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McKinsey Technology Trends Outlook 2026
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Which frontier technologies matter most for companies in 2026? Our annual report highlights the latest technology innovations, developments, and talent trends and their potential impact on business and society.
Article
Winning hearts in an age of infinite travel choices
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Travelers’ discovery and booking journeys have been reshaped. How can travel players show up at every turn on the path from search to certainty?
Article
Here’s why some US industrial companies achieve higher multiples
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Not every industrial company in a high-growth market earns a higher valuation. The biggest winners consistently combine four management actions.
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
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...
Chart of the Week
Data centers’ prep for power
Reliable power conversion technologies—components that convert direct current to alternating current and vice versa—are critical...
Themes
Essential reading on the issues shaping this year’s General Assembly
As world leaders gather in New York for the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), this year’s General Debate theme—“Restoring...
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The state of AI in 2026: On the road to ROI
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Organizations are deploying agentic coding tools and coming to grips with the costs of AI while still seeking to capture more of the benefits that their workers are deriving from their individual use of AI.
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The technology shifts every business leader should be watching
The pace of technological change is accelerating, and so are its implications for business. What used to look like separate technology trends are increasingly colliding in the same business decisions. That creates new paths to growth, but also harder choices about where to invest, how to redesign operating models, what skills to build, and how to manage security, resilience, and the physical infrastructure required to scale.
Join McKinsey experts Michael Chui and Roger Roberts for a live discussion on the findings from Technology Trends Outlook 2026. They’ll explore where momentum is building, how the major trends are converging, and what these shifts mean for business leaders, workers, and society.
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Interviews
Podcast - The McKinsey Podcast
Why transformations stall—and where only CEOs make the difference
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Five common behavioral patterns can cause change efforts to falter. Know the warning signs—and what to do about them.
Interview
Powering through uncertainty: A talk with former US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz
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The physicist and policymaker says the coming decade will be defined by a race for electrons—and that nuclear power, grid investment, and new public-private models will be part of the picture.
Podcast
Novartis’s Christian Diehl on scaling AI beyond the demo
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Novartis’s chief data and digital officer for biomedical research explains how data platform investments are paying off in AI safety prediction, generative chemistry, and faster translation.
Interview
WIRED: The AI playbook top companies use
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McKinsey’s Dan Swan explains why capturing AI’s full potential requires companies to move beyond experimentation and fundamentally rewire their businesses across technology, processes, people, and leadership.
McKinsey on Books
Author Talks: How to turn hope into action
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What compels us to act when we see a problem? Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation CEO Jim Bildner reflects on social entrepreneurship,...
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...
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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...
The key to AI value is hiding in plain sight: Your operating model
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New research shows that organizations undergoing AI transformation succeed not by adopting one “best” operating model,...
McKinsey Institutes
Report - MGI Research
Aftershocks: Energy security beyond the Strait of Hormuz crisis
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The energy system has proven surprisingly resilient, but shock absorbers are thinning. Energy security has no easy exits but...
Report - McKinsey Health Institute
Closing the women’s health gap: The United Kingdom’s £36 billion opportunity
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Closing the women’s health gap in the United Kingdom could result in ten more healthy days of life per year for every woman—and...
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...
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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How well do you know the numbers behind the changes in business, society, and the world? Take the McKinsey monthly quiz to find out.