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Case Study
How B.TECH transformed into a technology-powered retailer
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The Egyptian electronics retailer partnered with McKinsey to reinvent customer commerce through AI-powered pricing, fulfillment, and fintech—unlocking rapid growth and new digital revenue streams.
Article
How can the public sector meet the AI moment?
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AI can help public sector agencies improve outcomes for residents and make every taxpayer dollar go further. But realizing that potential requires moving beyond experimentation and rewiring how services are delivered.
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Report
The future of B2B sales: How growth champions rewire their playbooks with AI
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AI pilots are everywhere, but value is not. Growth leaders rewire commercial impact journeys with agentic AI, enabling sellers to deepen customer relations and create real change.
Explainers
AI in five industries: What’s now, and what’s next
The headlines are everywhere. The nuance is more elusive. In these video Explainers, McKinsey partners go sector by...
Lives & Legacies
A hidden figure behind GPS, a cycling champion, and a quiet trucking giant
Our latest obituaries also include a Hollywood animator, a cable industry innovator, and a prize-winning doctor who built a tuberculosis...
Week in Charts
Starting early, building wealth
Economic mobility is often associated with education, employment, and income growth, but it is also shaped by asset ownership....
Themes
Consumers are evolving. Will brands evolve with them?
Technology and sustained cost pressures are reshaping how consumers define value and, in turn, how companies compete. How will...
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Why accelerated resource allocation matters in the age of AI
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In an era of rapid AI disruption, the winners may not be the companies that predict the future most accurately, but those that learn, reallocate resources, and adapt faster than their competitors.
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Interviews
Podcast - The McKinsey Podcast
What the 2026 World Cup reveals about the next generation of sports fans
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This year’s tournament offers a window into consumers’ changing behaviors, desire for community, and focus on identity—especially among Latino fans. Are business leaders paying attention?
Podcast
Patrick Finn on how tension can lead to healthcare’s reinvention
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McKinsey Senior Partner Patrick Finn examines the current unique moment in healthcare and why AI could help reshape who leads healthcare’s next era.
Interview
How a 180-year-old news institution prepares for its next reinvention
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Associated Press CEO Daisy Veerasingham discusses AI, the economics of trusted content, and why preserving editorial independence matters more than preserving any particular business structure.
McKinsey on Books
Author Talks: In Hollywood and in business, it’s cool to be kind
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In Lead with Kindness, television writer and producer Melinda Hsu explores how so-called soft skills like empathy, mindfulness,...
Shapers and Founders: The Untold Stories of Asia’s Extraordinary Owner-CEOs
Drawing on rigorous empirical research, interviews, and decades of advisory work, McKinsey experts reveal the leadership strategies...
Rewired, second edition
This updated edition offers brand-new insights into cutting-edge AI solutions—and what it takes to implement them—as...
New from the Quarterly
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...
Building expertise in the age of AI: Who trains the next generation?
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As AI reshapes entry-level work, organizations should rethink how expertise is developed by integrating knowledge management,...
McKinsey Institutes
Report - MGI Research
Catalyzing competitiveness: Where investment happens and why
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Competitiveness has moved to the top of the global agenda, and investment is its indicator and its outcome. In the context of...
Report - MGI Research
Agents, robots, and us: How AI reshapes work and skills in Europe
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Most skills will still be needed—but how people use them will change as they work alongside intelligent machines.
Report
From access to assets: How early-life wealth building can shape economic mobility
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Investing in children’s financial futures can narrow disparities and expand opportunity. Different scenarios for the new...
Brainteasers
The McKinsey Crossword: Made with AI | No. 266
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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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