OUR BEST IDEAS FOR THE C-SUITE

Welcome to the latest edition of the CEO Shortlist, a biweekly newsletter of our best ideas for the C-suite. This week, we look at two industries that want to connect the world: travel and autonomous vehicles. We hope you find our perspectives novel and insightful. You can reach us at Alex_Panas@McKinsey.com and Axel_Karlsson@McKinsey.com. Thank you, as ever.

—Alex and Axel

Remapping travel with agentic AI. New autonomous tools are already planning trips for people and improving customers’ experience. Soon they’ll be helping travel companies with scheduling and rebooking, allocating guest rooms, predictive maintenance, dynamic pricing and revenue management, load factor optimization, and many other tasks. Travel companies are excited about the possibilities and mindful of the challenges, as our new report in partnership with Skift Research reveals.
 
The road into the future. Autonomous vehicles are at an inflection point. Once a distant fantasy, they’re now reshaping industries from logistics and real estate to healthcare and insurance. The first edition of McKinsey’s relaunched The Next Normal series dives into this moment, featuring insights from six McKinsey partners and industry leaders like Waymo’s chief product officer Saswat Panigrahi—exploring consumer trust, cost breakthroughs, and why CEOs should start preparing now. 

We hope you find these ideas helpful. See you in a couple of weeks with more McKinsey ideas for the CEO and others in the C-suite. 

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