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COVID-19: Implications for business

– The coronavirus outbreak is first and foremost a human tragedy, affecting hundreds of thousands of people. It is also having a growing impact on the global economy. This article is intended to provide business leaders with a perspective on the evolving situation and implications for their companies. The outbreak is moving quickly, and some of the perspectives in this article may fall rapidly out of date. This article reflects our perspective as of March 25, 2020. We will update it regularly as the outbreak evolves.
Article - McKinsey Quarterly

Are you asking enough from your design leaders?
– A new breed of leaders can help companies unleash the business value of design.
Report - McKinsey Global Institute

Climate risk and response: Physical hazards and socioeconomic impacts
– How could Earth’s changing climate impact socioeconomic systems across the world in the next three decades? A yearlong, cross-disciplinary research effort at McKinsey & Company provides some answers.
Article - McKinsey Quarterly

When women lead, workplaces should listen
– The most valuable lessons of women’s leadership programs are those that show organizations where to improve.
Report

Time for care means care on time - physician productivity in Sweden
– Swedish doctors spend on average one working day a week on administration. They manage patient logistics and struggle with substandard IT systems - while the time to meet patients is constantly shrinking.
 

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Article - McKinsey Quarterly

The analytics academy: Bridging the gap between human and artificial intelligence
– As organizations rebuild their foundations to compete in the era of data and advanced analytics, in-house capability-building... programs offer the best way to train workers up to the task.
Interactive - McKinsey Quarterly

Five Fifty: Slow burn
– It’s axiomatic that as economies grow, energy demand increases at a similar rate. But renewables may finally break the connection.
Article

Building resilient operations
– In the face of rising uncertainty, get ready for the unexpected. To build resilience, accelerate productivity improvement and... operational flexibility.
Report

Digitizing Sweden: Opportunities and priorities in five ecosystems
– If Sweden is able to fulfill its potential for digitization by leveraging six important technological trends, it could generate... SEK 850-1 400 billion per year from 2025. Strong ecosystems must be established to foster the interaction and collaboration required to create the value.
Report

The State of Fashion 2018: Renewed optimism for the fashion industry
– After a challenging stretch, has fashion turned the corner? Things are looking up, but the rebound may be uneven, says this year’s... The State of Fashion report.
Report

Shaping the future of work in Europe’s 9 digital front-runner countries
– Our research shows significant value in embracing AI and automation for the Northern European countries, but sees a requirement... for new skill sets among employees and a policy response around education, training, and the social contract.
Report - McKinsey Global Institute

The brightening mood of European business—and what it means for investment
– Executives are increasingly optimistic about the region’s business outlook, but new survey results suggest more work is... needed to instill confidence and stability. A few measures could help.
Blog Post

Long term value: from intuition to index
– For the past 3 decades, leaders in business, government, and academia have debated whether the unrelenting focus on quarterly... profits at the expense of long-term commitments has undermined the growth potential of companies and even the economy.
Report - McKinsey Global Institute

Harnessing automation for a future that works
– Automation is happening, and it will bring substantial benefits to businesses and economies worldwide, but it won’t arrive... overnight. A new McKinsey Global Institute report finds realizing automation’s full potential requires people and technology to work hand in hand.
Blog Post

New day for Veryday
– What’s the common thread connecting IKEA’s Home Smart furniture with wireless charging stations and Gillette’s... smooth ProGlide razors? Both were researched and codesigned with the client by Veryday, an award-winning Swedish design agency—and our latest acquisition. As with the purchase last year of California-based LUNAR, the deal adds new talent to McKinsey Design and enables us to help more clients grow more quickly by creating amazing new products and services.
Report - McKinsey Global Institute

Digital Europe: Realizing the continent’s potential
– Europe is operating below its digital potential. Accelerating digitization could add trillions of euros to economic growth in... less than a decade.
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