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Sep 29, 2020
Companies can build on their initial response to the pandemic to elevate their cash-management capabilities.
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Sep 29, 2020
Over the past decade, life insurers have struggled with growth and profitability. By focusing on three priorities, insurers can reinvent themselves and reestablish their vital role in customers' lives.
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Sep 28, 2020
America's youngest consumers are upending companies' expectations. Here's what retailers and brands can do about it.
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Sep 28, 2020
Successful transformations demand a disciplined approach, a top-team mindset that fuses technology and business goals, and execution tailored to core-technology complexity.
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Sep 28, 2020
Robert Forrester, CEO of one of the UK's largest motor retailers, predicts that most people will continue to buy cars from dealerships—but that only tech-savvy dealers will stay in business.
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Sep 28, 2020
Automation can enable governments to provide outstanding levels of customer experience, driven by innovations that are as sensitive to people as they are to technology.
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Sep 28, 2020
Resource cleansheets assess component costs and carbon emissions at the same time—so designers and engineers can model design and production choices without compromising emissions goals.
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Sep 25, 2020
Here's how to set your business on the right track for 2021 and beyond.
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Sep 25, 2020
How business process outsourcing can position itself to create jobs and grow beyond the crisis
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Sep 25, 2020
Utilities are having difficulty implementing customer-centric IVR systems. However, a five-step transformation approach can improve customer experience and cut call-center costs.
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Sep 24, 2020
The continued economic integration of Asia will open up opportunities for savvy businesses, predicts Piyush Gupta.
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Sep 24, 2020
Zero-based budgeting may be the right recipe to deal with the cost control and flexibility needed in next year's budgets.
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Sep 24, 2020
The new digital reality presents a unique challenge for organizations. Leading an organization in a time of crisis is one of the greatest challenges a CDO can face. By demonstrating resilient leadership and a clear view of how to use digital to navigate the crisis, CDOs can help the business not just to survive but also to be ready for the next normal.
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Sep 24, 2020
In this interview, Louis W. Uccellini, director of the US National Weather Service, discusses the organization's work to provide more accurate predictions and decision support for weather events.
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Sep 24, 2020
Much would need to happen, but returning the country to something that approaches stability by next summer may be possible.
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Sep 24, 2020
When redesigning a supply-chain organization, it's intuitive to look to successful companies' design choices. But our research finds that other factors correlate better to bottom-line performance.
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Sep 23, 2020
How stakeholders could position the fintech sector for growth now and beyond the crisis.
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Sep 23, 2020
Following closures related to the COVID-19 pandemic, school systems have much to consider as they embark on a new school year.
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Sep 23, 2020
With more people eating at home than in the past 150 years, food companies have an opportunity. Nigel Hughes, head of R&D and Innovation at Kellogg Company, discusses ways to capture it.
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Sep 23, 2020
Companies rely on their learning-and-development functions to help workforces learn fast. But often, the function itself needs a transformation.
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Sep 23, 2020
Special-purpose acquisition companies are having a moment. But not all are thriving. One key to success: leaders with an operational edge.
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Sep 23, 2020
Responses to a McKinsey global survey of 800 executives suggest a disruptive period of workplace changes lies ahead due to acceleration of automation, digitization, and other trends.
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Sep 22, 2020
For many players in the travel industry, navigating the COVID-19 pandemic has been like sailing into a hurricane. Six months in, many are trying to right themselves—realizing that their navigational charts are no longer adequate.
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Sep 22, 2020
Businesses looking to make an external social contribution should, paradoxically, look inside: improving workers' job satisfaction could be the single most important thing they do.
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Sep 22, 2020
A quarter of Americans now avoid allergens in the food they buy—and tell us they are hungry for innovation.
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Sep 22, 2020
Company executives are looking to more deeply understand their supply chains, shift from "just-in-time" to a more robust inventory management approach, and increase their supply chain transparency and resilience, writes Kweilin Ellingrud in Forbes.
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Sep 21, 2020
Since 2015, progress toward gender equality has been marginal, and now COVID-19 has hit women hard. We take stock.
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Sep 21, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the gold-mining industry and its workers. Production and costs could hinder what should be near-record profits, and how each company reacts will determine its long-term success.
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Sep 21, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated LNG market trends that were already underway. LNG players must pursue improvement in five areas to adapt to new conditions and seize opportunities for growth.
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Sep 21, 2020
A methodology to evaluate where safeguarding natural capital could have the biggest impact on climate, economies and health.
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Sep 21, 2020
Chemical companies will be affected by disruption in the automotive industry. Those expecting to flourish in the next normal must meet the changes head-on and respond to three key trends.
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Sep 21, 2020
Normalcy by spring, and herd immunity by fall? We assess the prospects for an end in 2021.
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Sep 19, 2020
Artificial intelligence technologies are increasingly integral to world we live in, and banks need to deploy these technologies at scale to remain relevant. Success requires a holistic transformation spanning multiple layers of the organization.
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Sep 18, 2020
Mechanical engineering hasn't seen a broad breakthrough in digital solutions, despite the industry's attention. What's preventing successful offerings? Here's a perspective focusing on the customer.
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Sep 18, 2020
Progress towards greater gender equality has been hesitant and halting over the past five years and the Covid-19 pandemic now risks sending it into reverse, write Deepa Mahajan, Olivia White, Anu Madgavkar and Mekala Krishnan in Harvard Business Review.
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Sep 18, 2020
Four proven actions can help graphic-paper producers rebound despite the market declines that have been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Sep 18, 2020
Healthcare stakeholders on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic must understand not only the disease itself, but also consumers' questions, concerns, and behaviors. Our recent rapid-research effort in the US provides some early insights.
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Sep 18, 2020
The automotive industry could abate 66 percent of emissions from their material production at no extra cost by 2030—if industry participants work together and start now.
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Sep 18, 2020
Active portfolio management can create significant competitive advantages. Still, executives routinely shy away from separations. Here are six common roadblocks and some tips for breaking through.
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Sep 18, 2020
Despite its dismal Q1 FY2021 GDP figures, India can grow rapidly again, to gainfully employ the 90 million workers expected to enter the non-farm job market over this decade, write Shirish Sankhe and Anu Madgavkar in The Economic Times.
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Sep 18, 2020
Ambulatory care is one of the fastest-growing and highest-margin segments of the healthcare industry. Analyzing variations in Commercial claims data and doctor surveys shows that significant growth potential remains. While many health systems have benefited from investing ahead of this trend, significant opportunity remains to be captured.
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Sep 17, 2020
The number of people in CEE who have accessed at least one online service has risen by 15 percent points since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the new "COVID-19 Digital Sentiment Insights" survey.
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Sep 17, 2020
Responsive leaders need to bring the mourning process forward in their organizational culture—and in their own leadership approach.
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Sep 17, 2020
The "fail fast and break things" approach that tech start-ups favor probably won't work in healthcare. A slower, more deliberate route to market and reimbursement is required.
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Sep 17, 2020
As industry 4.0 technology continues to advance, existing data can be harnessed to develop machine-learning solutions that deliver real value, optimize decision making, increase flexibility, and attract top talent.
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Sep 17, 2020
The pandemic will change the face of mobility, both now and when the crisis ends.
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Sep 17, 2020
As environmental, social, and governance issues become more urgent, companies are looking to create both profits and progress.
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Sep 17, 2020
Our GOLD standard will help transform your pharmaceutical brand and achieve accelerated growth.
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Sep 17, 2020
Hanifa Indradjaya, the president director of PT Petrosea, discusses how digital can drive sustainability, efficiency, and operational excellence.
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Sep 16, 2020
Companies that adopt an analytics-driven approach to pricing are more likely to thrive than companies that maintain the status quo.
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Sep 16, 2020
Our latest perspectives on the coronavirus outbreak, the twin threats to lives and livelihoods, and how organizations can prepare for the next normal.
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Sep 16, 2020
The pandemic has triggered seismic economic and societal changes. New research can help sponsors assess the strength and direction of these tremors.
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Sep 16, 2020
It is undoubtedly challenging to craft and execute a national cybersecurity strategy. Our research reveals common elements of successful strategies.
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Sep 16, 2020
Global auto sales plunged during the COVID-19 crisis, but electric mobility has remained remarkably resilient in some countries. Here's what's ahead for the electric-vehicle market.
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Sep 16, 2020
Holding warming to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels could limit the most dangerous and irreversible effects of climate change.
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Sep 16, 2020
The cement plant of the future will embrace digitization and sustainability trends to earn a competitive advantage and build resilience.
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Sep 16, 2020
As more healthcare companies start to implement automation technologies, the ability to coordinate across the organization in achieving scale will be a major determinant of success.
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Sep 15, 2020
For a system that relies on the altruism of contributors, an aging class of donors and changing attitudes put the nation's blood supply at risk.
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Sep 15, 2020
To capture the real value from cloud, companies need to focus their investments and build a cloud-ready operating model.
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Sep 15, 2020
Even the most inscrutable problems have solutions—or better outcomes than have been reached so far. Here's how the best problem solvers crack the code.
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Sep 15, 2020
A strategy with five ingredients can help acquisition systems deal with stretched budgets, time overruns, and the COVID-19 crisis.
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Sep 15, 2020
As income inequality and economic upheaval take center stage, is a guaranteed minimum income worth considering? Results from a two-year experiment in Finland offer clues.
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Sep 14, 2020
Manufacturers that are ahead in scaling advanced production technologies are successfully navigating four durable shifts that are critical to managing unprecedented disruption.
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Sep 14, 2020
Industry-leading insurers have proved enterprise-wide agility delivers the innovation and change incumbents need. The COVID-19 crisis has also highlighted the need for organizational change.
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Sep 11, 2020
Advanced-analytic models and solutions can help transmission and distribution companies boost operational performance to withstand mounting economic and regulatory pressure.
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Sep 11, 2020
Analytics-based cost algorithms and agile-inspired methods can help OEMs reduce automotive software costs by up to 30 percent and improve delivery timelines.
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Sep 11, 2020
Global demand for Class 1 nickel could skyrocket, especially for use in electric vehicles. Can the industry meet these needs—and sustainability goals?
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Sep 11, 2020
Milton Friedman's pathbreaking essay on corporate purpose was published on September 13, 1970. How much has management thinking evolved?
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Sep 11, 2020
After a first wave of trials, incumbents are shaking up value chains to attract new ecosystem customers—and tap potentially huge pools of value.
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Sep 10, 2020
Adopting a through-cycle approach to deal making in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic can position pharmaceutical companies for greater success in the next normal.
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Sep 10, 2020
The financial-planning process for 2021 presents an opportunity to turn hard-earned lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic into an enduring exercise in linking strategy to value.
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Sep 10, 2020
The financial services talent pipeline shows a lack of representation of people of color, most acutely at senior levels. Changes in three key areas can help companies make progress.
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Sep 10, 2020
The pandemic could usher in a new era for the global industry, with implications for strategy and organization. McKinsey's three regional practice leaders share insights on what the future holds.
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Sep 10, 2020
The pandemic is fueling a wave of grief and loss that threatens to derail leaders and hurt organizations. Yet when addressed, grief can be a creative force that turns loss into inspiration.
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Sep 10, 2020
Six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, it is time for companies to act, not react.
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Sep 09, 2020
COVID-19 has interrupted the country's journey to become a high-performing economy, but the right structural adjustments could help get it back on track.
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Sep 09, 2020
Survey findings confirm that organizational speed is an essential ingredient for outperformance in times of unprecedented change, and point to three ways companies can gain speed for the longer term.
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Sep 04, 2020
While the direct impact of COVID-19 has already been substantial, additional layers of delayed or indirect impact have the potential to dwarf the immediate effects. These additional layers of impact related to COVID-19 could result in $125 billion to $200 billion in incremental annual US health system cost.
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Sep 03, 2020
Football is a business unlike any other. While money is important, the winning formula is more about the sound management of a club's most important asset: its team.
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Sep 03, 2020
In this podcast, two China-based McKinsey partners impart advice on how companies can succeed in China's fast-recovering consumer market.
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Sep 03, 2020
In the corporate center, efficiency begets efficiency—and inefficiency begets inefficiency. The trick is to get more of the former and less of the latter.
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Sep 03, 2020
An estimated 3.1 million to 3.8 million acres of corn and soybeans have been damaged.
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Sep 03, 2020
As sales of battery electric vehicles increase, OEMs need to focus on R&D excellence, flexible manufacturing, and value-chain integration to improve profitability.
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Sep 03, 2020
Understand the implications for copper mines in the region.
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Sep 03, 2020
North American industry shapers will quickly develop strong market perspectives, adopt flexible staffing models, and deploy streamlined labor pools aligned with decisive strategic and operational choices.
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Sep 03, 2020
The need for digital value is greater and the barriers to change are lower—yet inertia persists. Three practical lessons can help energy companies break through.
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Sep 03, 2020
Companies can significantly reduce technology system outages and other costly tech glitches by improving incident response and how they manage change.
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Sep 02, 2020
Advanced analytics can drive value only if employees use them to make decisions. But adoption is often the biggest stumbling block in analytics initiatives. Here's how to get it right.
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Sep 02, 2020
How leading grocers are reducing waste and bolstering profits while keeping pace with shoppers' changing needs.
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Sep 02, 2020
In response to the economic uncertainty caused by the pandemic, many tax authorities are considering new approaches to tax management, adjusting their collections strategies to reflect the new reality.
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Sep 02, 2020
Selecting the right combination of traditional and tech-enabled maintenance and reliability solutions is critical to delivering improved performance and higher operating margins.
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Sep 02, 2020
A focus on five key levers could both accelerate the region's recovery and make the gains more enduring.
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Sep 02, 2020
Hispanics and Latinos are key to the US recovery but have been damaged disproportionately by the pandemic. Targeted interventions are required to improve their health and economic outcomes.
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Sep 02, 2020
A strong mission and excellent talent management make for healthy institutions—and better investment performance.
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Sep 02, 2020
As quantum computing comes closer to reality, automotive players are exploring its potential.
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Sep 01, 2020
Youngkin, chair of the Virginia Ready Initiative, talks about easing unemployment and strengthening Virginia's economy by connecting people with training, financial support, and job opportunities.
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Sep 01, 2020
An enhanced patent-review strategy could boost innovation capabilities for agricultural-input companies.
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Sep 01, 2020
COVID-19 has upended life as we knew it, and our new behaviors are wreaking similar havoc on some analytics models that rely on historical data. How can leaders enable teams to get analytics back on track?
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Sep 01, 2020
Five interventions have helped manufacturers ease supply constraints for medtech products during the pandemic. Important lessons have been learned along the way.
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Sep 01, 2020
The CEO of GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare discusses the global challenges and possibilities of the next normal and the shifts now underway in consumer behavior.
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