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Solving the United Kingdom’s productivity puzzle in a digital age
– New research explains why the United Kingdom has been experiencing historically low productivity growth and what can be done to return to long-run averages.
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Blockchain beyond the hype: What is the strategic business value?
– Companies can determine whether they should invest in blockchain by focusing on specific use cases and their market position.
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Housing affordability: A supply-side tool kit for cities
– Global housing stock has not expanded quickly enough to keep up with a surge in demand, but cities can focus on three supply-side... solutions to make progress.
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Remaking the bank for an ecosystem world
– Global banking-industry performance has been lackluster. Now comes the hard part: the rise of nonbanking platform companies targeting... the most profitable parts of the banking value chain.
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What is the future of work?
– A new podcast series from the McKinsey Global Institute explores how technologies like automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence... are shaping how we work, where we work, and the skills we need to work.
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Productivity: The route to Brexit success
– The United Kingdom’s post-Brexit future is uncertain. But one thing is clear: boosting economic growth will depend heavily on... addressing long-standing productivity challenges.
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Why diversity matters
– New research makes it increasingly clear that companies with more diverse workforces perform better financially.
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The power of parity: Advancing women’s equality in the United Kingdom
– Bridging the gender gap in the United Kingdom could increase GDP by billions of pounds over the next decade and add 840,000 female... employees to the workforce.

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Advanced analytics in asset management: Beyond the buzz
– Leading firms are applying advanced analytics across the full asset-management value chain—with real-world results.
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How to resist the allure of ‘glamour’ projects
– Shiny new initiatives can distract you from paying attention to other valuable but mundane projects and investments.
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Technology + operations: A flywheel for performance improvement
– New automation techniques can provide the first step toward continuous, tech-enabled redesign of critical operations—forming... an intuitive ops-to-tech cycle in which tech improves ops, and vice versa.
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Divestiture in medtech: Are you the natural owner of your businesses?
– For medtech companies, divestitures can create value. But several elements are necessary to make separations successful.
Interactive - McKinsey Quarterly

Five Fifty: Discharged
– Rethinking how we travel through our cities and towns means tracking the emissions we create as we do. The good news is that traveling... may soon get cleaner.
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Bancassurance: It’s time to go digital
– As customers and banks shift to digital technologies, bancassurers need to rethink their distribution model.
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Keys to a sustainable transformation: A conversation with Seth Goldstrom
– Transformations must truly change the trajectory of the organization to thrive over the long run. Here are four essential steps... to ensuring lasting change.
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McKinsey on Finance, Number 69
– Perspectives on Corporate Finance and Strategy
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Supercharging retail sales through geospatial analytics
– A retailer can now use geospatial analytics to understand the interactions between its online and offline channels. With these... insights, it can create a higher-performing retail network.
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The journey to a new tomorrow: A conversation with Ron Kuerbitz, CEO, agilon health
– Ron Kuerbitz, Chief Executive Officer, agilon health, shares his perspective on consolidation of the sector, the role of technology,... and what he’s most excited about for the future. He spoke with Neha Patel, Partner, McKinsey & Company in December 2018.
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