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Rewired to outcompete
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Six signature moves led by the C-suite can build organizations that will outperform in the age of digital and AI.
Article - Harvard Business Review
Rewired for value: Digital and AI transformations that work
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Our analysis of data from the banking sector provides definitive proof on how digital and AI transformations create bottom-line...
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The rewired enterprise: How five companies built to outcompete
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Lessons from five rewired enterprises highlight how to turn initial digital gains into enterprise-wide ones.
Article - Fortune
Rewired to use AI’s superpower
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Harnessing the full value potential of ‘superpower’ technology like AI requires developers with the skills to use...
Article - McKinsey Quarterly
Freeport-McMoRan turns data into value
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A copper miner develops a recipe for success along its AI transformation journey.
Industry perspectives
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On the brink: Realizing the value of analytics in insurance
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Insurers in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa invest significantly in advanced analytics but have unlocked a fraction of the...
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Clearing data-quality roadblocks: Unlocking AI in manufacturing
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An agile, data-centric approach can help clean and enrich data needed for machine learning. To move forward, manufacturers need...
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Unlocking the industrial potential of robotics and automation
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Results from the 2022 McKinsey Global Industrial Robotics Survey reveal that industrial companies are set to spend heavily on...
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Digital transformations in energy retail: A shift toward advanced platforms
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More energy retailers are transforming their digital platforms to cut costs and to stay competitive. We explore approaches to...
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Getting digital transformation right in resource-heavy industries
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Eight core principles can help companies in the energy, oil and gas, basic materials, and utilities sectors achieve successful...
Interviews
Podcast
What really works when it comes to digital and AI transformations?
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McKinsey’s Rewired distills the lessons from successful digital and AI transformations so companies can build...
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Digital transformation to achieve operational excellence
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Using principles of operational excellence, empowering workforces, and adding digital processes to production can help companies...
Interview
How LEGO plays with data: An interview with chief data officer Orlando Machado
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The iconic toymaker is unlocking the value from data to help rethink processes, surface new opportunities, excite consumers,...
Podcast
Digital transformation on the CEO agenda
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Successful digital transformations may not be as elusive as you think. The best CEOs know up front what success looks like—and...
Podcast
The Committed Innovator: An interview with Anjali Sud, CEO of Vimeo
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When a marketing executive discovered an unexpected market opportunity, she disrupted the company’s original business—and...
Interview - McKinsey Quarterly
Using ecosystems to reach higher: An interview with the co-CEO of Ping An
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Expect digital to further blur industry lines, supercharge scalability, and loosen geographical restraints for professional services,...
Interview - McKinsey Quarterly
How the CEO of Samsung SDS sets a course for ‘humble and speedy’
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Won-Pyo Hong, CEO of Samsung’s information- and communications-technology arm, explains how a collaborative approach helps...
Interview
Building a digital New York Times: CEO Mark Thompson
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Thompson looks back on an eight-year tenure that has transformed a 170-year-old news brand into a global, digital-subscription-first...
Podcast
Transformation and resilience: An interview with Best Buy’s executive chairman Hubert Joly
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Hubert Joly shares lessons from leading the turnaround of the retail and technology giant and how it prepared him and the company...
Interview - Fast Times
Make a digital vision real by learning and adapting along the way
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Investing in people and role-modeling the company’s vision creates a culture where employees do their best work because...
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What is digital transformation?
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Digital transformation is the rewiring of an organization, with the goal of creating value by continuously deploying tech at...
Commentary
The EU digital strategy: The impact of data privacy on global business
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New data regulations from the European Union require organizational attention, and three key steps can help navigate the data...
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Women in tech: The best bet to solve Europe’s talent shortage
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To remain competitive in technological growth and innovation, Europe must recruit and retain women for the fastest-growing tech...
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Digital transformations: The five talent factors that matter most
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Setting up a winning digital and advanced-analytics organization is hard. Decisions about talent and technology will often determine...
Commentary
Generative AI is here: How tools like ChatGPT could change your business
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Generative AI and other foundation models are changing the AI game, taking assistive technology to a new level, reducing application...
Article - McKinsey Quarterly
Every company is a software company: Six ‘must dos’ to succeed
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As software transforms every industry, leaders must turn to a new playbook.
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The digital-value guardian: CEOs and digital transformations
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The CEO is ultimately the only one who can shape and guide a successful digital transformation. Here’s the playbook.
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Scaling AI like a tech native: The CEO’s role
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Embedding AI across an enterprise to tap its full business value requires shifting from bespoke builds to an industrialized AI...
Executive Briefing
How boards can help digital transformations
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Boards can add value to their business’s digital transformation in five specific areas.
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How do you measure success in digital? Five metrics for CEOs
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As organizations launch more and more digital initiatives, CEOs must monitor whether they are delivering business results. These...
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The CEO’s new technology agenda
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Technology performance has become critical to business success. Here’s how a CEO can focus the technology function on a...
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A CEO guide for avoiding the ten traps that derail digital transformations
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Transforming your business has risks. Successful leaders know how to spot them and avoid them.