Top Ten | 2022

With 2022 in the rearview, take a moment to reflect on the most important business topics of the past year. Our best-read pieces of 2022 focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, workplace collaboration, inflation, and more. At No. 1. is When will the COVID-19 pandemic end? by Sarun Charumilind, Matt Craven, Jessica Lamb, Adam Sabow, Shubham Singhal, and Matt Wilson. Read on for our full top 10, and don’t miss McKinsey Publishing’s 2022 year in review for a month-by-month journey of some of the year’s biggest inflection points.

4. The Great Attrition is making hiring harder. Are you searching the right talent pools?

People keep quitting at record levels, yet companies are still trying to attract and retain them the same old ways. New research identifies five types of workers that employers can reach to fill jobs. Reassess now 

5. The road to affordable autonomous mobility

Robo-taxis promise affordable mobility. But with widely varying service costs across use cases and geography, providers must address operational and service issues to realize that promise. Drive forward 

6. Women in the Workplace 2022

Women leaders are switching jobs at the highest rates we’ve ever seen, and ambitious young women are prepared to do the same. To make meaningful and sustainable progress toward gender equality, companies need to go beyond table stakes. That’s according to the latest Women in the Workplace report from McKinsey, in partnership with LeanIn.Org. Rise to the moment 

7. McKinsey Technology Trends Outlook 2022

Which technology trends matter most for companies in 2022? New analysis by the McKinsey Technology Council highlights the development, possible uses, and industry effects of advanced technologies. Make the most of them 

8. Adding years to life and life to years

At least six years of higher quality life for everyone is within reach. Aim high 

9. The ten rules of growth

Empirical research reveals what it takes to generate value-creating growth today. Follow a holistic blueprint 

10. Value creation in the metaverse

With its potential to generate up to $5 trillion in value by 2030, the metaverse is too big for companies to ignore. Enter the metaverse 

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