May Highlights: Digital strategy essentials—data, analytics, and the cloud

Monthly Highlights | May 2016

Editor’s choice

Our ongoing series, “Strategy in a digital age,” examines how companies can develop corporate and business-unit strategies in a digitally disrupted world. This month’s highlights include:

The need to lead in data and analytics

Executives say senior-leader involvement and the right organizational structure are critical factors in the success of a company’s analytics efforts.

Banking on the cloud

Don Duet, global head of the technology division at Goldman Sachs, discusses the evolution of the firm’s digital strategy and its use of cloud infrastructure and technologies.

A digital crack in banking’s business model

Low-cost attackers are targeting customers in lucrative parts of the sector.

New from the McKinsey Global Institute

The power of parity: Advancing women’s equality in the United States

In a recent report, the McKinsey Global Institute discusses how every state and city in the United States has the opportunity to further gender parity, which could add $4.3 trillion to the country's economy in 2025. An accompanying data visualization, available on Tableau, explores aspects of the gender gap in the United States and sizes the economic opportunity from closing it.

this month’s highlights

Winning hearts and minds in the 21st century

Leaders must consider new ways to change the attitudes and behavior of employees. more →

The four building blocks of change

Four key actions influence employee mind-sets and behavior. Here’s why they matter. more →

The ‘tech bubble’ puzzle

Public and private capital markets seem to value technology companies differently. Here’s why. more →

Where accountability really matters

Travel, transportation, and logistics companies are particularly vulnerable if they get it wrong. more →

Developing a customer-experience vision

To provide a distinctive experience for customers, an organization must unite around the goal of meeting their true needs. more →

Inclusive cities are productive cities

Urbanization has the potential to drive global productivity, but it requires viewing immigration and population growth as positive—and acting accordingly. more →

also new

Building a digital-banking business

Winning the fight against malaria

The digital pressures weighing on telecoms

Why investors may need to lower their sights

What’s driving the Chinese consumer

Digital transformation: The three steps to success

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Organizing for the future

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