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Download McKinsey’s signature reports and special collections on the management issues that matter, from leading through the COVID-19 crisis to managing risk and digitizing operations. For our most recent articles, see our featured insights and coronavirus collection pages.

What now? Decisive actions to emerge stronger in the next normal

– Download this collection of insights on what companies need to do now—six months into the pandemic—as they continue on the path to the next normal.
Read the article Collection (159 pages)

The next normal: Reimagining the postpandemic organization

– This collection is the third of five edited volumes to accompany our multimedia series, airing on CNBC, focusing on the forces shaping the next normal.
Watch the video Collection (206 pages)

Navigating to the Next Normal

The path to the next normal

– Marshal the resolve necessary to lead with purpose, mobilize your team, and protect the continuity of your business.
Collection (188 pages)

Safeguarding lives and livelihoods

– Cultivate resilience, absorbing shock in ways that protect health and lay the groundwork for future prosperity.
Collection (206 pages)

Getting back to work

– Move toward a safe return during persistent uncertainty.
Collection (152 pages)

Jumpstarting the recovery

– Navigate back to operational health, across a range of industries.
Collection (222 pages)

MCKINSEY GLOBAL INSTITUTE

India’s turning point: An economic agenda to spur growth and jobs
– A clarion call is sounding for India to put growth on a sustainably faster track and meet the aspirations of its growing workforce.
Report (176 pages)

The Bio Revolution: Innovations transforming economies, societies, and our lives
– Advances in biological science could transform economies and societies, helping to tackle global challenges from climate change to pandemics.
Report (200 pages)

Connected world: An evolution in connectivity beyond the 5G revolution
– Connectivity is undergoing evolutionary change in most parts of the world—and, in select areas, a genuine leap into the frontier.
Report (100 pages)

The 21st century contract
– Economic outcomes and the relationship between individuals and institutions have shifted for workers, consumers, and savers in advanced economies.
Report (176 pages)

Climate risk and response: Physical hazards and socioeconomic impacts
– How could Earth’s changing climate impact socioeconomic systems across the world in the next three decades? A yearlong, cross-disciplinary research effort at McKinsey & Company provides some answers.
Report (164 pages)

Retail & Marketing

Reimagining marketing
– The human tragedy of COVID-19 has upended lives around the world and had a dramatic effect on consumer behavior. For businesses, these changes are forcing marketers to reimagine how they connect with their customers and drive growth.
Collection (54 pages)

Perspectives on retail and consumer goods
– The eighth edition contains our latest thinking on the topics that matter most to retail and consumer goods leaders.
Full issue (210 pages)

The care of one: Hyperpersonalization of customer care
– Hyperpersonalization will be the new proving ground in customer care. This compendium lays out four key drivers that organizations must be prepared to integrate by 2025.
Full issue (32 pages)

Future of retail operations: Winning in a digital era
– This compendium explores the breadth of change and risk throughout the modern retail industry.
Collection  (104 pages)

China consumer report 2020
– Five trends emerged in the latest research from our Chinese Consumer Survey, offering insight into what over 5,000 consumers in the region think about spending, brands, health, and more.
Report (22 pages)

State of fashion 2020
– The industry is not looking forward to 2020—suggesting strategic clarity will be important.
Report (108 pages)

Risk

McKinsey on Risk
– A special issue of McKinsey on Risk offering our global perspective on the COVID-19 crisis, including understanding the crisis, resiliency through crisis, industry perspectives and social and environmental leadership in the next normal.
Full issue (179 pages)

Cybersecurity in a digital era
– Over the past year, we’ve sought to publish cybersecurity articles in various areas that will help senior executives consider their options and make pragmatic decisions about how to move forward in making the right tradeoffs in managing technology risks.
Collection (152 pages)

Technology & Transformation

The next normal: Transformation with a capital T
– This collection is the second of five edited volumes to accompany our multimedia series, airing on CNBC, focusing on the forces shaping the next normal.
Watch the video Collection (130 pages)

The recovery will be digital
– Download a collection of our best insights on the vital role of digital in today’s businesses—produced to accompany “Our New Future,” a multimedia series we created with CNBC.
Collection (172 pages)

Reaching the next normal of insurance core technology
– Now more than ever, insurers are focusing on reimagining the role of technology, reinventing technology delivery, and future-proofing the foundation of core technology. Twelve articles dive deep into the what, why, and how.
Report (136 pages)

Next-gen technology transformation in financial services
– Financial services technology is currently in the midst of a profound transformation. This collection of articles provides a roadmap for technology innovation, tech productivity, and platform modernization.
Collection (124 pages)

McKinsey on Semiconductors
– Our world is being transformed by the growth of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other new technologies. Although semiconductor companies are well positioned to capture value from these innovations, they also face challenges, including rising costs, increased competition, and inefficient supply chains.
Full issue (80 pages)

Tech-enabled transformations: A CEO’s guide to maximizing impact in industrials
– This collection of articles explores what it will take for industrial companies to undertake a true tech-enabled transformation. The material provides a comprehensive playbook that companies can use to chart their own course.
Full issue (87 pages)

Finance & Investing

Corporate long-term behaviors: How CEOs and boards drive sustained value creation
– Companies create more shareholder value when executives and directors concentrate on long-term results. This report highlights behaviors that allow them to maintain a long-term orientation.
Report (64 pages)

The 2020 McKinsey Global Payments Report
– The COVID-19 crisis is having a significant effect on global payments across sectors. The most striking and potentially lasting impact is an accelerating pace of change in the industry.
Report (38 pages)

McKinsey on Finance
– The role of the CFO in navigating the crisis, advice from long-term investors and board directors, a look at how planning and forecasting processes must change, plus a blueprint for M&A success
Full issue (48 pages)

McKinsey Global Private Markets Annual Review
– Updated annually, our Private Markets Review offers the best of our research and insight into private equity, private real estate, and other private markets.
Report (48 pages)

McKinsey on Investing
– McKinsey on Investing draws on the perspectives and experience of McKinsey consultants who advise investors, and other sources from around the world.
Full issue (92 pages)

McKinsey Global Banking Annual Review
– As growth slows, banks across the globe need to urgently consider a suite of radical organic or inorganic moves before we hit a downturn.
Report (58 pages)

Diversity & Inclusion

Women in the Workplace 2020
– In a year marked by crisis and uncertainty, corporate America is at a crossroads. The choices companies make today will have consequences on gender equality for decades to come.
Report (63 pages)

Diversity wins: How inclusion matters
– The business case for inclusion and diversity (I&D) is stronger than ever. Taking a closer look at diversity winners reveals what can drive real progress.
Report (56 pages)

LGBTQ+ voices: Learning from lived experiences 
– New research reveals the challenges that LGBTQ+ employees face, and six ways to help them bring their authentic selves to work.
Report (16 pages)

The economic impact of closing racial wealth gap
– The persistent racial wealth gap in the United States is a burden on Black Americans as well as the overall economy. New research quantifies the impact of closing the gap and identifies key sources of this socioeconomic inequity.
Report (20 pages)

The future of women at work
– Concerted and creative new solutions are needed to enable women to seize new opportunities in the automation age; without them, women may fall further behind in the world of work.
Report (168 pages)

Classics

The business value of design
– How do the best design performers increase their revenues and shareholder returns at nearly twice the rate of their industry counterparts?
Report (17 pages)

Superstars
– Is there a superstar effect? McKinsey Global Institute research uncovers the dynamics of superstar firms, sectors, and cities in the global economy.
Discussion paper (60 pages)

Outperformers
– Some emerging economies have grown much faster and more consistently than others. Underlying these success stories is a pro-growth policy agenda and the standout role of large companies.
Report (168 pages)

The five trademarks of agile organizations
– Agile organizations—of any size and across industries—have five key elements in common.
Article (22 pages)

Jobs lost, jobs gained 
– In an era marked by rapid advances in automation and artificial intelligence, new research assesses the jobs lost and jobs gained under different scenarios through 2030.
Report (160 pages)

The power of parity
– Every state and city in the United States has the opportunity to further gender parity, which could add $4.3 trillion to the country’s economy in 2025.
Report (68 pages)

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The Next Normal
What happens when the new normal gets old? And how can companies prepare for what’s ahead? The Next Normal, a new multimedia series, tackles these questions. Business leaders and McKinsey experts offer their perspectives on the future of today’s most dynamic industries.

We Are McKinsey
During the widespread COVID-19 global lockdowns—and the work-from-home days that turned into weeks and then months—a regular destination for McKinsey’s colleagues throughout the world has been Managing Partner Kevin Sneader’s weekly, virtual “fireside” chat.

McKinsey Books
Explore a collection of books by McKinsey authors on the management issues that matter, from leadership and talent to digital transformation, corporate finance, and more.

McKinsey Quarterly Magazine
Since 1964, global executives have counted on McKinsey Quarterly to shed fresh light on their biggest challenges. Browse through these recent issues.

Our Firm Reports

2019 Social Responsibility Report
Our purpose as a firm is to help create positive, enduring change in the world.
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Environmental Statement
This Statement, which applies to McKinsey & Company globally, sets out McKinsey's environmental footprint strategy and how we seek to deliver against it.

Acknowledgments

Mike Borruso, Torea Frey, Eleni Kostopoulos, Philip Mathew, and Nathan Wilson, of McKinsey Global Publishing, helped build and maintain this collection of reports.

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