McKinsey Quarterly Audio: Recent Episodes
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| Two renowned scholars and two McKinsey experts illuminate the leadership imperatives of our time Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 30:09) >
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| Two renowned scholars and two McKinsey experts illuminate the leadership imperatives of our time Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 30:09) >
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| To enable continuous learning, leaders will need to think and act differently. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 21:51) >
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| To enable continuous learning, leaders will need to think and act differently. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 21:51) >
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| How can we ensure that everyone has the skills needed to thrive in the 21st century? Three experts sketch out a vision. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 24:04) >
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| How can we ensure that everyone has the skills needed to thrive in the 21st century? Three experts sketch out a vision. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 24:04) >
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| In this episode, Ford executive Hau Thai-Tang explores the radical changes on the way and how Ford is drawing on its legacy to remain an innovator in the new mobility landscape. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 12:29) >
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| In this episode, Ford executive Hau Thai-Tang explores the radical changes on the way and how Ford is drawing on its legacy to remain an innovator in the new mobility landscape. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 12:29) >
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| Sam Yagan, current ShopRunner CEO, cofounder of OkCupid, and former Match Group CEO, discusses the importance of culture for driving data-based decision making, innovation, and, ultimately, company success. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 14:52) >
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| Sam Yagan, current ShopRunner CEO, cofounder of OkCupid, and former Match Group CEO, discusses the importance of culture for driving data-based decision making, innovation, and, ultimately, company success. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 14:52) >
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| Executives setting up a behavioral-science unit should start by challenging themselves with six questions. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 18:44) >
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| Executives setting up a behavioral-science unit should start by challenging themselves with six questions. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 18:44) >
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| Will the coming mobility revolution make urban traffic better, or worse? Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 21:44) >
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| By looking at their supply of skills and talent in a new light today, organizations can take actions that better prepare their companies for tomorrow’s challenges. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 16:35) >
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| Will the coming mobility revolution make urban traffic better, or worse? Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 21:44) >
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| By looking at their supply of skills and talent in a new light today, organizations can take actions that better prepare their companies for tomorrow’s challenges. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 16:35) >
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| How five leaders are seizing opportunities and overcoming challenges to build successful organizations in—and a brighter future for—the nations of Africa. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 29:41) >
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| How five leaders are seizing opportunities and overcoming challenges to build successful organizations in—and a brighter future for—the nations of Africa. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 29:41) >
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| Audio highlights from McKinsey Quarterly Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 31:56) >
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| Audio highlights from McKinsey Quarterly Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 31:56) >
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| The new enterprise DNA: How advanced analytics, technologies, and design are redefining the capabilities you need Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 4:32:29) >
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| The new enterprise DNA: How advanced analytics, technologies, and design are redefining the capabilities you need Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 4:32:29) >
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| Loyal customers such as farms and contractors are looking to equipment suppliers for help with advanced technologies. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 4:20) >
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| Partnerships with fintech companies are getting broader as start-ups offer new digital capabilities and competitive business models. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 4:13) >
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| Beauty players are embracing digital and social media to tap into the industry’s hottest growth areas. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 3:32) >
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| Loyal customers such as farms and contractors are looking to equipment suppliers for help with advanced technologies. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 4:20) >
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| Partnerships with fintech companies are getting broader as start-ups offer new digital capabilities and competitive business models. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 4:13) >
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| Beauty players are embracing digital and social media to tap into the industry’s hottest growth areas. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 3:32) >
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| The CEO and HR director of Turkey’s largest industrial conglomerate describe how a leadership-development program is preparing the company for a digital future—and shaking up the status quo. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 9:53) >
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| The CEO and HR director of Turkey’s largest industrial conglomerate describe how a leadership-development program is preparing the company for a digital future—and shaking up the status quo. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 9:53) >
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| A culture of innovation and failing fast drives the Chinese financial conglomerate’s expansion beyond traditional sector boundaries and its early adoption of emerging technologies. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 11:32) >
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| A culture of innovation and failing fast drives the Chinese financial conglomerate’s expansion beyond traditional sector boundaries and its early adoption of emerging technologies. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 11:32) >
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| Management practices focusing on “hard” incentives, rewards, and consequences, as well as on employees’ mind-sets and values, make workplaces safer. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 10:40) >
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| Management practices focusing on “hard” incentives, rewards, and consequences, as well as on employees’ mind-sets and values, make workplaces safer. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 10:40) >
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| The economics of EV charging stations are often hobbled by high charges for connections to the power grid; more powerful, lower-cost battery storage could provide relief. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 2:39) >
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| Powering the digital economy. As cheaper storage bends the electricity cost curve and gives a boost to electric-vehicle charging stations, utilities are raising their digital game. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 2:55) >
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| Digital technologies offer utilities an opportunity to deliver greater value as market and regulatory conditions shift. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 3:46) >
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| Powering the digital economy. As cheaper storage bends the electricity cost curve and gives a boost to electric-vehicle charging stations, utilities are raising their digital game. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 2:55) >
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| Digital technologies offer utilities an opportunity to deliver greater value as market and regulatory conditions shift. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 3:46) >
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| The economics of EV charging stations are often hobbled by high charges for connections to the power grid; more powerful, lower-cost battery storage could provide relief. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 2:39) >
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| Many new CEOs reshuffle their top teams, but surprisingly few make them more diverse. Can we do better? Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 11:08) >
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| Many new CEOs reshuffle their top teams, but surprisingly few make them more diverse. Can we do better? Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 11:08) >
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| The connectivity experience of drivers and passengers will soon be transformed, with the potential for significant value creation. Here is a framework to measure progress. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 8:57) >
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| Software giant SAP is helping its workforce keep pace with technological change and new strategic thrusts. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 12:31) >
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| The connectivity experience of drivers and passengers will soon be transformed, with the potential for significant value creation. Here is a framework to measure progress. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 8:57) >
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| Software giant SAP is helping its workforce keep pace with technological change and new strategic thrusts. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 12:31) >
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| People who find meaning in their work are happier, more productive, and more engaged. Four practical interventions can help make the search more likely to succeed. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 23:17) >
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| Employees are more likely to find meaning at work when the organizations they work in are healthy. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 5:49) >
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| Employees are more likely to find meaning at work when the organizations they work in are healthy. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 5:49) >
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| People who find meaning in their work are happier, more productive, and more engaged. Four practical interventions can help make the search more likely to succeed. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 23:17) >
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| How do the best design performers increase their revenues and shareholder returns at nearly twice the rate of their industry counterparts? Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 31:13) >
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| How do the best design performers increase their revenues and shareholder returns at nearly twice the rate of their industry counterparts? Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 31:13) >
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| The director of the national museum of Dutch art and history describes the central role of agility in the museum’s massive renovation project—and in its drive for perpetual renewal. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 19:15) >
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| The director of the national museum of Dutch art and history describes the central role of agility in the museum’s massive renovation project—and in its drive for perpetual renewal. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 19:15) >
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| Yesterday’s tentative approaches won’t deliver; you need absolute clarity about digital’s demands, galvanized leadership, unparalleled agility, and the resolve to bet boldly. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 27:03) >
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| Yesterday’s tentative approaches won’t deliver; you need absolute clarity about digital’s demands, galvanized leadership, unparalleled agility, and the resolve to bet boldly. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 27:03) >
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| A clear playbook is emerging for how to integrate and capitalize on advanced technologies—across an entire company, and in any industry. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 34:16) >
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| A clear playbook is emerging for how to integrate and capitalize on advanced technologies—across an entire company, and in any industry. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 34:16) >
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| Greatest hits of the latest McKinsey Quarterly. Top management insight, curated for you. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 28:42) >
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| Listen to the latest full issue of the McKinsey Quarterly. All the ideas, all in one place. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 3:56:05) >
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| Organizational culture can accelerate the application of analytics, amplify its power, and steer companies away from risky outcomes. Here are seven principles that underpin healthy data culture. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 41:16) >
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| Small, independent teams are the lifeblood of the agile organization. Top executives can unleash them by driving ambition, removing red tape, and helping managers adjust to the new norms. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 23:23) >
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| Who manages in agile organizations? And what exactly do they do? Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 12:14) >
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| If you really want to increase employees' health and well-being, focus on job control and social support. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 17:31) >
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| Appealing to people's emotions helps new ideas cut through the clutter. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 12:04) >
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| To speed innovation and fend off disruption, R&D organizations at incumbent companies can borrow the tools and techniques that digital natives use to get ahead. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 21:43) >
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| The University of Chicago professor explains how executives can battle back against biases that can affect their decision making. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 15:53) >
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| Rotman School of Management professor Ajay Agrawal explains how AI changes the cost of prediction and what this means for business. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 20:13) >
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| Early AI adopters are starting to shift industry profit pools. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 8:13) >
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| New research from the McKinsey Global Institute highlights the interdependence of advanced analytics and "deep learning" techniques. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 2:59) >
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| The benefits to business and society should soar if companies and governments can overcome safety, structural, and other hurdles. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 3:37) >
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| In the digital age, companies must balance the advantage of outsourcing a segment of the value chain to suppliers with the risk of foreclosing their strategic options. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 5:58) >
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| Start-up companies are combining genetic information and new therapies to transform drug discovery and development--at greater speed and scale. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 6:16) >
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| Greatest hits of the latest McKinsey Quarterly. Top management insight, curated for you. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 28:42) >
|
| Listen to the latest full issue of the McKinsey Quarterly. All the ideas, all in one place. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 3:56:05) >
|
| Organizational culture can accelerate the application of analytics, amplify its power, and steer companies away from risky outcomes. Here are seven principles that underpin healthy data culture. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 41:16) >
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| Small, independent teams are the lifeblood of the agile organization. Top executives can unleash them by driving ambition, removing red tape, and helping managers adjust to the new norms. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 23:23) >
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| Who manages in agile organizations? And what exactly do they do? Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 12:14) >
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| If you really want to increase employees' health and well-being, focus on job control and social support. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 17:31) >
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| Appealing to people's emotions helps new ideas cut through the clutter. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 12:04) >
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| To speed innovation and fend off disruption, R&D organizations at incumbent companies can borrow the tools and techniques that digital natives use to get ahead. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 21:43) >
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| The University of Chicago professor explains how executives can battle back against biases that can affect their decision making. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 15:53) >
|
| Rotman School of Management professor Ajay Agrawal explains how AI changes the cost of prediction and what this means for business. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 20:13) >
|
| Early AI adopters are starting to shift industry profit pools. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 8:13) >
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| New research from the McKinsey Global Institute highlights the interdependence of advanced analytics and "deep learning" techniques. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 2:59) >
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| The benefits to business and society should soar if companies and governments can overcome safety, structural, and other hurdles. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 3:37) >
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| In the digital age, companies must balance the advantage of outsourcing a segment of the value chain to suppliers with the risk of foreclosing their strategic options. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 5:58) >
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| Start-up companies are combining genetic information and new therapies to transform drug discovery and development--at greater speed and scale. Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 6:16) >
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| Complex business combinations have been unwinding for years. Will the bell toll for universities? Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 9:57) >
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| Complex business combinations have been unwinding for years. Will the bell toll for universities? Read more >
Listen to the podcast (duration: 9:57) >
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