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This series explores how companies can create the strategies, culture, organization, and capabilities that put digital at the core of the enterprise.
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The new consumer decision journey
October 1, 2015
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For years, empowered consumers have held the upper hand when it comes to making purchasing decisions. But companies are fighting back.
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- McKinsey Quarterly
Taking the measure of the networked enterprise
October 1, 2015
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New research shows that power users reap the greatest benefits from social technologies.
Interview
GE’s Jeff Immelt on evolving a corporate giant
October 1, 2015
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In the final installment of our two-part interview, General Electric chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt explains what’s driving...
Interview
GE’s Jeff Immelt on digitizing in the industrial space
October 1, 2015
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In this first installment of our two-part interview, General Electric chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt explains why industrial companies...
Article
Organizing for digital acceleration: Making a two-speed IT operating model work
October 1, 2015
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By adopting a digital product management model, companies can get the most from their IT architectures and deliver innovative...
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Discussions on digital: The new war for talent
October 1, 2015
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In a wide-ranging discussion, several Silicon Valley leaders discuss how data is transforming talent management, what millennials...
Article
Nine questions to help you get your digital transformation right
October 1, 2015
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Becoming a digital organization requires fundamentally changing how you do business. Answering these nine questions can help...
Interview
Good design is good business
October 1, 2015
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Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers design partner John Maeda talks to McKinsey’s Hugo Sarrazin about why today’s...
Article
Building a design-driven culture
September 1, 2015
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It’s not enough to just sell a product or service—companies must truly engage with their customers. Here’s...
Interview
Making design a business priority
September 1, 2015
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Being “design driven” means operating in a fundamentally different way. In this video, McKinsey’s Mahin Samadani...
Survey
The digital tipping point
June 1, 2014
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Organizations’ efforts to go digital—and drive growth through digitization—are picking up steam. But many have...
Article
- McKinsey Quarterly
How should you tap into Silicon Valley?
September 1, 2015
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Not by sticking a toe in the water. Get your management team aligned and then commit.
Article
Beyond agile: Reorganizing IT for faster software delivery
September 1, 2015
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The integration of software development with IT operations can rev up companies’ delivery of new applications. But this...
Article
‘Transformer in chief’: The new chief digital officer
September 1, 2015
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The CDO role is changing dramatically. Here are the skills today’s world demands.
Interview
The secrets to going digital
September 1, 2015
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How do leading companies transition to digital, and what role can the chief digital officer play? In this interview, McKinsey’s...
Article
Six building blocks for creating a high-performing digital enterprise
September 1, 2015
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Digitization affects almost everything in today's organizations, which makes capturing its benefits uniquely complex. Here are...
Article
Overcoming obstacles to digital customer care
August 1, 2015
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Providing superior digital customer care, or e-care, can lower costs and increase customer satisfaction. Yet it’s easier...
Article
The road to digital success in pharma
August 1, 2015
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Pharmaceutical companies can play a central role in the digital revolution of healthcare. But capturing this opportunity requires...
Article
Two ways to modernize IT systems for the digital era
August 1, 2015
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Companies can use two-speed or greenfield approaches to overhaul their legacy IT systems—without weakening their enterprises....
Article
- McKinsey Quarterly
An executive's guide to the Internet of Things
August 1, 2015
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The rate of adoption is accelerating. Here are six things you need to know.
Video
- MGI Research
The Internet of Things: Five critical questions
August 1, 2015
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How do industry experts view the development of the Internet of Things, and what would they change?
Article
Cracking the digital-shopper genome
August 1, 2015
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Companies have more data at their fingertips than ever, so why do online shoppers remain such a mystery? The solution begins...
Article
Digital manufacturing: The revolution will be virtualized
August 1, 2015
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Few manufacturers are responding to opportunities and threats presented by the digital revolution in a comprehensive, coordinated...
Article
Changing change management
July 1, 2015
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Research tells us that most change efforts fail. Yet change methodologies are stuck in a predigital era. It’s high time...
Article
Putting digital process innovation at the center of organizational change
July 1, 2015
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When a merger is announced, the IT organization has a unique opportunity to help the company reimagine its technology landscape...
Article
What ‘digital’ really means
July 1, 2015
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Everyone wants to go digital. The first step is truly understanding what that means.
Article
How digital marketing operations can transform business
July 1, 2015
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Struggling to keep up with rapidly evolving consumer behavior? Digital marketing operations can bridge the divide between what...
Book Excerpt
- McKinsey Quarterly
Repelling the cyberattackers
July 1, 2015
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Organizations must build digital resilience to protect their most valuable information assets.
Article
Want to become agile? Learn from your IT team
July 1, 2015
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IT teams have spent decades adjusting to the rapid evolution of hardware and software. Here’s how to benefit from that...
Article
- McKinsey Quarterly
Raising your Digital Quotient
June 1, 2015
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Following the leader is a dangerous game. It’s better to focus on building an organization and culture that can realize...
Article
- McKinsey Quarterly
An executive’s guide to machine learning
June 1, 2015
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It’s no longer the preserve of artificial-intelligence researchers and born-digital companies like Amazon, Google, and...
Interview
Learning from Google’s digital culture
June 1, 2015
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What can traditional organizations learn from digital natives? In this interview, Google’s VP of US sales and operations...
Interview
What it takes to build your Digital Quotient
June 1, 2015
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When it comes to transitioning to digital, what differentiates success from struggle? In this interview, the leader of McKinsey’s...
Article
Finding the speed to innovate
April 1, 2015
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Companies can test and launch digital products and services faster, and at lower cost, by integrating their product development...
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- McKinsey Quarterly
Strategic principles for competing in the digital age
May 1, 2014
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Digitization is rewriting the rules of competition, with incumbent companies most at risk of being left behind. Here are six...
Article
The seven traits of effective digital enterprises
May 1, 2014
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To stay competitive, companies must stop experimenting with digital and commit to transforming themselves into full digital businesses....
Interview
Digital strategy
May 1, 2014
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Digitization is fundamentally altering the nature of competition. McKinsey’s Paul Willmott explains how digital winners...