformational change?

Three eras of disruption have been reshaping the paper and forest products sector. In this latest era of profound change, CEOs must focus on the imperatives of digital and global sustainability.
Perspectives on paper and forest products in 2022: How can CEOs navigate today’s era of transformational change?

The future of healthcare

The future of healthcare

How COVID-19 caused a global learning crisis

The pandemic has taken a substantial toll on students’ academic progress as well as on their mental health. School systems can respond across multiple horizons to help students get back on track.
How COVID-19 caused a global learning crisis

McKinsey for Kids: Game on! Why your computer learns faster and games better than you think

Computers can solve some problems better and faster than humans can—but only after humans train the machines to use artificial intelligence. Let’s explore the world of gaming to figure out how.
McKinsey for Kids: Game on! Why your computer learns faster and games better than you think

The semiconductor decade: A trillion-dollar industry

The global semiconductor industry is poised for a decade of growth and is projected to become a trillion-dollar industry by 2030.
The semiconductor decade: A trillion-dollar industry

What is the metaverse—and what does it mean for business?

No official definition yet exists for the metaverse, but companies can’t afford to wait until one does or the metaverse fully evolves to start experimenting and investing in it.
What is the metaverse—and what does it mean for business?

How can corporate functions become more agile?

Faster decision making, better interdepartment coordination, and a sharper focus on business priorities are much more possible with the thoughtful adoption of agile models.
How can corporate functions become more agile?

Patients struggle with unmet basic needs: Medical providers can help

Addressing unmet basic needs can have a positive impact on health access and outcomes. Here are some best practices for providers.
Patients struggle with unmet basic needs: Medical providers can help