https://www.mckinsey.com
915b5091-0d7e-44d2-a8c4-cf08267e52fe
Skip to main content
Innovation & Growth
Consistent growth requires a commitment to strategy, innovation, and marketing and sales excellence.
Interview
‘Fast action’ in fast food: McDonald’s CFO on why the company is growing again
January 8, 2019
– Kevin Ozan became CFO of McDonald’s in 2015. Since then, the restaurant chain has had a string of successes. Here’s his take on what’s working, what’s not, and what’s next for the iconic brand.
Growth Strategy
Discussion Paper - McKinsey Global Institute
‘Superstars’: The dynamics of firms, sectors, and cities leading the global economy
October 24, 2018
– Is there a superstar effect? McKinsey Global Institute research uncovers the dynamics of superstar firms, sectors, and cities...
in the global economy.
Collection
The new growth game: Beating the market with digital and analytics
A guide to how market beaters have embraced the Growth PASS: Precision, Agility, Speed, Scale.
Article -
McKinsey Quarterly
Choosing the right path to growth
October 4, 2018
– To boost organic growth, most companies need a diverse set of initiatives—and how you sequence them matters.
Interactive -
McKinsey Quarterly
Five Fifty: Flooring it
October 2, 2018
– Are you a market leader? It may be time to start doing things faster.
Marketing & Sales
Article
Growing faster than the market: Three questions the C-suite should ask
December 13, 2018
– Leaders who are most successful at driving growth in their organizations are deliberate, persistent, and disciplined in the way...
they go about it.
Article
Seven rules to crack the code on revenue synergies in M&A
October 15, 2018
– Companies pursuing revenue synergies can’t take them for granted. Leaders need a clear grasp of where those synergies lie—and...
the persistence to capture them.
Article
No customer left behind: How to drive growth by putting personalization at the center of your marketing
July 27, 2018
– Successful personalization at scale requires four elements working in tandem. Here’s how marketing leaders build the operating...
model to make that happen.
Article
What the future science of B2B sales growth looks like
January 4, 2018
– Companies that lead in B2B sales follow a three-pronged strategy to drive above-market growth.
Voices on Innovation & Growth
Article
Start up & scale up: A conversation with Box CEO Aaron Levie
October 12, 2018
– The cloud-service cofounder and CEO talks about innovation, disruption, and harnessing the next big thing.
Podcast -
McKinsey Quarterly
Microsoft’s next act
April 3, 2018
– CEO Satya Nadella talks about innovation, disruption, and organizational change.
Commentary -
McKinsey Quarterly
Learning innovation in the digital age
September 21, 2017
– As the workplace changes, so must education and training. Exciting experiments are under way—but are they enough?
Commentary
Innovating at the speed of the 21st century in pharmaceuticals
October 31, 2017
– The CEO of Eli Lilly offers perspectives on accelerating change in the industry.
Podcast
Setting an agenda for organic growth in the digital age
October 9, 2017
– Business leaders can focus on three mind-sets to drive growth in their companies and sustain that growth for the long term.
Innovation at scale
Podcast
How to take the measure of innovation
October 8, 2018
– By combining two simple metrics, companies can gain valuable insights into their innovation performance.
Interactive -
McKinsey Quarterly
Five Fifty: Getting your story straight
October 30, 2018
– Emotional stories help innovative ideas attract attention—and get funded. Here are the narratives that help good ideas break...
through.
Article -
McKinsey Quarterly
Telling a good innovation story
July 19, 2018
– Appealing to people’s emotions helps new ideas cut through the clutter.
Article -
McKinsey Quarterly
Taking the measure of innovation
April 20, 2018
– Don’t overlook the insight that two simple metrics can yield about the effectiveness of your R&D spending.
Fast-growth tech
Article
Grow fast or die slow: The role of profitability in sustainable growth
October 27, 2017
– How can software and online-services companies determine the right balance between growth and profitability?
Article
Grow fast or die slow: Why unicorns are staying private
May 11, 2016
– Technology companies worth more than $1 billion—and many worth $10 billion—have fewer reasons to go public than they did in the...
past. Here’s what that means for them and their investors.
Article
Grow fast or die slow: The double-edged sword of M&A
October 1, 2015
– Our latest research on growth in software and online-services companies has some surprising findings about the benefits and risks...
of buying growth.
Article
Grow fast or die slow: Pivoting beyond the core
April 1, 2015
– Turbocharged initial growth is essential to surviving in the software industry. But what comes next? Here are four lessons so...
leaders can write their organizations’ second act.
Sign up for our {PRACTICE_NAME} newsletter
Don't miss this roundup of our newest and most distinctive insights
Something went wrong. Please try again later.
Subscribed to {PRACTICE_NAME}