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Preparing the next generation of confident communicators in an AI-driven economy
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JA Worldwide and McKinsey are using responsible generative AI to scale personalized communication coaching for students around the world.
CFOs have been concerned about geopolitical impacts for months
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To cope with uncertainty, surveyed CFOs have been doubling down on performance and building cash and liquidity buffers.
Explainers
What is sovereign AI?
Three McKinsey experts explain what sovereign AI really means—and why control over the AI stack is becoming a strategic priority...
Lives & Legacies
A maestro of management, a pension fund strategist, and a true game changer
Our latest obituaries also include a designer who redefined red-carpet glamour, a versatile block trader, and a surgeon whose...
Week in Charts
Building the AI-powered organization
Three tectonic forces are reshaping organizations, according to McKinsey’s latest research—a survey of more than 10,000 leaders...
Themes
World Health Day 2026: When clinicians lead change
At McKinsey, around 400 of our colleagues who advise leaders in the health sector are clinicians themselves. And many still practice,...
Our Latest Survey Research
How top economic performers lean into their competitive advantage to guide their strategy
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Top economic performers understand their competitive advantage at more granular levels than their peers and use it to derisk and help accelerate growth.
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Interviews
Sam Hazen on reaching patients during healthcare’s flux
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Sam Hazen, CEO of HCA Healthcare, reflects on the state of the industry and how emerging technologies and steadfast leadership can help meet patients where they are.
From dashboards to decisions: Empowering merchants with agentic AI
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Agentic AI can automate routine work and improve merchandising decisions at scale. Two McKinsey experts discuss what it takes to translate potential into performance.
The McKinsey Podcast
AI is everywhere. The agentic organization isn’t—yet
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Most companies are experimenting with AI, but few have realized its value. The real challenge isn’t the technology—it’s redesigning workflows, leadership, and culture for an agentic world.
Winning the race to rewire in 2026: Capturing operational advantage
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The race to rewire operations is on—and in 2026, companies that redesign how work gets done end to end will define the next wave of competitive advantage.
James Zou on integrating AI agents into biology R&D and drug discovery
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James Zou, an associate professor of machine learning at Stanford University, discusses the role of AI scientists in biotech, pharmaceutical discovery, immunology, and more.
McKinsey on Books
Author Talks: Rewiring to outcompete with AI
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In the second edition of Rewired, McKinsey authors explore how leading companies move faster and what changes they make...
Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies, 8th edition
At the crossroads of corporate strategy and finance lies valuation. This book enables everyone, from the budding professional...
Rewired, second edition
This updated edition offers brand-new insights into cutting-edge AI solutions—and what it takes to implement them—as...
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McKinsey Quarterly: Digital Edition
Agentic AI is such a powerful force that companies are rethinking the very nature of the corporation. What’s coming? A hybrid...
Recent McKinsey Quarterly digital issues
Explore previous digital issues of the McKinsey Quarterly—on gen AI, productivity, growth, and more. All are available with a...
McKinsey Institutes
McKinsey Institute for Economic Mobility
The Great Ownership Transfer: A new era of business stewardship
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As millions of baby boomers retire, the United States is on the brink of an unprecedented wave of small-business ownership transitions—posing...
McKinsey Health Institute
The health of nations: The return to better health, by country
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Explore how improving population health could deliver meaningful gains in healthy life and economic performance across countries....
MGI Research
The race takes off in the next big arenas of competition
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In the arenas, investment cycles are accelerating, value pools are shifting, and a new type of competitor is scaling across industries....
Brainteasers
The McKinsey Crossword: Quarterly report | No. 265
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Sharpen your problem-solving skills with the McKinsey Quarterly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind and is built around a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find.
Data Points
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