A new era of US infrastructure grants

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law introduces a new level of funding considerations for state and local governments. States with high ambitions are already in the thick of it—what now?
A new era of US infrastructure grants

Anti-money-laundering innovations and evolving financial crime risks: The future of compliance

Geopolitical strife and digital assets are among the new risks compliance organizations must fight. Emerging technologies can help.
Anti-money-laundering innovations and evolving financial crime risks: The future of compliance

Applying transformation practices to business building and sustainability: A conversation with Seth Goldstrom

Tried-and-true transformation methodologies are being increasingly applied to new topics outside of traditional performance improvement efforts. McKinsey senior partner Seth Goldstrom talks about the influence of transformation approaches in two areas: business building and reaching sustainability goals.
Applying transformation practices to business building and sustainability: A conversation with Seth Goldstrom

The tech transformation imperative in retail

Organizations face an urgent need to overhaul their tech architecture and operating model to keep pace with the changing landscape. Five concrete actions can accelerate the transformation journey.
The tech transformation imperative in retail

Author Talks: Make anxiety your ally

How can we reclaim our relationship with anxiety, so it works for, and not against, us?
Author Talks: Make anxiety your ally

CFO perspectives on leading agile change

CFOs across industries and regions came together virtually to discuss the impact and the challenge of leading an agile transformation journey.
CFO perspectives on leading agile change

Procurement, early warning systems, and the next disruption

A pandemic, inflation, and geopolitical conflict are affecting global supply chains. We offer an approach companies can use to avoid product shortages and mitigate the effects of price volatility.
Procurement, early warning systems, and the next disruption

Financial inclusion and sustainable, inclusive growth in action

Access to financial services remains a significant barrier to prosperity for millions of Americans. How can businesses promote financial inclusion and support sustainable, inclusive growth more broadly?
Financial inclusion and sustainable, inclusive growth in action

The role of space in driving sustainability, security, and development on Earth

A new report reveals five actions that leaders can take to contribute to economic development, advance global security and sustainability, and make space a safe and globally accessible domain.
The role of space in driving sustainability, security, and development on Earth

Quantum computing just might save the planet

Exponentially more powerful machines could make possible major reductions in emissions, putting the goal of limiting global warming within reach.
Quantum computing just might save the planet

How economic-development organizations can seize funding opportunities

By harnessing funds from the American Rescue Plan Act, economic-development organizations have an opportunity to effect significant change in their communities—if they can organize themselves first.
How economic-development organizations can seize funding opportunities

The state of grocery in North America

The emergence of new challenges will force grocery retailers to adapt their strategies and operations. Executives should focus on five priorities in 2022.
The state of grocery in North America

Growing beyond groceries: The ecosystem expansion

Grocers are in a unique position to expand beyond their core retail offerings. It can be challenging to build an ecosystem—but the rewards could be worth it.
Growing beyond groceries: The ecosystem expansion

The state of grocery retail in Mexico

The COVID-19 pandemic drastically changed shopper behavior, forcing Mexican grocers to change their online commerce game. Can they create a lasting competitive advantage?
The state of grocery retail in Mexico

Crisis or opportunity? How grocers can win the talent war

Grocery retailers can’t find the people they want for the jobs they need. In a competitive labor market, evolving the talent model can provide an advantage
Crisis or opportunity? How grocers can win the talent war

For many Americans, economic opportunity seems increasingly out of reach

Low unemployment doesn’t seem to dispel the gloom about inflation, the McKinsey American Opportunity Survey shows.
For many Americans, economic opportunity seems increasingly out of reach

Forward Thinking on trade, vaccines, and sustainable and inclusive growth with WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

The World Trade Organization’s first African—and first female—director-general reflects on the impact of the pandemic on trade, the imperative to ensure that vaccines reach Africa and other emerging economies, and how to ensure that trade is more inclusive in the years ahead.
Forward Thinking on trade, vaccines, and sustainable and inclusive growth with WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Expand diversity among your suppliers—and add value to your organization

Companies can unlock more value in their supplier diversity programs by including higher-growth sectors and promoting diversity across the business ecosystem.
Expand diversity among your suppliers—and add value to your organization

Sustainability in semiconductor operations: Toward net-zero production

As semiconductor companies ramp up production to meet surging demand, greenhouse-gas reduction deserves equal emphasis.
Sustainability in semiconductor operations: Toward net-zero production

Trying to boost corporate travel sales? Five questions for airline executives

As airlines try to hasten the recovery of the highly profitable business travel segment, they should steer clear of five common sales pitfalls.
Trying to boost corporate travel sales? Five questions for airline executives

The McKinsey Crossword: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month | No. 76

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: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month | No. 76

Small and medium-size commercial insurance: The big opportunity

The small and medium-size segment is set to thrive in the coming years—and the complexity of the market will only grow. To capture the segment’s potential, insurers should keep several priorities in mind.
Small and medium-size commercial insurance: The big opportunity

Leading from the heart: How Freshworks’ CEO built a global tech unicorn

Girish Mathrubootham, CEO of the India-born, US-headquartered software-as-a-service start-up believes that this is the decade for India as a product nation.
Leading from the heart: How Freshworks’ CEO built a global tech unicorn

Solving the net-zero equation in the United States

Achieving net-zero carbon emissions will require investment and action on a massive scale. How can the United States meet the challenge of this moment?
Solving the net-zero equation in the United States

Advanced recycling: Opportunities for growth

As interest in the circular economy grows, emerging recycling technologies that are complementary with mechanical recycling are accelerating.
Advanced recycling: Opportunities for growth

Author Talks: Can you trust your gut?

Don’t wing it; Google it. With unlimited information at our fingertips, one data scientist says people can boost happiness and success by relying more on research than intuition.
Author Talks: Can you trust your gut?

BIL Navigator

Explore Bipartisan Infrastructure Law programs and monitor upcoming deadlines with BIL Navigator.
BIL Navigator

Navigating the complexity of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

The act funds hundreds of programs. Our BIL Navigator has been designed to help governments identify programs, monitor key deadlines, and more.
Navigating the complexity of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Facing crises, forging trust: An interview with Australia’s Major General Andrew Hocking

Major General Andrew Hocking talks about the importance of trust in building resilience, why a focus on communities is important, and lessons learned from dealing with both the bushfires and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Facing crises, forging trust: An interview with Australia’s Major General Andrew Hocking

Blue carbon: The potential of coastal and oceanic climate action

Nature-based climate solutions in the world’s oceans can play an important role in conservation and carbon abatement efforts worldwide.
Blue carbon: The potential of coastal and oceanic climate action

Box’s Aaron Levie on navigating SaaS’ several stages of growth

After nearly two decades leading the file-sharing company, its co-founder and CEO talks about how his understanding of value in enterprise software has evolved.
Box’s Aaron Levie on navigating SaaS’ several stages of growth

How to stay cool as competition heats up in ice cream and yogurt

Ice cream and yogurt industry leaders are rethinking innovation and consumer segmentation to keep pace in marketplaces changing faster than ever before.
How to stay cool as competition heats up in ice cream and yogurt

Partnering for health equity: ALJ Health’s Akram Bouchenaki

The CEO of Abdul Latif Jameel Health explains why health equity is essential—now more than ever.
Partnering for health equity: ALJ Health’s Akram Bouchenaki

Reimagining higher education in MENAP

Stakeholders can consider a range of bold initiatives to transform higher education and create new opportunities for students in the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan.
Reimagining higher education in MENAP

Digital transformation on the CEO agenda

Successful digital transformations may not be as elusive as you think. The best CEOs know up front what success looks like—and what stands in their way.
Digital transformation on the CEO agenda

Around the world, nurses say meaningful work keeps them going

While some surveyed nurses said they plan to leave direct patient care, the effects of COVID-19 on the nursing workforce may be leveling off.
Around the world, nurses say meaningful work keeps them going

Can the automotive industry scale fast enough?

The rapidly increasing uptake of electric vehicles could transform the automotive ecosystem and promote even greater innovations. For that to happen, two imperatives need attention now.
Can the automotive industry scale fast enough?

Assessing the lingering impact of COVID-19 on the nursing workforce

Analysis suggests potential instability and workforce gaps in the US healthcare sector. A call to action for all stakeholders could help.
Assessing the lingering impact of COVID-19 on the nursing workforce

Decarbonizing the grid with 24/7 clean power purchase agreements

In the global struggle to curb greenhouse-gas emissions, renewable power is taking an ever-increasing share of generation capacity. Yet the rise of wind and solar power is creating new challenges in managing the system.
Decarbonizing the grid with 24/7 clean power purchase agreements

Companies that care: Lessons from a unicorn founder and his purpose-driven investor

Doing good may also be a good investment—and potentially transformative for the world. Two leaders on the front lines discuss the current landscape and what’s next.
Companies that care: Lessons from a unicorn founder and his purpose-driven investor

A wave of innovation: The state of insurance in Asia and North America

McKinsey senior partners Brad Mendelson and Kurt Strovink discuss insurance trends amid the COVID-19 pandemic and how insurers can adapt to stay ahead and capture customers.
A wave of innovation: The state of insurance in Asia and North America

How biotechs can rethink their strategies after the market downturn

Biotech stocks have taken a hit, but the sector will probably rebound. Companies can navigate the downturn by scrutinizing cash management and financing and rethinking paths to long-term value creation.
How biotechs can rethink their strategies after the market downturn

Transformations and a hybrid workforce: A conversation with Seth Goldstrom

Many organizations have adopted a hybrid or fully remote workforce in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. McKinsey senior partner Seth Goldstrom talks about leading transformations in this new dynamic.
Transformations and a hybrid workforce: A conversation with Seth Goldstrom

Winning in software for industrial companies

A new compendium compiles articles that can help industrial companies excel in software by improving strategy, operational excellence, and talent acquisition and retention.
Winning in software for industrial companies

Driving sustainable, enterprise-wide performance acceleration

Leading pharma companies are achieving rapid, large-scale performance improvements using a multifaceted approach that realizes short-term gains and builds long-term capabilities at the same time.
Driving sustainable, enterprise-wide performance acceleration

Five Fifty: The Great Reallocation

After years of companies playing defense with sustainability, the landscape has shifted to an emerging growth opportunity—for those savvy enough to seize it.
Five Fifty: The Great Reallocation

The McKinsey Crossword: May Flowers | No. 75

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: May Flowers | No. 75

Accelerating growth in medtech: The next surge in portfolio moves

Large medtech companies are struggling with growth challenges and stagnant valuations. Could M&A and divestitures reset the trajectory?
Accelerating growth in medtech: The next surge in portfolio moves

War in Ukraine: Twelve disruptions changing the world

The war is devastating lives and roiling markets. Here we track the disruptions that seem likely to shape lives and livelihoods, beyond the immediate crisis.
War in Ukraine: Twelve disruptions changing the world

Global Economics Intelligence executive summary, April 2022

Amidst high inflation and the continuing war in Ukraine, strong demand persists; forecasting institutions trim growth estimates.
Global Economics Intelligence executive summary, April 2022

The childcare conundrum: How can companies ease working parents’ return to the office?

The status quo work culture no longer works for most families—particularly those with very young children. But companies’ support for childcare can turn worker attrition into attraction. Here’s how.
The childcare conundrum: How can companies ease working parents’ return to the office?

Prepare now for the future of industrial services

A 600-executive survey reveals how services organizations can adapt to a remote-first world by revamping their operating models and carefully tailoring commercial models to match.
Prepare now for the future of industrial services

Delivering on the promise of federal infrastructure funds in states

Thanks to the combined impacts of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and pandemic-related recovery bills, states and localities could have a meaningful effect on lives and livelihoods.
Delivering on the promise of federal infrastructure funds in states

Parent, employee, all of the above? Eight working mothers on the realities of post-pandemic life

How does being a parent inform how women show up at work, and vice versa? For Mother’s Day 2022, we asked eight McKinsey partners to share their thoughts.
Parent, employee, all of the above? Eight working mothers on the realities of post-pandemic life

Transforming biopharma R&D at scale

Transformations often struggle to scale up and make change stick. To achieve lasting impact, high-performing R&D organizations pay heed to the five outcomes that matter most.
Transforming biopharma R&D at scale

Reimagining the future of financial-services headquarters

The stakes are high for financial-services firms to reorient their offices around learning, inclusion, and innovation.
Reimagining the future of financial-services headquarters

Taking the pulse of the US consumer

According to the latest Consumer Pulse survey, people across America are changing their shopping behaviors—and will continue to do so. Companies need to pay close attention.
Taking the pulse of the US consumer

Author Talks: Tomorrow’s capitalist is socially conscious

Fortune Media’s Alan Murray says stakeholder capitalism is here to stay.
Author Talks: Tomorrow’s capitalist is socially conscious

Meeting the challenge of moms’ ‘double double shift’ at home and work

As the United States emerges from the pandemic, how can businesses build a more inclusive working environment to improve outcomes for women in the workforce?
Meeting the challenge of moms’ ‘double double shift’ at home and work

How US consumers are feeling, shopping, and spending—and what it means for companies

The latest Consumer Pulse survey shows that, across America, people have simultaneously embraced new behaviors and reverted to old ones. What will they do next?
How US consumers are feeling, shopping, and spending—and what it means for companies

Author Talks: It’s time to pass the baton

To solve decades-old issues, former presidential adviser David Gergen says we need fresh leadership—so he wrote a playbook to guide the next generation of problem-solvers.
Author Talks: It’s time to pass the baton

When—and how—to prepare for post-quantum cryptography

While quantum computers may not be able to crack conventional encryption protocols until 2030, many cybersecurity and risk managers should evaluate their options now.
When—and how—to prepare for post-quantum cryptography

Climate sustainability in retail: Who will pay?

Although the path to decarbonization remains unclear, retailers can prepare by better understanding how costs could be distributed along the value chain.
Climate sustainability in retail: Who will pay?

Forward Thinking on democratizing technology with Anne-Marie Imafidon

“Having a computer science degree should not be a prerequisite for being one of the only people in control of what happens next. It’s about democratizing. It’s about giving folks agency so we can make collective decisions about what happens next rather than it being that technical power race. I don’t know if we can call it race to the—I’m going to call it the bottom, race to the dystopia.”
Forward Thinking on democratizing technology with Anne-Marie Imafidon

What Black and Latino consumers want healthcare stakeholders to know

Understanding consumer behavior and attitude drivers may help stakeholders improve health outcomes and experiences for Black and Latino patients.
What Black and Latino consumers want healthcare stakeholders to know

Securing Europe’s future beyond energy: Addressing its corporate and technology gap

European leaders have shown great resolve in their initial response at scale and speed to the war in Ukraine. They will need to build the same momentum to face the region’s slow-motion corporate and technology crisis. An estimated €2 trillion to €4 trillion of annual value could be at stake—six times the amount needed for the net-zero transition—and with it Europe’s long-term prosperity and strategic autonomy. A program of 11 actions can turn the tide.
Securing Europe’s future beyond energy: Addressing its corporate and technology gap

Unlocking the growth opportunity in battery manufacturing equipment

Surging demand for battery cells gives rise to an opportunity for European machinery and equipment manufacturers to supply emerging gigafactories.
Unlocking the growth opportunity in battery manufacturing equipment

Acting where it makes a difference: The corporate center that can flex

The demands facing general and administrative functions are changing, strengthening the case for corporate centers to embrace more flexible operating models.
Acting where it makes a difference: The corporate center that can flex

How leaders in Asia look to building next generation economic champions

To succeed in Asia, CEOs need to reshape their organizations and build new capabilities to differentiate and compete in a rapidly changing world.
How leaders in Asia look to building next generation economic champions

How CEOs can win the new service game

Four irreversible trends are redefining excellence in service operations. For today’s leaders, they could be a transformational opportunity—or an existential threat.
How CEOs can win the new service game

The McKinsey Crossword: The Kentucky Derby | No. 74

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: The Kentucky Derby | No. 74

Getting strategy wrong—and how to do it right instead

Too many companies equate strategy with hitting financial goals. They underestimate the difficulty—and the value—of the real thing.
Getting strategy wrong—and how to do it right instead

Advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion

During the COVID-19 pandemic, women have had bigger workloads—and have burned out in greater numbers. Government leaders can use proven approaches to address these issues and build better workplaces.
Advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion

State of Fashion Technology Report 2022

As technological innovation accelerates, fashion companies have an opportunity to serve customers better while also creating a more efficient, responsive, and responsible business.
State of Fashion Technology Report 2022

Educational technology in the age of COVID-19

Educational technology in the age of COVID-19

A complete corporate makeover: Keppel’s plan for sustainable growth

CEO Loh Chin Hua is on a mission to transform Keppel Corporation from a conglomerate structure to a future-ready organization with strong purpose, relevance, and a goal of achieving sustainable growth.
A complete corporate makeover: Keppel’s plan for sustainable growth

The new standard for insurance claims

In this podcast, three claims experts discuss what insurers should consider as they update their technology, ways of working, and workforces to bring forth the future of claims.
The new standard for insurance claims

Salesforce’s Arundhati Bhattacharya on lifelong learning and talent reinvention

Salesforce’s India CEO, and former chair of the State Bank of India, believes that lifelong learning will determine success in the future, especially as people start having multiple careers.
Salesforce’s Arundhati Bhattacharya on lifelong learning and talent reinvention