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Sitecore RSS module: McKinsey.RSS, Version=1.3.2.15245, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null Companies are reassessing how they work, their team structures, and what it means to be a manager in this bracing new era. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/tech-and-ai/our-insights/rewired-takes-how-ai-is-unlocking-creativity-and-heralding-the-rise-of-the-agent-manager ba5c06d4-c755-46f9-ba65-a16bd342130f Mon, 27 Jul 2026 Digital Insights McKinsey Technology Generative AI Management processes Analytics The Blue Star Families’ CEO explains what the military family experience reveals about the meaning of service and the relationships that can strengthen community bonds. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-sector/our-insights/lessons-in-resilience-leadership-and-trust-an-interview-with-kathy-roth-douquet 1559f88b-df2e-438a-947c-da88cce5744b Mon, 27 Jul 2026 Public Sector Insights Non-profit Public Sector Social Sector Culture Leadership Why do so many promising products fail to gain traction? A McKinsey alumnus explains why conventional thinking leads founders astray—and shares a practical framework for finding the “ideal” customer. https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-on-books/author-talks-why-founders-misunderstand-customer-demand c844d63f-ca17-4227-a974-2997e99b2feb Fri, 24 Jul 2026 McKinsey on Books Consumer insights AI makes continuous financial planning practical at scale. Organizations can identify risks sooner, evaluate trade-offs faster, and intervene before performance gaps widen. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/operations/our-insights/how-ai-agents-can-help-fp-and-a-better-steer-the-business 15a54b78-5477-4043-9fab-eeda63ccd990 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 Insights on Operations Operations AI could upend the industry’s long-standing structures and dynamics. Competitive advantage will accrue to carriers, distributors, and tech providers that prepare now. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/financial-services/our-insights/how-ai-will-reshape-the-economics-of-insurance-a-ceos-guide-to-strategy af70ed81-64b3-4820-ba98-523aa7710a82 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 Insights on Financial Services Financial Services Insurance Artificial Intelligence Tech investment alone won’t deliver a competitive edge. Organizations need systems that strengthen both brain health and AI-era skills so people can keep up with rising cognitive demands. https://www.mckinsey.com/mhi/our-insights/the-human-advantage-in-an-ai-economy 3d487d07-327c-4cc9-a4ab-9566d8dc9493 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 Our Insights McKinsey Health Institute Geopolitics Performance transformation Personal effectiveness The McKinsey Podcast Guided by his leadership North Star of “performing for today while transforming for tomorrow,” Sanjiv Bajaj believes in breaking businesses to grow, while fostering an entrepreneurial ethos. https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/future-of-asia/break-to-grow-sanjiv-bajajs-guiding-business-principle ab79ef1b-8461-4dcc-8f47-9a626a8300f1 Thu, 23 Jul 2026 Future of Asia Asia-Pacific Leading Asia Several asset classes grew further out of balance with the economy, raising the possibility of corrections through inflation, asset valuation losses, or, optimally, productivity. https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/the-global-balance-sheet-2026-imbalance-and-divergence 28fa5d9c-31ef-4895-82a4-b8fc7962389b Thu, 23 Jul 2026 Research Public finance Economic development Government Financial Services McKinsey Global Institute North America United States Western Europe China Japan Geopolitics Global capital markets Productivity Global forces MGI Research The academic and safety-net hospital system is transforming technology into a driver of patient access, operational reliability, and business growth. By strengthening digital tools, modernizing systems, and embedding AI across workflows, Montefiore Einstein is building a stronger foundation for delivering care. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare/how-we-help-clients/how-montefiore-einstein-turned-technology-into-enterprise-value 92888825-a8c5-4d1e-8fb3-c452170cc74f Thu, 23 Jul 2026 How We Help Clients As the situation in the Strait of Hormuz makes clear, business success increasingly depends on managing global disruption and risk in a three-dimensional way: reroute, replace, and substitute. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/geopolitics/our-insights/chokepoints-how-to-respond-when-the-global-economy-gets-squeezed b3cc6232-211e-4733-a6bf-16635183f4cb Wed, 22 Jul 2026 Insights on Geopolitics Strategy Risk Management Supply chain management Geopolitics Indonesia’s second-largest telecom operator turned a complex merger into a platform for growth, reshaping how decisions are made, how employees work, and how AI creates measurable value across the enterprise. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/technology-media-and-telecommunications/how-we-help-clients/becoming-an-ai-native-telco-indosat-ooredoo-hutchison-reimagines-the-telecom-of-the-future c51b0e46-d8a8-44c6-8d56-32591bdc56cb Wed, 22 Jul 2026 How We Help Clients Technology, Media & Telecommunications Tech & AI Agentic AI could fundamentally reshape supply chain operations, but realizing its potential will require companies to move beyond isolated use cases and orchestrate work across people, processes, and technology. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/operations/our-insights/powering-supply-chain-with-agentic-ai a397ac64-3ea6-442a-9fc8-c51e184a0cd0 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 Insights on Operations Supply chain management Generative AI Banks are evolving their model risk management frameworks in light of supporting rapid adoption and growth of AI models, while also ensuring risk-sensitive value creation. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/risk-and-resilience/our-insights/evolving-model-risk-management-in-the-age-of-ai 2eb7ec87-01c7-41db-9b7c-bd4fefe4ed81 Wed, 22 Jul 2026 Risk & Resilience Insights Risk management models Generative AI Risk Management The best-performing PE firms build on deal diligence in a disciplined way throughout the hold period, revisiting and retuning their exit options and equity stories to realize higher returns. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/private-capital/our-insights/the-second-look-an-adaptive-approach-to-reunderwriting 8990edee-51fe-4a33-8515-b9b97fe241f9 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 Insights on Private Capital Private Equity Corporate Finance Verified emissions are a decarbonization tool and compliance requirement, but also a means to improve cost control and forecasting. A suite of targeted actions can help EU importers mitigate risk. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/sustainability/our-insights/cbam-how-companies-can-build-from-compliance-to-value-creation d62bbf73-d611-411a-a90b-b06d9bffc5e1 Tue, 21 Jul 2026 Insights on Sustainability Electric Power Europe Climate change Finance function A new generation of robotics is powering up. How can leaders capture the value at stake while ensuring successful human–machine collaboration? https://www.mckinsey.com/quarterly/the-five-fifty/five-fifty-robot-reboot b74b1fc6-5931-43c0-8787-02e1f124eb59 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 The Five Fifty McKinsey Quarterly As AI costs spiral, CIOs need to manage enterprise AI demand to optimize for outcomes, not just cost. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/the-cost-of-intelligence-how-cios-can-manage-ai-demand-at-scale be35f878-f804-44a6-b82a-537aea2a041f Mon, 20 Jul 2026 Insights on Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence Digital McKinsey Quarterly ArcelorMittal Brazil partnered with McKinsey to redesign its sales journey. A gen AI–powered tool removed the friction of everyday selling, freeing salespeople to focus on what mattered most: creating value for customers. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-technology/overview/from-instinct-to-real-time-insight-transforming-steel-sales-with-ai 1060d887-c6b5-4357-8a3b-5debded6bebb Mon, 20 Jul 2026 Overview CEO Nick Thompson ran marathons at the same pace for a decade—until the right coach, mindset, and routine helped him break through. Here’s what he learned about life and leadership from getting faster against the odds. https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-on-books/author-talks-how-a-ceo-got-faster-in-his-40s 9965c59b-a987-4a62-8341-66c7bb04fb05 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 McKinsey on Books Leadership Strategy Innovation Economic relations between Poland and the United States have entered a new phase. Over the past three decades, cooperation has expanded beyond trade to encompass investment, technology, infrastructure, energy, and defense. A new report by McKinsey and the American Chamber of Commerce in Poland, drawing on survey data, identifies six priority sectors and outlines actions that businesses and governments can take to sustain this momentum. https://www.mckinsey.com/pl/en/our-insights/partnership-for-the-decades-ahead 0565bab4-b26f-427d-9fb2-c8da223ebc96 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 Our Insights Europe Discover how market leaders—Walmart, Builders FirstSource, Progressive, and JPMorgan Chase—achieved exceptional growth from 2019 to 2024, outperforming peers by an average of five percentage points in revenue and seven points in profitability. In this episode, Simon Jones, David Schiff, and Kate Siegel discuss their new article on the three critical characteristics that drive sustained profitable business growth: committed investment strategies, diversified growth engines, and systematic technology integration. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/proven-growth-strategies-from-market-leaders 5b421374-d385-45ee-ae4d-f1c4e9630c79 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 Strategy & Corporate Finance Insights AI adoption in Australian for-purpose organisations is growing, but without a considered approach, AI can add pressure and prioritise output over outcomes. How can leaders prepare their teams for more effective AI journeys? https://www.mckinsey.com/au/our-insights/ai-in-the-australian-for-purpose-sector-laying-a-strong-foundation 24f9305e-3620-494b-906e-59d63e827f83 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 Our Insights Public & Social Sector Australia Australia Pricing is a critical value creation lever for distributors to respond to market challenges. Here are four capabilities critical to unlocking pricing’s power. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/industrials/our-insights/pricing-in-distribution-a-strategic-growth-engine 5e1cf998-905b-43c0-971a-626b7a231731 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 Insights on Industrials Retail & Consumer Goods Machinery & industrial goods Industrial high tech United States Pricing Many founder-led companies freeze at the $1 billion to $10 billion valuation stage. Those that scale reinvent their business, people—and themselves—at five key inflection points. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/private-capital/our-insights/will-you-fly-or-freeze-how-founders-can-build-enduring-companies-beyond-10-billion-dollars bfa2cfc4-20cc-4864-95cc-e3e0f26291f3 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 Insights on Private Capital Organization Strategy Envisioning the deal’s full potential and sequencing integration initiatives makes the most of the current wave of oil and gas mergers and combinations. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/oil-and-gas/our-insights/amid-volatility-oil-and-gas-m-and-a-abounds-heres-how-to-capture-full-value e6b6768a-d07f-4ff0-b3eb-1d1c5adfe0b8 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 Oil & Gas Insights Oil & Natural Gas Mergers & acquisitions This year’s tournament offers a window into consumers’ changing behaviors, desire for community, and focus on identity—especially among Latino fans. Are business leaders paying attention? https://www.mckinsey.com/institute-for-economic-mobility/our-insights/what-the-2026-world-cup-reveals-about-the-next-generation-of-sports-fans 10cc6c59-25d2-4896-8f3c-5185a2cc164e Thu, 16 Jul 2026 Our Insights Economic development Consumer insights The McKinsey Podcast The Egyptian electronics retailer partnered with McKinsey to reinvent customer commerce through AI-powered pricing, fulfillment, and fintech—unlocking rapid growth and new digital revenue streams. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/consumer-packaged-goods/how-we-help-clients/how-b-tech-transformed-into-a-technology-powered-retailer d45b795d-6022-437a-adcb-e2f4bc937891 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 How We Help Clients Financial Services Consumer packaged goods Retail & Consumer Goods Business Building Consumer Packaged Goods Analytics AI pilots are everywhere, but value is not. Growth leaders rewire commercial impact journeys with agentic AI, enabling sellers to deepen customer relations and create real change. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/growth-marketing-and-sales/our-insights/the-future-of-b2b-sales-how-growth-champions-rewire-their-playbooks-with-ai b6054854-c4c0-445a-a7f0-f610f81d633b Thu, 16 Jul 2026 Growth, Marketing & Sales Insights B-to-B Transformations often falter due to internal dynamics that divide organizations, such as misaligned incentives, siloed efforts, and risk aversion. CEOs are uniquely positioned to address these challenges by tackling the root causes of collective-action problems and uniting their organizations around bold aspirations. Join Meagan Hill, Mathew Lee, and Kurt Strovink as they explore the role of the CEO in driving enterprise-wide transformation and embedding lasting change into the fabric of their organizations. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/the-ceos-role-in-transformation c2bbe4fb-3e5d-45e3-a458-1ccd7ac8cf69 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 Strategy & Corporate Finance Insights AI can help public sector agencies improve outcomes for residents and make every taxpayer dollar go further. But realizing that potential requires moving beyond experimentation and rewiring how services are delivered. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-sector/our-insights/rewiring-public-sector faa9aee4-b22b-40c9-b03d-3c8f068a7fa6 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 Public Sector Insights Public & Social Sector United States Innovation Regulatory strategy Performance transformation Digital AI is poised to rewire the architecture, engineering, and construction sector. Firms that move quickly to reimagine workflows, improve data use, and automate work sites will thrive. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/engineering-construction-and-building-materials/our-insights/how-ai-is-reshaping-the-future-of-the-aec-industry fdc7fbd4-b916-431c-944f-34c0216d80c4 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 Insights on Engineering, Construction & Building Materials Real estate Artificial Intelligence Software is reshaping how medtech organizations create value. A new approach to quality assurance during software-as-a-medical-device development, supported by agentic AI, can help them realize it. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/life-sciences/our-insights/the-future-of-delivering-software-as-a-medical-device 05138c5d-cca5-4756-9750-4404149d6f61 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 Insights on Life Sciences Medical products Pharmaceuticals North America Artificial Intelligence Operations strategy A new survey reveals a widening gap between airline sentiment and the rest of the value chain. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/aerospace-and-defense/our-insights/is-commercial-aerospace-ready-for-a-demand-reckoning 79510236-2a77-414f-9958-7f7ba57584c7 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 Aerospace & Defense Insights Aerospace Airlines North America Managing in Uncertainty Strategic planning Artificial intelligence is reshaping every business, but the hardest challenge is rewiring the company around it. Companies that bet on equipping good staff with extraordinary technology will have a golden opportunity, while those that treat this moment as a headcount problem will shrink to fit it https://www.mckinsey.com/about-us/media/ais-next-big-mission-is-rewiring-your-workplace 737d4da7-40f0-40a1-90d9-b5d221af5b9b Wed, 15 Jul 2026 Media Today’s COOs work with an increasingly broad set of stakeholders. Success means understanding the “why” that drives each one. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/operations/our-insights/the-bridge-builder-coo-delivering-results-by-engaging-stakeholders 2dd757ee-fe88-4bca-b124-c14d34e80fa9 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 Insights on Operations Operations Operations Talent McKinsey Senior Partner Patrick Finn examines the current unique moment in healthcare and why AI could help reshape who leads healthcare’s next era. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare/our-insights/patrick-finn-on-how-tension-can-lead-to-healthcares-reinvention 828dff1f-8268-4bab-b930-d4f0ba477c81 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 Insights on Healthcare Systems & Services Health Care North and Central America Artificial Intelligence Global forces Battery plants are essential for the energy transition. Most miss their ramp-up deadlines, however. Here’s how to fix the delivery model. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/operations/our-insights/gigafactory-delivery-on-time-solving-the-sop-delay-challenge e63a1e47-f50b-48ab-a4de-eebb1e092ae0 Wed, 15 Jul 2026 Insights on Operations Industrial equipment & components Operations Our recent survey reveals shifting consumer priorities, with rising expectations for affordability, sustainability, and technology and greater openness to new brands and transportation modes. https://www.mckinsey.com/features/mckinsey-center-for-future-mobility/our-insights/how-consumers-are-reshaping-the-future-of-mobility 0814e36f-076b-4166-8ebc-8909fe39eb97 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 Our Insights on Future Mobility Automotive Automotive & Assembly Consumer insights McKinsey Center for Future Mobility The journey from physician to CEO has no prescribed path, but those who’ve reached the top reveal how they evolved the strengths and instincts forged in clinical training for enterprise leadership. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare/our-insights/how-physician-ceos-hone-the-double-edged-sword-of-clinical-training 6f1886cf-d9cc-4b67-9f9f-982818bd3b19 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 Insights on Healthcare Systems & Services Physicians & workforce As AI agents take on moment-to-moment decisions, leading companies are redesigning customer experience from predefined journeys to dynamic, cross-channel orchestration. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/growth-marketing-and-sales/our-insights/rewiring-customer-experience-for-the-agentic-era df227ea6-8b8c-4aeb-aee8-99f6e34feb5f Tue, 14 Jul 2026 Growth, Marketing & Sales Insights Customer lifecycle management & CRM Generative AI As AI reshapes entry-level work, organizations should rethink how expertise is developed by integrating knowledge management, role design, learning, and coaching into a single system. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/building-expertise-in-the-age-of-ai-who-trains-the-next-generation 8fc8bfd9-229a-4612-b0c7-fdce83534fa4 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 Insights on People and Organizations Generative AI Talent Organization McKinsey Quarterly McKinsey Senior Partner Brooke Weddle explores how companies are successfully scaling their AI programs. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/tech-and-ai/our-insights/rewired-takes-practical-people-lessons-for-scaling-ai-adoption 70f3e632-a775-4ab9-b79e-07358b155e06 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 Digital Insights McKinsey Technology Generative AI Analytics As companies focus on spiraling AI costs, they need to make sure not to lose sight of the real prize. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/is-that-ai-agent-worth-it-agentic-economics-and-the-modern-operating-model 778b670b-549e-41a1-956d-d649095eb58e Mon, 13 Jul 2026 Insights on Artificial Intelligence Digital strategy and organization McKinsey Quarterly McKinsey’s Alex Wolkomir discusses how housing leaders can win with AI by improving customer experiences, redesigning workflows, and building trust between parties in the ecosystem. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/real-estate/our-insights/how-ai-is-reshaping-value-creation-in-residential-real-estate d4354093-0e66-4c8a-848b-f12914d8ab6f Mon, 13 Jul 2026 Our Insights Real estate Artificial Intelligence Associated Press CEO Daisy Veerasingham discusses AI, the economics of trusted content, and why preserving editorial independence matters more than preserving any particular business structure. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/technology-media-and-telecommunications/our-insights/how-a-180-year-old-news-institution-prepares-for-its-next-reinvention bc10ba15-b2f9-48b9-80bd-660baa205b80 Fri, 10 Jul 2026 Our Insights Media & Entertainment Leadership Managing in Uncertainty In Lead with Kindness, television writer and producer Melinda Hsu explores how so-called soft skills like empathy, mindfulness, and collaboration can result in better business relationships and performance. https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-on-books/author-talks-in-hollywood-and-in-business-its-cool-to-be-kind 6df92e4e-718f-471e-81fc-8b5da0c87d74 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 McKinsey on Books Leadership Strategy Most skills will still be needed—but how people use them will change as they work alongside intelligent machines. https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/agents-robots-and-us-how-ai-reshapes-work-and-skills-in-latin-america 96e7cd68-f68f-40aa-a076-588fea0226bd Thu, 09 Jul 2026 Research Financial Services High Tech & Internet Energy, Resources & Materials Economic development Education Manufacturing McKinsey Global Institute South America Artificial Intelligence Generative AI Digital Disruptive Technology Labor markets Performance transformation Change management Talent Process automation MGI Research The next wave of value from AI will flow to those leaders who redesign business models, eliminate friction, and build organizations that learn faster than the competition. https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/the-real-ai-advantage d1c559dd-1e45-439e-8078-cfe8ea432b85 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 Research Generative AI Corporate Finance Digital strategy and organization The McKinsey Podcast Most organizations are still early in their AI journeys. A new global survey reveals how companies can progress from individual adoption to enterprise-wide value capture. https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/from-adoption-to-impact-three-horizons-of-ai-transformation d1e0e69a-8a9a-4eda-9c57-3f930e286ae5 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 Insights on People and Organizations Organization Digital McKinsey Quarterly On average, people are living longer than before, raising a broader conversation about how to create an ecosystem that effectively combines the delivery of care with proven ways to prevent illness. https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/future-of-asia/future-of-asia-podcasts/from-healthcare-to-health-asias-longevity-opportunity d8b5891f-0af4-4353-8d30-94a0b5661c8d Wed, 08 Jul 2026 Future of Asia Podcasts Asia-Pacific Healthy Aging