Work is changing—driven by innovative technologies, generational shifts, and new ways of working. We are committed to working with employers, governments, educators, and others to create a future of work that is economically thriving and inclusive.
How we help clients
Companies and organizations
We help employers compete and fulfill their missions in a changing world. Our work includes pressure-testing digital and automation potential, diagnosing skills and talent infrastructure gaps, redesigning how work gets done, and structuring lasting, at-scale programs for upskilling, reskilling, and redeployment.
Ecosystems
We work with governments, educators, nonprofits, industry associations, and others to build geographic competitiveness, healthy workforce systems, skilling programs, and social protections for vulnerable groups during transition. We also convene these groups, together with employers, to improve outcomes for individuals in a geographic area.
Investors and geography-based portfolios
Our proprietary database of Future of Work trends across global geographies allows clients in real estate, retail, staffing, and other areas to make strategic investments based on expected labor, job, and skill shifts.
Examples of our work
Re- and upskilling >25k individuals for a digital strategy
Advised a digital-services company on transforming its product portfolio and cost structure and translated that into a strategic workforce plan. The plan included analyzing skill gaps in hard skills (for example, machine learning, Internet of Things, cloud computing) and soft skills (such as customer centricity and interpersonal and negotiation skills). We worked together with HR and business teams to design learning journeys based on adult-learning science to meet 80 percent of skills gaps with current employees, while improving employee engagement.
Launching a lifelong occupational portal and counseling service
Helped a national labor agency design a system and culture of information transparency based on in-demand skills and careers using an intuitive digital portal as well as in-person counseling. The portal explored individual strengths and interests and matched citizens with professional-development or work opportunities. It was piloted with hundreds of thousands of users in the first several months and has been rolled out to millions of users.
Building talent and redeployment in financial services
Helped a leading financial-services firm undergoing a bold operating-model shift to enable its new strategy through analytics-based talent systems. We co-created a central talent training and redeployment hub to identify and address changes to roles and skills in each business and function. The user-friendly platform used analytics to help HR leaders and employees identify matches to future skills and roles within the organization and provided learning journeys required to make the switch. It also provided general upskilling and role-specific support.
Featured Insights
Report - MGI Research
The future of work in America: People and places, today and tomorrow
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The health of local economies today will affect their ability to adapt and thrive in the automation age.
Report - MGI Research
The future of women at work: Transitions in the age of automation
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Concerted and creative new solutions are needed to enable women to seize new opportunities in the automation age; without them, women may fall further behind in the world of work.
Featured Experts
Sandra Durth
PartnerCologne
Drives stronger business performance by helping develop and guide transformational programs that inspire leaders and employees...
Bryan Hancock
PartnerWashington DC
Supports private, public, and social sector clients through expertise in talent management, organizational design, and workforce...
Dana Maor
Senior PartnerTel Aviv
Coheads the People & Organizational Performance Practice globally and leads it across Europe. Passionate about shaping organizations...
Scott Rutherford
Senior PartnerWashington DC
Helps defense and security agencies, financial institutions, and executives in a range of sectors tackle strategic, organizational,...
Brooke Weddle
Senior PartnerWashington DC
Drives lasting change at scale for global organizations through digital transformation, operating-model redesign, enterprise...
Featured Capabilities
McKinsey Academy
McKinsey Academy accelerates transformations by unlocking the power of people
Capabilities Solutions - Tech Tools
People Analytics
Use advanced analytics to make better talent decisions