Blog Post
A defining leadership moment
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The world is contending with a number of challenges: economic uncertainty and rising inflation, the war in Ukraine, food insecurity, an energy crisis, and a lingering pandemic.
Workforce health and burnout
Workforce health and burnout
Article - McKinsey Health Institute
Present company included: Prioritizing mental health and well-being for all
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A McKinsey Health Institute survey across 15 countries highlights how employers can make mental health a reality, especially...
Article
Women in the Workplace 2022
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Women leaders are switching jobs at the highest rates we’ve ever seen, and ambitious young women are prepared to do the...
Interview - McKinsey Health Institute
Leading with compassion: Prioritizing workplace mental health
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Mental-health advocate Poppy Jaman identifies strategies companies could employ to improve the health and well-being of their...
Article - McKinsey Quarterly
Overcoming stigma: Three strategies toward better mental health in the workplace
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Employees are worried about their mental health as they return to the workplace after the COVID-19 pandemic. Stigma can exacerbate...
Report - MGI Research
Human capital at work: The value of experience
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Human capital represents two-thirds of wealth for the average individual—and work experience contributes almost half of...
Health equity
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Digital health: An opportunity to advance health equity
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Digital health solutions have the potential to make healthcare more equitable. Here’s how innovators can deliver on that...
Podcast
Meeting the member where they are: What is the future of health equity?
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A conversation about addressing the well-being of underserved patient populations and ensuring zip codes are not a key predictor...
Article
Health equity: A framework for the epidemiology of care
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Pharmaceutical and life sciences companies can unlock new opportunities, help underserved patients, and build a cycle of trust....
Article
Patients struggle with unmet basic needs: Medical providers can help
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Addressing unmet basic needs can have a positive impact on health access and outcomes. Here are some best practices for providers....
Healthy aging
Report - McKinsey Health Institute
Adding years to life and life to years
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At least six years of higher quality life for everyone is within reach.
Aging reframed: Seeing aging as an opportunity in healthcare
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An inspiring conversation about aging, women in leadership, and the chance to change the narrative on old age.
Podcast
The economic impact of ageism
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New research quantifies the struggles that midcareer workers—those 45 and over—worldwide face and suggests possible interventions...
Healthcare system resilience
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Around the world, nurses say meaningful work keeps them going
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While some surveyed nurses said they plan to leave direct patient care, the effects of COVID-19 on the nursing workforce may...
Article
The gathering storm: An opportunity to reorder the healthcare industry
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Leaders will redesign their organizations for speed, accelerate productivity improvements, reshape their portfolio and innovate...
Interview - McKinsey Health Institute
‘When it comes to mental health, all countries are developing countries’
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Psychiatrist and Harvard professor Shekhar Saxena defines human health holistically and thinks creatively about how to expand...
Article
The gathering storm: The uncertain future of US healthcare
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Forces are acting to challenge affordability and access in healthcare and threatening the industry’s economic outlook....
Cities have long been the fundamental engines of human progress. Today, 55% of humanity lives in cities, a number projected to grow to 60% by 2030. Just 600 cities fuel more than 65% of global economic growth, while 100 of them account for roughly 40%. As the future of the global economy increasingly shifts East and South, cities in those regions will grow in importance.
Article
Reducing embodied carbon in new construction
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Three-quarters of the $9.2 trillion in infrastructure spending needed per year until 2050 will go toward new construction—offering...
Article
Investing in pathways to decarbonize infrastructure
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The net-zero transition requires a deep understanding of emissions drivers by asset class, opportunities specific to each asset,...
Podcast
Addressing unequal opportunity in an American city
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Spatial inequality limits opportunities for millions of Americans. How can companies leverage their unique positions to promote...
Blog Post
Minimobility: The next big thing in urban mobility?
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Two-wheeled micromobility options, especially e-kickscooters and electric cargo bikes, have become very popular in cities. Three-...
Article
Fostering an inclusive urban-transit system
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How can we make traveling in cities safer and more comfortable for members of at-risk groups?
Interview
Author Talks: Steve Case identifies the US cities driving new innovation—and it’s not where you think
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For the past decade, most venture capital funding in the United States went to three cities, but Steve Case says a convergence...
After more than 10,000 years of relative stability—the full span of human civilization—the Earth’s climate is changing. The size and pace of the change required to meet this global challenge is unprecedented. Success will require understanding the nature and extent of physical risk from a changing climate, accelerating the world’s ability to adapt, and pursuing innovative paths to decarbonize at scale.
Article - McKinsey Quarterly
A devilish duality: How CEOs can square resilience with net-zero promises
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Amid turbulence on the path to net zero, leaders will have to be much nimbler to balance resilience with an energy future that...
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Decarbonizing the world’s industries: A net-zero guide for nine key sectors
The sectors that produce the majority of global greenhouse-gas emissions face a steep challenge to decarbonize, but our research...
Article - McKinsey Quarterly
Does ESG really matter—and why?
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Although valid questions have been raised about ESG, the need for companies to understand and address their externalities is...
Blog Post
How Big Business Is Taking the Lead on Climate Change
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In retrospect, the most significant outcome of COP26—the UN Conference on Climate Change that convened in Glasgow on October...
Article
Where the world’s largest companies stand on nature
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While Global 500 companies increasingly recognize the importance of nature, few companies have established nature-related commitments...
Article
Spotting green business opportunities in a surging net-zero world
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Explore how 8 industries may transition to reach a 2050 net-zero scenario, and how organizations can respond with new green businesses...
Report
Blue carbon: The potential of coastal and oceanic climate action
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Nature-based climate solutions in the world’s oceans can play an important role in conservation and carbon abatement efforts...
Article
Delivering the climate technologies needed for net zero
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Developing and deploying climate technologies is critical for the world’s net-zero agenda. Growth could await businesses willing...
Article
Capturing the green-premium value from sustainable materials
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Materials are the next net-zero frontier. To seize the opportunity, green-materials producers and buyers must act now.
In recent decades, value chains have grown in length and complexity as companies have expanded around the world. Meanwhile, the global pandemic and events such as the war in Ukraine are the latest in a series of disruptions to global trade, demonstrating how globalization can impact self-sufficiency. Future models for trade must marry the interdependence and complexity of the modern supply chain with greater resilience, agility and sustainability
Discussion Paper - MGI Research
On the cusp of a new era?
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Current economic and political turbulence could presage the start of a new era that is structurally very different with a new...
Article
How to prepare for a sustainable future along the value chain
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Consumer-goods companies are setting ambitious sustainability targets for themselves. To reach those targets, however, changes...
Podcast - Talking Banking Matters
Transforming global trade: Views from Tradeshift CEO Christian Lanng
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The leader of the Danish-born fintech talks about modernizing B2B payments, the significance of global trade, and an early meeting...
Report
Green corridors could lead the way to zero-carbon shipping. But how can they become a reality?
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A new report by the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping in collaboration with McKinsey lays out...
Article
Future-proofing the supply chain
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With supply chains in the spotlight, three new long-term transformation priorities form a fresh focus for competitive advantage....
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Overcoming global supply chain challenges
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McKinsey’s Tom Bartman discusses what’s causing disruptions in global supply chains and how key stakeholders are responding.
Article
Unlocking hydrogen’s power for long-haul freight transport
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As the demand for hydrogen in transportation increases, it is imperative to develop infrastructure to supply trucks, buses, and...
Article
Risk and resilience in consumer-goods supply chains
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Consumer-goods makers’ supply chains are weathering enormous strain. Here’s a quick look at how to strengthen them...
Article
Four ways pharma companies can make their supply chains more resilient
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Pharmaceutical supply chains have become global and complex. With more outsourcing, new modalities, and novel ways to reach patients,...
Inflation, interest rate hikes and supply chain disruptions, paired with a call for sustainable and equitable finance, offer unique challenges for financial institutions and companies; yet these conditions also place finance at the forefront of the economy’s transformation. Navigating this environment will require companies to increasingly understand and learn how to serve markets that are changing radically – socially, demographically and technologically.
Article
Global Economics Intelligence executive summary, September 2022
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Central banks sustain aggressive policy tightening; industrial activity picks up in emerging economies; financial-markets uncertainty...
Article - McKinsey Quarterly
Reflections on 20 years of McKinsey on Finance—and three challenges ahead
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Revolutionary innovations, brilliant ideas, and climate imperatives will change everything—except the fundamentals of finance...
Article - McKinsey Institute for Black Economic Mobility
Investing in—and with—Black consumers in financial services
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Financial-services companies—specifically in banking and insurance—have an opportunity to address equity and gain...
Survey
The coronavirus effect on global economic sentiment
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In the latest survey, inflation and geopolitical conflicts remain the top perceived economic risks, while concerns about energy...
Report
Reshaping retail banks: Enhancing banking for the next digital age
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The current model of universal retail banking is unsustainable over the long
term. To thrive, banks need to reinvent themselves,...
Blog Post
Consumer trends in digital payments
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US consumers are increasing digital payments use in a variety of ways. User expectations around payment features and integration...
Podcast
Financial inclusion and sustainable, inclusive growth in action
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Access to financial services remains a significant barrier to prosperity for millions of Americans. How can businesses promote...
Inflation across economies has risen well above the roughly 2% target that many central banks set and is likely to stay high into 2023 or even beyond. These high levels of inflation pose challenges for businesses, consumers, and governments that few leaders have navigated before. Companies must leverage mechanisms across their entire supply chain to navigate the consequences of this new inflationary environment.
Article - McKinsey Quarterly
Navigating inflation: A new playbook for CEOs
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Few chief executives have faced the challenge of leading a company through an inflationary spike like today’s. Lessons...
Article
Pricing during inflation: Active management can preserve sustainable value
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Industrial players are paying more attention to their pricing strategies to cope with inflation and ensure sustainable impact....
Article
How inflation is flipping the economic script, in seven charts
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The troubling trend is spilling over into every corner of the global economy, with dramatic effects. McKinsey Global Publishing...
Article
Outsprinting the energy crisis
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High energy costs are hitting Europe’s industrial players hard. Bold action could protect margins today and make companies...
Article
Navigating inflation in retail: Six actions for retailers
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Retailers are facing the possibility of persistent inflation—but they can meet that challenge in ways that streamline operations,...
Blog Post
Prime Numbers: Rethink performance metrics when inflation is high
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When inflation is high and expected to stay there a while, metrics like EBITA and ROIC can be less reliable as indicators of...
Article
The gathering storm: The transformative impact of inflation on the healthcare sector
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Inflation is at record highs and is now blowing through healthcare.