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Oct 02, 2025
Building a healthy, high-performing top team doesn't happen by accident—it's a deliberate, ongoing process. CEOs who commit to this priority can build a sustainable competitive advantage over time.
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Oct 02, 2025
European bus and coach manufacturers are revving up for a revolution as transportation becomes cleaner, greener, and more competitive.
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Oct 02, 2025
Family-owned businesses, including their overall family organizations, have the potential to create a multifaceted impact that extends beyond their economic contribution and job creation.
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Oct 01, 2025
Technology has given chief learning officers the tools to make learning a seamless and integrated part of the work experience. To succeed, CLOs can make several fundamental changes.
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Oct 01, 2025
How do top performers get the most for their lackluster assets? A systematic review of an asset's full business potential, bottom-up planning, and transformation implementation are critical.
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Oct 01, 2025
In a low-volume-growth world, a new approach to cost cutting called "fit to win" can reduce expenses, expand margins, and help CPGs find new top-line momentum.
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Oct 01, 2025
Companies are feeling agentic AI growing pains. Here's what CEOs can do to move past them and position their companies to succeed.
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Sep 30, 2025
What it takes to build a cobranded credit card business on a new technology stack during a time of intense uncertainty.
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Sep 30, 2025
Sanjiva Weerawarana discusses the principles he's followed while leading WSO2 from its humble beginnings in Sri Lanka to its current presence in 11 countries.
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Sep 30, 2025
Four major trends are reshaping the Chinese auto industry. As innovation and new technologies take center stage, OEMs need to combine globalized platforms with localized scenarios.
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Sep 30, 2025
By addressing challenges across the grant management life cycle, organizations such as government agencies, public institutions, and philanthropies can maximize the impact of available grant funding.
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Sep 30, 2025
Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you're looking for a quick win.
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Sep 30, 2025
How do incumbents win in sustainable packaging today? Based on a decade of research, we provide a strategic framework on where to play—and how—to overcome barriers and seize opportunities.
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Sep 29, 2025
Demand for technologies that support climate resilience and adaptation could create a $1 trillion opportunity for private capital by 2030.
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Sep 29, 2025
Surveyed executives continue to see shifts in trade policy as a disruptive force globally and locally, and their companies are exploring areas of opportunity in response.
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Sep 29, 2025
Surveyed executives in many industries predict stable company performance in the months ahead. Those working in professional services are more skeptical.
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Sep 26, 2025
This year's report dissects the rise of diverse payment rails, the impact of digital assets, and the transformative power of AI, offering a road map for success in a rapidly evolving global ecosystem.
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Sep 26, 2025
Companies are moving toward a new paradigm of humans working together with virtual and physical AI agents to create value. We share lessons from early adopters—and what you can do next.
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Sep 26, 2025
The CEO and the president of BJC Health System discuss the challenges of combining two large organizations and the critical role of culture and leadership in achieving success.
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Sep 26, 2025
Uncertainty moderated in August, with several tariff actions finalized. However, persistent economic strains heighten concerns in Europe, and revised US data signals a softer labor market.
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Sep 26, 2025
Two new surveys suggest 12 solutions for public service organizations looking to attract and retain the next generation of workers.
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Sep 26, 2025
The rise of self-driving cars is about more than technology—it's about reshaping trust, infrastructure, and everyday life.
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Sep 26, 2025
Rural communities account for more than 70 percent of US land and generate over $2 trillion in economic output. How can we ensure that scale is matched by opportunity for the people who live there?
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Sep 26, 2025
To capitalize on gen AI, Romania needs to build on its fast-growing preparedness for AI adoption, potentially delivering annual public sector productivity gains of up to €1 billion.
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Sep 25, 2025
Declining enrollment and funding, rising costs, and increasing student needs are putting public school districts under pressure. Our latest survey reveals K-12 leaders' concerns and reactions.
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Sep 25, 2025
Ten finance solutions can mainstream nature in capital markets.
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Sep 24, 2025
With new leagues, growing audiences, and rising valuations, women's sports is scaling fast. Infrastructure, strategy, and investment are helping transform it into a sustainable, high-growth industry.
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Sep 23, 2025
The new CEO says the bank is going all in on AI, but it is also committed to being an empathetic organization, in line with its development-bank roots.
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Sep 23, 2025
Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you're looking for a quick win.
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Sep 22, 2025
Announced FDI projects signal further changes in the geometry of global trade and the future map of international business.
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Sep 22, 2025
AI is transforming software from a tool that enables work into a platform that actively performs and orchestrates work. How should industry players evolve their business models to lead in this new era?
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Sep 22, 2025
Opportunities exist to reduce the global burden of brain health and noncommunicable diseases, fostering healthier communities and stronger economies.
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Sep 22, 2025
Stakeholders from real estate owners to material manufacturers stand to gain from a more carbon-friendly construction industry. Here's how the sector can reach its net-zero goals.
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Sep 22, 2025
Ocean CO2 removal offers opportunities for a range of stakeholders. While significant development is needed, these unique climate technologies could be game-changing at scale—here's how.
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Sep 19, 2025
Our latest obituaries also include a Major League Baseball draftee turned corporate CEO, an advertising Hall of Famer, and a cognitive scientist who made cutting-edge AI predictions decades ago.
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Sep 19, 2025
Effectively funding mental health requires both additional investments to close the funding gap and sustainable financing approaches for long-term success.
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Sep 19, 2025
The underlying market for cloud infrastructure could reach $3.4 trillion by 2040. Capturing the compelling associated investment opportunity in cloud partner ecosystems requires a winning strategy.
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Sep 19, 2025
The UK insurtech landscape is continuously evolving. Our latest survey discovers how funding has shifted toward value chain enablers and the opportunities new technologies are presenting.
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Sep 18, 2025
Slowing productivity growth in Europe keeps leaders awake at night. A better dawn can come—if businesses commit to major change.
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Sep 18, 2025
As the industry rebounds, the lines between traditional and alternative asset management are blurring.
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Sep 17, 2025
Chow Woai Sheng explains how Agilent aims to advance exceptional science with next-generation technology to boost sustainable, agile, and resilient manufacturing.
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Sep 17, 2025
Without urgent action, noncommunicable diseases could cost the world $36 trillion—but scaling interventions that work can both reverse the trend and serve as an engine for economic growth.
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Sep 17, 2025
Infrastructure is no longer just bridges, roads, and the like—it now includes elements ranging from digital networks to clean-energy systems to electric-vehicle charging corridors.
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Sep 16, 2025
Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you're looking for a quick win.
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Sep 16, 2025
Midcap banks face challenges including an aging customer base and a heavy reliance on branches, but also opportunities to modernize, attract younger consumers, and build resilience.
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Sep 16, 2025
Burgeoning ESG metrics have led to a rethink. Could companies instead focus their particular capabilities to help tackle society's biggest challenges?
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Sep 16, 2025
Agentic AI could upend the travel industry. Travel and hospitality organizations should explore how agentic can help catalyze AI's transformative potential.
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Sep 16, 2025
Narayana Murthy, founder of Indian technology services and consulting giant, Infosys, discusses the vital role that respect and compassion play for him in being a successful business leader.
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Sep 15, 2025
So much opportunity created in so little time. Here's how one leader captures fast AI innovation, democratization, and hyperpersonalization to create business value.
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Sep 15, 2025
A large and rapidly expanding population of older adults in developing countries demands urgent health ecosystem adaptations to meet the rising burden of noncommunicable diseases.
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Sep 12, 2025
Business and industrial customers want more from providers of aftermarket services. They're not getting it yet.
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Sep 12, 2025
Deploying agentic AI successfully isn't easy. Here's what we're learning about how to get it right.
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Sep 12, 2025
AXIS President and CEO Vincent Tizzio reflects on leading an ambitious transformation that has reset the company in an impressively short time frame.
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Sep 12, 2025
McKinsey's annual outlook on technology trends highlights what's changed—and what's changing—for business leaders when it comes to AI and other emerging technologies.
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Sep 11, 2025
Next-generation geothermal energy may soon be a cost-competitive way to fill the need for clean, firm power in the United States.
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Sep 11, 2025
A comprehensive operating backbone is needed from day one to ensure that the core business moves in lock step with the transformation.
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Sep 10, 2025
Global transaction banking could face headwinds from customer demands, lower rates, heightened competition, and geopolitical uncertainty, but distinctive players could boost profitability.
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Sep 10, 2025
Organizational health and performance go hand in hand. Three critical practices differentiate the healthiest organizations in India and help them gain and maintain an edge.
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Sep 10, 2025
Matt Holt, managing director and president of private equity at New Mountain Capital, on better data privacy standards and creating an efficient, patient-centric system with private capital investment.
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Sep 10, 2025
Matt Holt, managing director and president of private equity at New Mountain Capital, on better data privacy standards and creating an efficient, patient-centric system with private capital investment.
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Sep 10, 2025
To unlock the value of AI at scale and sustain a competitive edge in the global landscape, Luxembourg's companies should consider embracing AI across their operations.
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Sep 10, 2025
Uncertainty? Check. Risk of economic weakness ahead? Also check. Amid ramped up geopolitical tensions and seemingly hasty market-moving policies, competitiveness—and thus productivity—takes greater importance during this second half of a tumultuous year. How might Asia's multinational companies rise to the occasion now? Chris Bradley, Gautam Kumra, and Jan Mischke help answer these questions in Bloomberg.
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Sep 09, 2025
As the definition of infrastructure expands, investors, operators, and governments will need to alter their approaches to funding, construction, and maintenance.
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Sep 09, 2025
Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you're looking for a quick win.
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Sep 09, 2025
The Saudi consumer and retail market has huge growth potential. Capturing it will depend on understanding how consumer profiles and behavior are changing.
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Sep 09, 2025
Drawing on decades of CEO counseling, four McKinsey best-selling authors outline the strategies, mindsets, and tools that drive success at every phase.
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Sep 08, 2025
Building flashy AI prototypes is easy, but generating measurable business value is not.
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Sep 08, 2025
The European automotive industry faces its biggest transformation yet. The industry must take action to reestablish global leadership and ensure success in economics, resilience, and decarbonization.
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Sep 08, 2025
For manufacturers, logistics leaders, and industrial firms, the agentic AI opportunity is no longer theoretical—it's unfolding in real time.
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Sep 08, 2025
Enrico Letta, academic and former politician, says that the European Union must finally overcome fragmentation to ensure its security and competitiveness.
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Sep 08, 2025
They're concerned about inflation and looking for value, so US consumers are changing their shopping habits this holiday season.
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Sep 08, 2025
McKinsey findings reveal a gap in Nordic cybersecurity, creating
a significant opportunity for organizations looking to enhance
regional resilience.
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Sep 08, 2025
New research reveals significant room to improve experience with Canadian government services, as well as the most important areas to prioritize.
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Sep 08, 2025
Agentic AI is poised to boost the benefits from AI by changing its role from tool to coworker and catalyzing an end-to-end reimagining of the life sciences value chain.
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Sep 08, 2025
In automotive, aftermarket pricing is a key value driver. As aftermarket companies feel pressure to maintain margins, machine learning and AI could help propel the industry forward.
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Sep 05, 2025
Eric Olson's insights on leading—and listening to—high-performing teams offer valuable lessons for today's executives.
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Sep 05, 2025
Our research finds six barriers hindering adoption of sustainable packaging, but packaging purchasers that invest and collaborate to find innovative solutions can unlock transformative growth.
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Sep 05, 2025
Leaders can use gen AI to accelerate the diligence process, gain richer insights, and make decisions with more speed and confidence. Here's how gen AI can give organizations an investment edge.
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Sep 05, 2025
What holds back your best ideas? The chair of BBDO Worldwide reveals the hidden missteps that stifle creativity and how to avoid them.
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Sep 05, 2025
As Waymo's AVs gain traction, the company's chief product officer considers the next phase of autonomy: international rollouts, safer streets, and growing consumer trust.
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Sep 05, 2025
Consumer sentiment and spending intentions remain steady this holiday season, even amid global uncertainty and inflation concerns.
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Sep 04, 2025
Disruptor OEMs are challenging convention at every turn, forcing established OEMs to adapt their operating models to compete on speed, quality, cost, and innovation.
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Sep 04, 2025
After years of decline, economic profits rebounded with a vengeance—driven by tech companies, performance in the energy and materials sector, and capital growth in China and North America.
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Sep 04, 2025
Investing $1 annually in healthy aging interventions can yield $3 in economic and healthcare benefits in the United States—and potentially in other countries.
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Sep 03, 2025
New technologies, geopolitical strife, and mounting regulations are impacting nearly all businesses, particularly those in the technology sector. But for smart leaders, uncertainty also spells opportunity.
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Sep 03, 2025
JLL's chief executive and president discusses embracing AI tools, sustainability, and providing certainty in uncertain times.
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Sep 03, 2025
From overconfidence early in a tenure to a lack of strategic clarity later on, blind spots can emerge throughout a CEO's journey. Here's what to watch out for.
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Sep 03, 2025
Leading telecom companies are transforming to become faster and leaner in the age of AI. Pioneers have lessons that can help any company.
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Sep 02, 2025
Experian's chief strategy and investment officer, Michael Meltz, talks about the company's growth and innovation journey and how it is embracing gen AI and new technologies to develop new products and data assets.
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Sep 02, 2025
Clarity of purpose, extraordinary people, and innovation were vital to entrepreneur Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw when building India's first biotech company, now a global giant in affordable healthcare.
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Sep 02, 2025
Kentegra Biotechnology worked with Manufacturing Africa and McKinsey to refine its growth strategy and raise funding to help create jobs and support local farmers in Kenya and beyond.
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Sep 02, 2025
Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you're looking for a quick win.
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Sep 02, 2025
Stablecoins aim to combine the flexibility of blockchain innovations with the stability of traditional money.
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Aug 29, 2025
Biomedical interventions that materially affect the aging process and improve health outcomes may emerge in the future. Stakeholders can shape their roles in this potentially transformative field now.
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Aug 29, 2025
In a competitive and commoditized insurance market, the German insurance provider didn't just want to regain market share. The goal was to reset the bar completely.
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Aug 29, 2025
Early shopping, generational shifts, and the rise of practical gifting redefine consumers' approaches for the 2025 holiday season.
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Aug 28, 2025
Africa leads in women's participation in tech, but more work is needed to close the gender gap. Tackling drop-offs at three key stages of women's professional journeys can help level up the sector.
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Aug 28, 2025
As regulatory demands and geopolitical tensions mount, companies are redesigning products and supply chains for sustainability. Can these moves strengthen both environmental and financial performance?
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Aug 28, 2025
Culture, organization, and talent risks often arise when assets are carved out. Here's how people leaders can address them.
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Aug 28, 2025
New research reveals the costs of widening C-suite divides—and how strengthening the axis between chief marketing officers and their CEO and CFO colleagues can reignite sustainable, customer-centric growth.
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