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Jun 15, 2018
Five best practices should inform efforts to boost countries' road-infrastructure delivery systems.
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Jun 15, 2018
Successful CEOs combine winning strategies with compelling stories and constructive engagement with shareholders.
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Jun 14, 2018
As oil prices rise to levels not seen since 2014—primarily as a result of geopolitical risk and ongoing OPEC production cuts—we expect to see further improvements in the OFSE sector
and a renewed emphasis on North American shale.
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Jun 14, 2018
Kai-Fu Lee shares his perspectives on developing and adopting artificial intelligence in China and the United States with McKinsey Global Institute partner Michael Chui.
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Jun 14, 2018
John Donahoe of ServiceNow and Jeff Weiner of LinkedIn speak about how businesses can play a role in improving work for people in the age of automation and artificial intelligence.
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Jun 14, 2018
Building advanced analytics such as dynamic deal scoring into the core commercial process helps software sales organizations price smarter, streamline the approval process, and win more deals.
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Jun 12, 2018
Agus D. W. Martowardojo discusses the strategies and culture changes he implemented to set a new path for Bank Indonesia.
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Jun 12, 2018
Jaak Peeters, head of global public health at Johnson & Johnson, discusses the role pharma can play in addressing big challenges, such as fighting diseases like HIV and tuberculosis.
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Jun 12, 2018
Unsure where or how AI applies to your company? McKinsey Global Institute found over 400 real-life examples where AI can improve longstanding business challenges.
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Jun 11, 2018
This issue of the Quarterly, available here as a PDF download, asks what it takes to lead a people-first organization, shows how senior executives can get more comfortable with complexity, and explores digital tools to link top talent with a company's strategic opportunities.
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Jun 08, 2018
Esteban Santos, executive vice president for operations at Amgen, explains how the company is using operations to support innovation.
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Jun 08, 2018
Most cost-cutting programs fail. To do better for less, governments need to build capabilities, harness data and analytics, and reinvest savings.
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Jun 08, 2018
The costs of energy-storage systems are dropping too fast for inefficient players to hide. The winners in this market will be those that aggressively pursue and achieve operational improvements.
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Jun 08, 2018
As the battle for profitability increases, energy retailers are embarking on digital transformations to lower costs.
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Jun 07, 2018
If Sweden can fulfill its digitization potential by taking advantage of six important technological trends, it could generate SEK 850-1,400 billion per year by 2025.
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Jun 07, 2018
Crowdsourcing is emerging as an important capability for companies modernizing IT. Businesses that do it best follow five important principles.
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Jun 07, 2018
To structure and manage complex contracts with the private sector, governments must have a range of skills and expertise. Six success factors are critical to these efforts.
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Jun 06, 2018
Until recently, many companies thought it was futile to try to extract savings from the low-volume purchases in "tail spend." New technologies are changing the equation.
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Jun 06, 2018
Best-practice purchasing is now an even more potent source of value creation for private-equity leaders.
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Jun 05, 2018
Trojan-infested botnets. Distributed denials of service. Credential stuffing attacks. How secure is your company in an age of cybercrime?
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Jun 05, 2018
As cities get smarter, they are becoming more livable and more responsive—and today we are seeing only a preview of what technology could eventually do in the urban environment.
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Jun 05, 2018
Careful analysis of health insurers' claims data can provide important insights into the opioid crisis by identifying patterns that could help shape strategies to combat opioid dependence and abuse.
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Jun 04, 2018
Digitization isn't stimulating productivity growth—yet.
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Jun 04, 2018
Solar home systems can help to bridge the electrification gap in developing countries—if certain conditions are met.
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Jun 01, 2018
As machines increasingly complement human labor in the workplace, we will all need to adjust to reap the benefits.
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Jun 01, 2018
Overlooked and often forgotten, consumer promotions and engagement (CPE) can be a major source of revenues.
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Jun 01, 2018
Companies using AI to innovate are more likely to increase employment, writes Jacques Bughin in MIT Sloan Management Review.
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May 31, 2018
The sector has seen a recent resurgence. But to grow amid technological change and the global market's shifting demands, companies can't rest on their laurels.
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May 31, 2018
Here are four principles that can help financial institutions meet customer and regulator expectations for better conduct-risk management.
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May 31, 2018
Need actionable insights on AI? A webinar with McKinsey and QuantumBlack leaders explores ways to deliver impact through analytics.
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May 31, 2018
With risks mounting, drugmakers can take a page from other highly regulated, capital-intensive businesses.
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May 31, 2018
An increase in the number of successful ones could help solve society's greatest challenges, serve citizens better, and support the more productive use of public resources.
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May 30, 2018
Shifts in skills are not new: we have seen such a shift from physical to cognitive tasks, and more recently to digital skills. But the coming shift in workforce skills could be massive in scale, write Jacques Bughin, Susan Lund, and Eric Hazin in Harvard Business Review.
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May 29, 2018
Want to avoid the complacency that so often follows success? Take lessons from Pixar's high-morale collection of subversives and malcontents.
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May 29, 2018
Hear the call to action contained in Abraham Lincoln's story, and get to work. The world has never needed you and other real leaders more than it does now.
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May 25, 2018
Successful B2B sales teams strike the human-digital balance customers want in three core areas: speed, transparency, and expertise.
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May 24, 2018
With customer expectations rising and new technologies emerging, constant renewal of customer transformations can never be over.
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May 24, 2018
The potential for entrepreneurship in the region is high, based on digital consumption and a startling increase in investment funding for start-ups.
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May 23, 2018
Leadership changes are more common and important than ever. But most companies don't get it right.
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May 23, 2018
Demand for technological, social and emotional, and higher cognitive skills will rise by 2030. How will workers and organizations adapt?
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May 23, 2018
The economic consequences for energy, raw materials, and land may not be what you'd expect.
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May 23, 2018
To address its productivity challenge, the mining industry has invested heavily in technology. New evidence shows that it also needs to pay more attention to its people.
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May 22, 2018
As digital technology erodes profit and revenue growth, why aren't companies responding with bold strategies?
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May 22, 2018
A handful of the world's companies have cracked the code on embedding analytics into every layer of their organizations.
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May 18, 2018
Technological shifts have fundamentally changed labor markets. What governments and companies do to manage those shifts will be crucial in allowing workers to thrive.
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May 18, 2018
Can a rising tide lift all boats? Here is a quick primer on the state of play in one fast-growth market.
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May 18, 2018
Many utilities struggle to match the customer and commercial expectations set by digital leaders. Investing in faster, more flexible IT architecture can accelerate their digital modernization.
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May 17, 2018
Revenues, and the number of assets managed, hit record highs for North American financial advisors in 2017. A deeper look at the numbers, however, reveals concerning trends in pricing and new-client acquisition.
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May 17, 2018
To get new styles into stores more quickly, fashion companies must improve internal collaboration, tap into consumer insights, and start to digitize the value chain.
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May 17, 2018
An overview of today's growth ‘ingredients': Invest, Create, Perform
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May 16, 2018
You don't have to look far to finance your growth ambitions.
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May 16, 2018
The past decade has been difficult for many utilities. Here is how they can prosper in the next.
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May 15, 2018
Challenges with access continue to frustrate consumers and stunt health systems' financial performance. Engaging clinicians and improving productivity are vital to address this dual issue.
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May 14, 2018
It takes focus to transform public-sector agencies to serve a diverse set of customers better. A ready reference—based on lessons from government leaders—can help.
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May 14, 2018
Enthusiasm for the biopharmaceutical sector in Asia has been flat, due in part to China's market-access blockade, Japan's spending controls, and deceleration in India and Southeast Asia. Recent changes have reignited interest in the region, with important implications for pharma executives.
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May 14, 2018
With the flow of new arrivals slowing, Europe needs to shift its focus to helping those who will stay build new lives and begin making productive contributions.
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May 14, 2018
Struggling to become analytics-driven? One or more of these issues is likely what's holding your organization back.
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May 11, 2018
E-commerce giants have raised the supply-chain performance bar. Now consumer-goods manufacturers face a stark choice: achieve new levels of predictability and responsiveness, or pay a heavy price.
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May 11, 2018
Investing in infrastructure isn't glamorous. But a thoughtful rebuild will pay dividends for years to come.
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May 10, 2018
The following article is an extract from the annual white paper of the McKinsey Global Insurance Pools team. The report describes global trends in the insurance industry, leveraging the McKinsey Global Insurance Pools database.
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May 10, 2018
Tony Hsieh, the unconventional CEO of Zappos, is not afraid to create "a little weirdness." In fact it's a core value.
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May 10, 2018
As more companies adopt and learn through digital solutions, and as new forms of employment and investment opportunities strengthen the demand recovery, we expect productivity growth to recover, write James Manyika and Myron Scholes in Project Syndicate.
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May 10, 2018
Roadways clogged by commercial vehicles and intense competition for affordable housing are imposing costs on prosperous cities and their most vulnerable residents.
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May 10, 2018
Early 2018 sees the chemical industry back in position as the top performer in its value chain.
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May 09, 2018
From high-tech unicorns to specialty chemicals, the country's economy is moving swiftly beyond its lower-margin roots.
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May 09, 2018
The University of Chicago professor explains how executives can battle back against biases that can affect their decision making.
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May 09, 2018
McKinsey global managing partner Dominic Barton discusses how executives serious about delivering value need to spend more time identifying their organizations' top performers and most critical roles.
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May 09, 2018
Companies will need to increase automation and streamline their organization if they are not to be overwhelmed by the challenge of sustaining GDPR compliance over the long term.
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May 09, 2018
Medical information teams can be a source of differentiation if used strategically. But the evolving environment means pharma manufacturers will need to make organizational enhancements to get ahead.
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May 08, 2018
The concept of deep learning has been around since the 1950s. Take a brief look at how it evolved from concept to actuality and the key people who made it happen.
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May 08, 2018
Platforms are the favored operating model of seven of the world's 12 largest corporations. So why have so few old-line companies followed suit?
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May 07, 2018
A few basic practices, as our downloadable infographic shows, make a significant difference in helping changes stick.
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May 07, 2018
While there is general agreement that real-world evidence could significantly improve how healthcare stakeholders make decisions, expanding its use requires action by multiple stakeholders.
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May 04, 2018
For Canadian industries to capture the enormous benefits that artificial intelligence offers, Canadian executives must make dramatic shifts in their mindsets, strategies, and execution plans.
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May 04, 2018
China remains firmly in the lead on our Electric Vehicle Index. But other pockets of growing public- and private-sector commitment to these vehicles have emerged.
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May 03, 2018
Across the world, liberalization of energy markets has resulted in additional pressure on established electric-power and natural-gas players to defend market shares. Our global knowledge initiative explains in a series of articles how to achieve commercial excellence in order to respond to this pressure. This article examines the critical 12 commercial capabilities that really matter and explains in a holistic approach how to build them.
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May 03, 2018
Five strategic efforts can help medical affairs teams master customer engagement in the digital age.
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May 02, 2018
By prioritizing improvements in end-to-end yield, semiconductor companies can better manage cost pressures and sustain higher profitability. The path forward involves a shift in mind-sets as well as deployment of advanced-analytics solutions.
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May 02, 2018
The majority of contracts are lacking basic elements that could enable better vendor performance and cost savings. Here's how companies can tighten the rein.
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May 02, 2018
Advertisers can build more transparent, partnerlike relationships with their media agencies by taking four steps.
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May 01, 2018
Corporate banks have delivered steady returns but face daunting challenges. To succeed in the coming years, they need to find another gear.
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Apr 27, 2018
As construction moves into the cloud, here's what industry leaders must do to lay the groundwork for change.
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Apr 27, 2018
Owners and contractors can share "integrated project delivery" benefits on any project—including digital work flows and increased visibility—through a connected data environment.
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Apr 27, 2018
Understanding what it takes to act like a tech company requires a few key breakthroughs, as this interview with the CIO for DBS Bank highlights.
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Apr 26, 2018
Flexible working hours and government efforts to change attitudes to women hold the key to progress, write Kevin Sneader and Anu Madgavkar in South China Morning Post.
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Apr 26, 2018
By focusing on valuable and meaningful workforce experiences, utilities can move from incremental improvements to transformative ones.
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Apr 25, 2018
Organizational simplicity. Clear accountabilities. Nimble planning processes. All characterize a scrappy oil and gas company you may not have heard of. Learn more from its CEO.
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Apr 25, 2018
A decade ago, the state decided to make its energy system cleaner and greener. How is it doing?
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Apr 25, 2018
Understanding what it takes to act like a tech company requires a few key breakthroughs, as this interview with the CIO for DBS Bank highlights.
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Apr 24, 2018
Many commercial and industrial users can already save money.
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Apr 23, 2018
Smart machines are giving storytellers and risk managers alike a helping hand.
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Apr 23, 2018
Artificial intelligence has the potential to create trillions of dollars of value across the economy—if business leaders work to understand what AI can and cannot do.
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Apr 23, 2018
How do you get incumbent companies to perform like a start-up? By rethinking organizational culture.
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Apr 23, 2018
Getting the most from zero-based budgeting requires deft action from the start. Here are some crucial lessons from the front lines.
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Apr 23, 2018
Advancing women's equality in the countries of Asia Pacific could add $4.5 trillion to their collective annual GDP in 2025, a 12 percent increase over the business-as-usual trajectory.
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Apr 23, 2018
Education levels and skills will determine how disruptive automation is to the region's labor markets.
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Apr 20, 2018
Lower rates will motivate companies to consider selling assets that lack scale for spinning off, and will make some complex deal structures less attractive.
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Apr 20, 2018
The industry is on the verge of a seismic, tech-driven shift. A focus on four areas can position carriers to embrace this change.
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Apr 20, 2018
Working through these questions as they prepare to take the top job can help executives clarify their thinking.
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