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Sitecore RSS module: McKinsey.RSS, Version=1.3.2.9971, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null Bold actions to spur corporate dynamism can unlock transformational opportunities for Japan in a new era and reset its growth trajectory. https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/future-of-asia/from-drift-to-dynamism-reinventing-japan-to-compete-in-a-new-era 58664585-b1e1-4e41-b6df-16ca97900af8 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 Future of Asia Semiconductors Online services Automotive Video games & mobile gaming Japan Japan Macroeconomics Productivity Geopolitics Growth The power infrastructure being built for data centers in the United States is unlikely to become stranded—even if compute demand falls short of current projections. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/electric-power-and-natural-gas/our-insights/powering-ai-how-real-is-the-risk-of-overbuilding 5a1d8758-e500-4801-88f1-78976beea3ab Fri, 31 Jul 2026 Insights on Electric Power & Natural Gas Energy, Resources & Materials Electric Power Stanford economist Erik Brynjolfsson reveals where we stand on the J-curve, how leaders can accelerate progress and create new value, and what gives him hope—and keeps him up at night. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/is-the-ai-productivity-story-at-a-turning-point 477972f9-142b-45dd-b7f2-3e12e4f2e890 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 Insights on People and Organizations Capability building Generative AI Geopolitical uncertainty continues to drive energy price volatility, affecting growth, inflation, and sentiment. ECB raises rates by 25 basis points, while Brazil and Russia focus on stimulus with 25-basis-point cuts. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/global-economics-intelligence 384a1022-063a-4b70-9b61-9ce3a506b5cf Fri, 31 Jul 2026 Strategy & Corporate Finance Insights Economic Studies Corporate Finance Strategy Faced with declining customer satisfaction, North American utilities are turning to agentic AI to transform the customer experience for the better while reducing costs. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/electric-power-and-natural-gas/our-insights/how-utilities-can-rewire-customer-operations-with-agentic-ai 5a7cf7b1-cc95-4fe5-aaaf-4b481f34f1d4 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 Insights on Electric Power & Natural Gas Energy, Resources & Materials Electric Power Artificial Intelligence Executives from AMD, Dell, Liquid AI, and Mercedes-Benz discuss how to structure processes with AI in mind and why enterprise-wide transformation is about people, not just technology. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/growth-marketing-and-sales/our-insights/ai-transformations-views-from-amd-dell-liquid-ai-and-mercedes-benz be9dcd83-ad98-4840-aede-a3f0854eb9b9 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 Growth, Marketing & Sales Insights Marketing & Sales As AI accelerates the digital economy, the real constraint is physical: housing, power, and infrastructure. Laura Hines-Pierce, co-CEO of Hines, explains why execution—not capital—will define the next era of value creation. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/real-estate/our-insights/the-new-advantage-in-the-age-of-ai-building-in-the-real-world 697ec9f5-0ae8-442e-a860-b10f73c3062a Thu, 30 Jul 2026 Our Insights Real estate Generative AI The McKinsey Podcast What separates good from exceptional? Learning Leader Show host Ryan Hawk reveals why disciplined daily habits and purposeful ambition are the foundation of high performance. https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-on-books/author-talks-the-daily-practices-that-lead-to-exceptional-performance 38a0b525-361b-43a7-9c5d-b86bc6a10d55 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 McKinsey on Books Leadership Personal effectiveness As AI increases energy demand, data centers are moving to higher voltage systems, creating new opportunities for electricity and component providers. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/industrials/our-insights/the-shift-to-800-volt-dc-at-data-centers-implications-for-providers d2da4ce8-e075-487f-8261-d1de168162f8 Thu, 30 Jul 2026 Insights on Industrials Electric Power Semiconductors IT cost & performance improvement IT infrastructure Archil Gachechiladze, Lion Finance and Bank of Georgia CEO, describes how focused execution and cultural change have driven the group’s strong financial performance. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/financial-services/our-insights/lion-finance-competing-like-a-fintech-winning-as-a-bank c3ef3fb4-cde8-41de-90f2-532c83715ca6 Wed, 29 Jul 2026 Insights on Financial Services Banking Covestro’s chief commercial officer Monique Buch thinks of AI as a business strategy not a technology upgrade. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/growth-marketing-and-sales/our-insights/why-ai-will-elevate-instead-of-replace-commercial-teams cebaca48-7062-4598-812f-48d602dbe5c2 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 Growth, Marketing & Sales Insights Generative AI B-to-B Sai Jasti, Bayer’s senior vice president and head of data science and AI, on how the company is transforming its workflows and embedding AI in research and development to meet ambitious productivity goals. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/life-sciences/our-insights/bayers-sai-jasti-on-driving-productivity-in-r-and-d-with-data-science-and-ai 031a6236-0f81-482d-bf73-3506bef06a89 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 Insights on Life Sciences Pharmaceuticals Venture building works best when it’s part of a dual-track strategy—launching new businesses alongside the core—with clear oversight from the CEO on capital allocation, culture, and capabilities. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/business-building/our-insights/the-ceos-critical-role-in-building-new-businesses 60d78b2c-0ef9-41c9-a09b-dd06da99cda9 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 Our Insights Business Building Leadership Corporate strategy McKinsey Quarterly Companies are reassessing how they work, their team structures, and what it means to be a manager in this bracing new era. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/tech-and-ai/our-insights/rewired-takes-how-ai-is-unlocking-creativity-and-heralding-the-rise-of-the-agent-manager ba5c06d4-c755-46f9-ba65-a16bd342130f Mon, 27 Jul 2026 Digital Insights McKinsey Technology Generative AI Management processes Analytics The Blue Star Families’ CEO explains what the military family experience reveals about the meaning of service and the relationships that can strengthen community bonds. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-sector/our-insights/lessons-in-resilience-leadership-and-trust-an-interview-with-kathy-roth-douquet 1559f88b-df2e-438a-947c-da88cce5744b Mon, 27 Jul 2026 Public Sector Insights Non-profit Public Sector Social Sector Culture Leadership Why do so many promising products fail to gain traction? A McKinsey alumnus explains why conventional thinking leads founders astray—and shares a practical framework for finding the “ideal” customer. https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-on-books/author-talks-why-founders-misunderstand-customer-demand c844d63f-ca17-4227-a974-2997e99b2feb Fri, 24 Jul 2026 McKinsey on Books Consumer insights Azerbaijan’s national energy company set out to digitalize one of its most strategic industrial assets. With bold leadership, deep workforce upskilling, and a rewired approach to digital and operations, SOCAR Carbamide transformed performance—and earned global recognition as a World Economic Forum Digital Lighthouse. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/chemicals/how-we-help-clients/how-socar-transformed-a-fertilizer-leader-in-azerbaijan-with-industrial-ai 3cdfb917-c3b9-4dac-bc39-3d7ef636906a Fri, 24 Jul 2026 How We Help Clients AI makes continuous financial planning practical at scale. Organizations can identify risks sooner, evaluate trade-offs faster, and intervene before performance gaps widen. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/operations/our-insights/how-ai-agents-can-help-fp-and-a-better-steer-the-business 15a54b78-5477-4043-9fab-eeda63ccd990 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 Insights on Operations Operations AI could upend the industry’s long-standing structures and dynamics. Competitive advantage will accrue to carriers, distributors, and tech providers that prepare now. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/financial-services/our-insights/how-ai-will-reshape-the-economics-of-insurance-a-ceos-guide-to-strategy af70ed81-64b3-4820-ba98-523aa7710a82 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 Insights on Financial Services Financial Services Insurance Artificial Intelligence Tech investment alone won’t deliver a competitive edge. Organizations need systems that strengthen both brain health and AI-era skills so people can keep up with rising cognitive demands. https://www.mckinsey.com/mhi/our-insights/the-human-advantage-in-an-ai-economy 3d487d07-327c-4cc9-a4ab-9566d8dc9493 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 Our Insights McKinsey Health Institute Geopolitics Performance transformation Personal effectiveness The McKinsey Podcast Guided by his leadership North Star of “performing for today while transforming for tomorrow,” Sanjiv Bajaj believes in breaking businesses to grow, while fostering an entrepreneurial ethos. https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/future-of-asia/break-to-grow-sanjiv-bajajs-guiding-business-principle ab79ef1b-8461-4dcc-8f47-9a626a8300f1 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 Future of Asia Asia-Pacific Leading Asia The academic and safety-net hospital system is transforming technology into a driver of patient access, operational reliability, and business growth. By strengthening digital tools, modernizing systems, and embedding AI across workflows, Montefiore Einstein is building a stronger foundation for delivering care. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare/how-we-help-clients/how-montefiore-einstein-turned-technology-into-enterprise-value 92888825-a8c5-4d1e-8fb3-c452170cc74f Thu, 23 Jul 2026 How We Help Clients Several asset classes grew further out of balance with the economy, raising the possibility of corrections through inflation, asset valuation losses, or, optimally, productivity. https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/the-global-balance-sheet-2026-imbalance-and-divergence 28fa5d9c-31ef-4895-82a4-b8fc7962389b Thu, 23 Jul 2026 Research Public finance Economic development Government Financial Services McKinsey Global Institute North America United States Western Europe China Japan Geopolitics Global capital markets Productivity Global forces MGI Research As the situation in the Strait of Hormuz makes clear, business success increasingly depends on managing global disruption and risk in a three-dimensional way: reroute, replace, and substitute. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/geopolitics/our-insights/chokepoints-how-to-respond-when-the-global-economy-gets-squeezed b3cc6232-211e-4733-a6bf-16635183f4cb Wed, 22 Jul 2026 Insights on Geopolitics Strategy Risk Management Supply chain management Geopolitics Indonesia’s second-largest telecom operator turned a complex merger into a platform for growth, reshaping how decisions are made, how employees work, and how AI creates measurable value across the enterprise. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/technology-media-and-telecommunications/how-we-help-clients/becoming-an-ai-native-telco-indosat-ooredoo-hutchison-reimagines-the-telecom-of-the-future c51b0e46-d8a8-44c6-8d56-32591bdc56cb Wed, 22 Jul 2026 How We Help Clients Technology, Media & Telecommunications Tech & AI Agentic AI could fundamentally reshape supply chain operations, but realizing its potential will require companies to move beyond isolated use cases and orchestrate work across people, processes, and technology. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/operations/our-insights/powering-supply-chain-with-agentic-ai a397ac64-3ea6-442a-9fc8-c51e184a0cd0 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 Insights on Operations Supply chain management Generative AI Banks are evolving their model risk management frameworks in light of supporting rapid adoption and growth of AI models, while also ensuring risk-sensitive value creation. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/risk-and-resilience/our-insights/evolving-model-risk-management-in-the-age-of-ai 2eb7ec87-01c7-41db-9b7c-bd4fefe4ed81 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 Risk & Resilience Insights Risk management models Generative AI Risk Management Verified emissions are a decarbonization tool and compliance requirement, but also a means to improve cost control and forecasting. A suite of targeted actions can help EU importers mitigate risk. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/sustainability/our-insights/cbam-how-companies-can-build-from-compliance-to-value-creation d62bbf73-d611-411a-a90b-b06d9bffc5e1 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 Insights on Sustainability Electric Power Europe Climate change Finance function The best-performing PE firms build on deal diligence in a disciplined way throughout the hold period, revisiting and retuning their exit options and equity stories to realize higher returns. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/private-capital/our-insights/the-second-look-an-adaptive-approach-to-reunderwriting 8990edee-51fe-4a33-8515-b9b97fe241f9 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 Insights on Private Capital Private Equity Corporate Finance A new generation of robotics is powering up. How can leaders capture the value at stake while ensuring successful human–machine collaboration? https://www.mckinsey.com/quarterly/the-five-fifty/five-fifty-robot-reboot b74b1fc6-5931-43c0-8787-02e1f124eb59 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 The Five Fifty McKinsey Quarterly As AI costs spiral, CIOs need to manage enterprise AI demand to optimize for outcomes, not just cost. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/the-cost-of-intelligence-how-cios-can-manage-ai-demand-at-scale be35f878-f804-44a6-b82a-537aea2a041f Mon, 20 Jul 2026 Insights on Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence Digital McKinsey Quarterly ArcelorMittal Brazil partnered with McKinsey to redesign its sales journey. A gen AI–powered tool removed the friction of everyday selling, freeing salespeople to focus on what mattered most: creating value for customers. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-technology/overview/from-instinct-to-real-time-insight-transforming-steel-sales-with-ai 1060d887-c6b5-4357-8a3b-5debded6bebb Mon, 20 Jul 2026 Overview CEO Nick Thompson ran marathons at the same pace for a decade—until the right coach, mindset, and routine helped him break through. Here’s what he learned about life and leadership from getting faster against the odds. https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-on-books/author-talks-how-a-ceo-got-faster-in-his-40s 9965c59b-a987-4a62-8341-66c7bb04fb05 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 McKinsey on Books Leadership Strategy Innovation Economic relations between Poland and the United States have entered a new phase. Over the past three decades, cooperation has expanded beyond trade to encompass investment, technology, infrastructure, energy, and defense. A new report by McKinsey and the American Chamber of Commerce in Poland, drawing on survey data, identifies six priority sectors and outlines actions that businesses and governments can take to sustain this momentum. https://www.mckinsey.com/pl/en/our-insights/partnership-for-the-decades-ahead 0565bab4-b26f-427d-9fb2-c8da223ebc96 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 Our Insights Europe Discover how market leaders—Walmart, Builders FirstSource, Progressive, and JPMorgan Chase—achieved exceptional growth from 2019 to 2024, outperforming peers by an average of five percentage points in revenue and seven points in profitability. In this episode, Simon Jones, David Schiff, and Kate Siegel discuss their new article on the three critical characteristics that drive sustained profitable business growth: committed investment strategies, diversified growth engines, and systematic technology integration. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/proven-growth-strategies-from-market-leaders 5b421374-d385-45ee-ae4d-f1c4e9630c79 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 Strategy & Corporate Finance Insights AI adoption in Australian for-purpose organisations is growing, but without a considered approach, AI can add pressure and prioritise output over outcomes. How can leaders prepare their teams for more effective AI journeys? https://www.mckinsey.com/au/our-insights/ai-in-the-australian-for-purpose-sector-laying-a-strong-foundation 24f9305e-3620-494b-906e-59d63e827f83 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 Our Insights Public & Social Sector Australia Australia Pricing is a critical value creation lever for distributors to respond to market challenges. Here are four capabilities critical to unlocking pricing’s power. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/industrials/our-insights/pricing-in-distribution-a-strategic-growth-engine 5e1cf998-905b-43c0-971a-626b7a231731 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 Insights on Industrials Retail & Consumer Goods Machinery & industrial goods Industrial high tech United States Pricing Many founder-led companies freeze at the $1 billion to $10 billion valuation stage. Those that scale reinvent their business, people—and themselves—at five key inflection points. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/private-capital/our-insights/will-you-fly-or-freeze-how-founders-can-build-enduring-companies-beyond-10-billion-dollars bfa2cfc4-20cc-4864-95cc-e3e0f26291f3 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 Insights on Private Capital Organization Strategy Envisioning the deal’s full potential and sequencing integration initiatives makes the most of the current wave of oil and gas mergers and combinations. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/oil-and-gas/our-insights/amid-volatility-oil-and-gas-m-and-a-abounds-heres-how-to-capture-full-value e6b6768a-d07f-4ff0-b3eb-1d1c5adfe0b8 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 Oil & Gas Insights Oil & Natural Gas Mergers & acquisitions 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? https://www.mckinsey.com/institute-for-economic-mobility/our-insights/what-the-2026-world-cup-reveals-about-the-next-generation-of-sports-fans 10cc6c59-25d2-4896-8f3c-5185a2cc164e Thu, 16 Jul 2026 Our Insights Economic development Consumer insights Research topics Inclusive consumer The McKinsey Podcast 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. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/consumer-packaged-goods/how-we-help-clients/how-b-tech-transformed-into-a-technology-powered-retailer d45b795d-6022-437a-adcb-e2f4bc937891 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 How We Help Clients Financial Services Consumer packaged goods Retail & Consumer Goods Business Building Consumer Packaged Goods Analytics 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. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/growth-marketing-and-sales/our-insights/the-future-of-b2b-sales-how-growth-champions-rewire-their-playbooks-with-ai b6054854-c4c0-445a-a7f0-f610f81d633b Thu, 16 Jul 2026 Growth, Marketing & Sales Insights B-to-B Transformations often falter due to internal dynamics that divide organizations, such as misaligned incentives, siloed efforts, and risk aversion. CEOs are uniquely positioned to address these challenges by tackling the root causes of collective-action problems and uniting their organizations around bold aspirations. Join Meagan Hill, Mathew Lee, and Kurt Strovink as they explore the role of the CEO in driving enterprise-wide transformation and embedding lasting change into the fabric of their organizations. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/the-ceos-role-in-transformation c2bbe4fb-3e5d-45e3-a458-1ccd7ac8cf69 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 Strategy & Corporate Finance Insights AI is poised to rewire the architecture, engineering, and construction sector. Firms that move quickly to reimagine workflows, improve data use, and automate work sites will thrive. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/engineering-construction-and-building-materials/our-insights/how-ai-is-reshaping-the-future-of-the-aec-industry fdc7fbd4-b916-431c-944f-34c0216d80c4 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 Insights on Engineering, Construction & Building Materials Real estate Artificial Intelligence 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. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-sector/our-insights/rewiring-public-sector faa9aee4-b22b-40c9-b03d-3c8f068a7fa6 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 Public Sector Insights Public & Social Sector United States Innovation Regulatory strategy Performance transformation Digital Software is reshaping how medtech organizations create value. A new approach to quality assurance during software-as-a-medical-device development, supported by agentic AI, can help them realize it. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/life-sciences/our-insights/the-future-of-delivering-software-as-a-medical-device 05138c5d-cca5-4756-9750-4404149d6f61 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 Insights on Life Sciences Medical products Pharmaceuticals North America Artificial Intelligence Operations strategy A new survey reveals a widening gap between airline sentiment and the rest of the value chain. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/aerospace-and-defense/our-insights/is-commercial-aerospace-ready-for-a-demand-reckoning 79510236-2a77-414f-9958-7f7ba57584c7 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 Aerospace & Defense Insights Aerospace Airlines North America Managing in Uncertainty Strategic planning Artificial intelligence is reshaping every business, but the hardest challenge is rewiring the company around it. Companies that bet on equipping good staff with extraordinary technology will have a golden opportunity, while those that treat this moment as a headcount problem will shrink to fit it https://www.mckinsey.com/about-us/media/ais-next-big-mission-is-rewiring-your-workplace 737d4da7-40f0-40a1-90d9-b5d221af5b9b Wed, 15 Jul 2026 Media Today’s COOs work with an increasingly broad set of stakeholders. Success means understanding the “why” that drives each one. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/operations/our-insights/the-bridge-builder-coo-delivering-results-by-engaging-stakeholders 2dd757ee-fe88-4bca-b124-c14d34e80fa9 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 Insights on Operations Operations Operations Talent McKinsey Senior Partner Patrick Finn examines the current unique moment in healthcare and why AI could help reshape who leads healthcare’s next era. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare/our-insights/patrick-finn-on-how-tension-can-lead-to-healthcares-reinvention 828dff1f-8268-4bab-b930-d4f0ba477c81 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 Insights on Healthcare Systems & Services Health Care North and Central America Artificial Intelligence Global forces