Big reads for the weekend
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| | | | As you head into the weekend, dive into highlights on America’s competitive edge, growth through performance excellence, building AI experiences, and more.
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| | At 250 years old, the United States is the world’s most competitive economy. In a new McKinsey Global Institute report, Olivia White, Eric Kutcher, Kweilin Ellingrud, Shubham Singhal, Scott Blackburn, Arvind Govindarajan, Aly Spencer, and coauthors explore how America’s history of reinvention can inform the choices needed to sustain its economic leadership. Discover the key strengths and risks shaping the nation’s next chapter of competitiveness. | | | |
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| | Equatorial Coca-Cola Bottling Company (ECCBC), a leading bottling partner of The Coca-Cola Company, transformed its business with a bold performance excellence agenda—translating operational discipline into tangible growth across Africa. In partnership with McKinsey, ECCBC accelerated profitability and market expansion while building the capabilities needed to sustain high performance over the long term. | | | |
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| | Realizing AI’s full potential requires rethinking how experiences are designed and delivered. The next frontier of AI will be about designing the architecture of collaboration—the systems that make intelligence understandable, governable, and usable at scale, write Chris Smith, Kent Gryskiewicz, and coauthors. | | | |
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| | What’s for dinner is about to change. From automated kitchens to AI-powered hyperpersonalization, Alex Rodriguez, John Moran, Katharine Mattox, Luis Salcedo, and Xin Huang explore how shifting consumer preferences, emerging technologies, and experimental business models could reshape what, and how, we eat in the years ahead. | | | |
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| | | | | AI is changing the workplace and placing new demands on leaders. Meditation can help them maintain perspective and manage the disruption. | | Manage the disruption  | | | |
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| | | | | Real estate moved from stabilization to selective acceleration in 2025—but the most profound changes have only just begun. | | Read 5 trends | | | |
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| | | | | The former US commerce secretary discusses the country’s ability to compete globally and the need to manage the AI transition. | | Explore the conversation | | | |
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| | | —Edited by Joyce Yoo, editor, New York
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