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Courageous conversations: How to lead with heart
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CEOs know that courage is crucial to guiding organizations through uncertainty. Every conversation is an opportunity for clarity.
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Building next-horizon AI experiences
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Many organizations are struggling to scale gen AI and agentic AI. But adoption challenges are not technical—they are experiential. Here’s how to design AI tools that people will embrace.
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Token economics, physical AI, and beyond: McKinsey’s Chris Smith previews what to expect at NVIDIA GTC
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Every year, NVIDIA GTC brings together leaders across industries to talk about AI. But this year’s gathering signals something bigger: a shift in the conversation itself.
Explainers
What is sovereign AI?
Three McKinsey experts explain what sovereign AI really means—and why control over the AI stack is becoming a strategic priority...
Lives & Legacies
A turnaround CEO, a bond market virtuoso, and a champion of human visibility
Our latest obituaries also include a plastics magnate, a probiotic pioneer, and an award-winning architect whose work defied...
Week in Charts
PE deal dip but bigger buyouts
After a few years of muted deal activity and fundraising, 2025 saw a meaningful rebound in global private equity (PE) deal value,...
Themes
Oscars at 98: A wider lens on a new era of film
Hollywood blockbuster budgets have increased by roughly 30 percent over the past two decades, as CGI raised the bar for premium...
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The next act for robotics: Human–machine collaboration
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Mikell Taylor, director of robotics strategy at General Motors, discusses next-generation robots and dispels some common myths.
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TELUS CIO Hesham Fahmy: Building a culture of innovation to drive tech leadership and business value
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To make IT a strategic partner in value creation, start by transforming tech team culture.
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Gina Raimondo on bolstering US competitiveness
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The former US commerce secretary discusses the impact of government bureaucracy on the country’s ability to compete globally and the need to manage the AI transition.
McKinsey on Books
Author Talks: How capitalism became a worldwide revolution
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The history of capitalism is longer and more global than people may realize. Historian Sven Beckert explains how its evolution...
Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies, 8th edition
At the crossroads of corporate strategy and finance lies valuation. This book enables everyone, from the budding professional...
Rewired, second edition
This updated edition offers brand-new insights into cutting-edge AI solutions—and what it takes to implement them—as...
New from the Quarterly
McKinsey Quarterly: Digital Edition
Agentic AI is such a powerful force that companies are rethinking the very nature of the corporation. What’s coming? A hybrid...
Recent McKinsey Quarterly digital issues
Explore previous digital issues of the McKinsey Quarterly—on gen AI, productivity, growth, and more. All are available with a...
McKinsey Institutes
Report - McKinsey Institute for Economic Mobility
The Great Ownership Transfer: A new era of business stewardship
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As millions of baby boomers retire, the United States is on the brink of an unprecedented wave of small-business ownership transitions—posing...
Interactive - McKinsey Health Institute
The health of nations: The return to better health, by country
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Explore how improving population health could deliver meaningful gains in healthy life and economic performance across countries....
Report - MGI Research
At 250, sustaining America’s competitive edge
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America’s history of reinvention holds compelling lessons as the nation confronts a future of immense if uncertain opportunity...
Brainteasers
The McKinsey Crossword: Quarterly report | No. 265
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Sharpen your problem-solving skills with the McKinsey Quarterly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind and is built around a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find.
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