The State of Fashion, radical reinvention, and more: The Weekend Read

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Ease into the weekend with the week’s big insights on the state of fashion, meeting the challenge of radical reinvention, and more.

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How can the fashion industry adapt to a new environment in which trade, consumer behavior, and technology are in rapid flux? In the newest The State of Fashion report, Anita Balchandani, Gemma D’Auria, and coauthors explore what it takes for fashion leaders to stay ahead.

Download this year’s report

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The pace of change today’s organizations face is likely to accelerate amid geopolitical, societal, technological, and financial shifts. In this environment, leaders need new tools, skills, and methods to navigate multiple transformations at once—and to make reinvention part of how they lead, write Aaron De Smet, Arne Gast, and coauthors.

Lead the way

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Taking a broader view of the care continuum for women could unlock a $50 billion opportunity to improve both women’s health outcomes and health systems’ finances, according to Jordan VanLare, Pooja Kumar, and coauthors.

Improve women’s care outcomes

Agentic AI promises to unleash the full potential that companies had hoped to realize with gen AI. See how leaders can make the most of the agentic era in the latest Five Fifty.

Your five-minute briefing—or a deep dive in fifty

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What is an operating model?

An operating model is the backbone of any organization. It outlines how the company delivers value to its customers, operates on a day-to-day basis, and achieves its strategic objectives.

Plus, the role of leaders

Author Talks: What the history of progress and innovation tells us about disruption

Business depends on innovation, but what makes it accelerate or stagnate over time?

Dive into the conversation

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Know the answer? Test yourself with the latest McKinsey Crossword: Making a Pitch | No. 259

Pitch forward

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How can the fashion industry adapt to a new environment in which trade, consumer behavior, and technology are in rapid flux? In the newest The State of Fashion report, ﻿Anita Balchandani, Gemma D’Auria, and coauthors explore what it takes for fashion leaders to stay ahead.

Taking a broader view of the care continuum for women could unlock a $50 billion opportunity to improve both women’s health outcomes and health systems’ finances, according to Jordan VanLare, Pooja Kumar﻿, and coauthors.

﻿Agentic AI promises to unleash the full potential that companies had hoped to realize with gen AI. See how leaders can make the most of the agentic era in the latest Five Fifty.

﻿What is an operating model?﻿