Business leaders in advanced industries view their short-term prospects with a mixture of uncertainty and pessimism, according to a McKinsey survey of top executives. Senior partner Mikael Robertson and colleagues find that only about 31 percent of senior leaders feel they are ready to meet future challenges. Respondents were most positive about trends related to rising demand, the potential of breakthrough technologies, and shifting customer preferences. They were most pessimistic about issues such as macroeconomic forces, supply chain disruptions, and people and workforce issues. Click through the interactive to see more.
To read the article, see “Resilience during uncertainty: What industrial leaders must know,” November 8, 2023.