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The insurance ecosystem is ripe for technological disruption. What are the potential implications for private investors? Christian Irlbeck, Grier Tumas Dienstag, Leda Zaharieva, Matthew Scally, and coauthors assess how and where AI could make a difference across insurance subsectors.

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Are you willing to settle for the “B+ life”? In this episode of McKinsey Talks Talent, McKinsey’s Brooke Weddle and Bryan Hancock speak to author Suzy Welch about how to discover work that you value and that you’re wired to do.

Move beyond the ‘B+ life’

What does a successful CEO succession plan look like for family-owned businesses? When done well, CEO succession can both preserve the family’s vision and catalyze institutional renewal, write Acha Leke, Avinash Goyal, Chaitali Mukherjee, and Supriya Kamath.

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The insurance ecosystem is ripe for technological disruption. What are the potential implications for private investors? Christian Irlbeck, Grier Tumas Dienstag, Leda Zaharieva, Matthew Scally, and coauthors assess how and where AI could make a difference across insurance subsectors. ﻿﻿﻿

McKinsey Senior Partner Eric Kutcher speaks with Arvind Krishna, chairman and CEO of IBM, about the company’s turnaround, his vision of the future of quantum computing, and more.﻿

﻿Are you willing to settle for the “B+ life”? In this episode of McKinsey Talks Talent, McKinsey’s Brooke Weddle and Bryan Hancock speak to author Suzy Welch about how to discover work that you value and that you’re wired to do.﻿

﻿What does a successful CEO succession plan look like for family-owned businesses? When done well, CEO succession can both preserve the family’s vision and catalyze institutional renewal, write Acha Leke, Avinash Goyal, Chaitali Mukherjee, and Supriya Kamath.﻿

﻿How top economic performers lean into their competitive advantage to guide their strategy﻿

﻿[McKinsey Live] Agents, Robots, and Us: What executives need to know about AI and work