5 essential insights you may have missed in December

The holiday season can be busy—even for your inbox. So we’ve rounded up some of our must-read insights from December to inform your business decisions in the year ahead.

Catch up on how boards can evolve in the age of AI, the business opportunities in a shifting trade landscape, how to transform a company’s behavioral fabric, finding future leaders in the risk function, plus McKinsey’s 100 best interviews of 2025 featuring the world’s top business leaders, teachers, and authors. Stay tuned for more insights this year to help you navigate what’s next. 

The AI reckoning: How boards can evolve

Beyond the headlines: How trade agreements are reshaping business

How to capture the elusive performance edge in true transformations

How chief risk officers can build the next generation of leaders

A year of brilliant conversations

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