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Interview

Brilliant Moves: Coffee with Suzano CEO Beto Abreu

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As both organizations begin their second century, Suzano’s Beto Abreu and McKinsey’s Tracy Francis discuss what it takes to lead for the next generation.
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Blog Post
Lessons from our alliances: What AWS’s agentic journey can teach CEOs about rewiring for AI
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Amazon Web Services’ agentic journey shows how leaders can move beyond experimentation and rewire their organizations to embed AI into work and drive enterprise value.
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Article
AI fluency: The next foundation of US economic competitiveness
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AI is advancing faster than organizations can adapt. Reaching the next productivity frontier will depend on workers across the economy acquiring the needed habits and skills.
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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...
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Lives & Legacies
An architect of modern media, a literary champion, and a retail revolutionary
Our latest obituaries also include the first American to scale Mount Everest, a frugal Fed chair, and a fashion cofounder tailor-made...
Affordability strains Americans’ aspirations
Chart of the Week
Affordability strains Americans’ aspirations
The rising cost of living is the defining challenge for Americans trying to achieve their aspirations, research from the McKinsey...
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Themes
Make room for fiction this summer
Summer is prime time to slow down and get lost in a good book. McKinsey’s 2026 annual book recommendations feature 12 works of...
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Our Latest Survey Research

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Survey

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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September 9, 2026, 12:00 p.m. ET / 6:00 p.m. CET

Physical AI: The hidden value pools leaders are missing

Humanoid robots are capturing the headlines, but they’re on track to represent just a sliver of physical AI’s total value. The focus undersells the breadth of the physical AI opportunity and where competitive advantage is forming, in the software, data, and orchestration platforms that let autonomous systems learn from experience and scale, a layer that could reach $330 billion by 2035.

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Interviews

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Video

Advancing American healthcare: An interview with Seema Verma

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A former CMS administrator and current Oracle Health and Life Sciences executive discusses leadership, public–private collaboration, and the promise of AI and value-based care.
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Interview

Governing AI with intention in the social impact sector

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As AI adoption grows, mission-driven organizations must weigh how to adopt new capabilities without sacrificing the trust central to every donor relationship, constituent served, and mission pursued.
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Podcast - The McKinsey Podcast

How premium leisure travel is rewriting airline economics

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Business class isn’t just for corporate travelers anymore. Affluent vacationers are splurging on premium cabins—and becoming one of the biggest drivers of airline profitability.
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Interview

Putting innovation—and patients—in focus: A conversation with Astellas Pharma CEO Naoki Okamura

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The Tokyo-based biopharmaceutical company is accelerating its pipeline by innovating at the intersection of biology, modality, and disease.
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McKinsey on Books

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Author Talks: The biggest misconceptions about leadership
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What if success depends less on talent than on luck, resilience, and your choices when things go wrong? Former Inflection CEO...
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...
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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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New from the Quarterly

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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...
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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...
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The CEO’s critical role in building new businesses
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Venture building works best when it’s part of a dual-track strategy—launching new businesses alongside the core—with clear oversight...

McKinsey Institutes

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Podcast - MGI Research
How do we reach universal prosperity by 2100?
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Can you imagine even the poorest country in the world achieving the prosperity and quality of life of today’s Switzerland—by...
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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.
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Interview - McKinsey Institute for Economic Mobility
Solutions for the Black maternal-health crisis
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Joy Rhoden of the American Hospital Association discusses how data, community partnerships, expanded care teams, and a focus...
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Brainteasers

The McKinsey Crossword: Made with AI | No. 266
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.
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Data Points
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How well do you know the numbers behind the changes in business, society, and the world? Take the McKinsey monthly quiz to find out.