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| | Brought to you by Alex Panas, global leader of industries, & Becca Coggins, global leader of functional practices and growth platforms
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| | | | This weekend, catch up on fresh insights on leading a 250-year-old institution into the future, how farmers are adopting AI amid growing volatility, and more.
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| | What does it take to lead a trusted 250-year-old institution into the future? Senior Partner Tunde Olanrewaju sits down with Lloyds Banking Group CEO Charlie Nunn to explore why enduring institutions must continually reinvent themselves—and how trust, curiosity, AI, and optimism can help them stay relevant. | | | |
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| | Gen AI is taking root on the farm, even as farmers face economic pressures and geopolitical volatility. David Fiocco, Owen Stockdale, Tom Brennan, Vasanth Ganesan, and coauthors unpack a survey of 5,500 farmers to explore how new technologies are changing agriculture—and what farmers value most. | | | |
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| | The US imports roughly $3 trillion in manufactured goods each year. Could more of that production happen in America? In this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, McKinsey Global Institute’s Rebecca J. Anderson and Shubham Singhal discuss where US manufacturing could expand, what rebuilding critical capacity could cost, and how AI, investment, and innovation could make it more competitive. | | | |
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| | A single failed switch can cascade delays across an entire rail network. Many technologies that could help already exist—so why isn’t adoption further along? Drawing on a study of more than 20 rail infrastructure operators, Alastair Green, Nicola Sandri, and coauthors explore ten technologies—and the organizational and integration barriers preventing scale. | | | |
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| | | | | Join MGI on September 29 for a virtual event exploring the findings of our new report, The global balance sheet 2026: Imbalance and divergence. The event will open with a presentation from the report’s authors on the diverging paths of the world’s largest economies and what it means for how businesses should invest, plan, and manage risk, followed by a panel discussion with business leaders on the topic. | | Register today  | | | |
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| | | | | New research shows that organizations undergoing AI transformation succeed not by adopting one “best” operating model, but by making intentional design choices and executing them effectively. | | 5 lessons from reinventors | | | |
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| | | | | With incentives declining and input costs rising, electric vehicle profitability is under pressure. Targeted design levers can reduce material costs by 10 to 25 percent while preserving performance. | | Design EVs for profitability | | | |
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| | | —Edited by Nadia Wynter, editor, Washington, DC
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| | | | | Only 6 percent of companies see significant EBIT impact from AI, and closing the spend–value gap is now a critical governance challenge. Join Senior Partners Tanguy Catlin and Lari Hämäläinen on September 22 to learn how to weigh agentic AI against the true cost of the work it replaces and where to scale up or pull back. | | Register now | | | |
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