The Weekend Read

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Team effectiveness, the impact of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Daniel Kahneman, and more highlights

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The art of 21st-century leadership, corporate venture building, arenas of competition, and more highlights
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This year’s Global Banking Annual Review, data centers in real estate, rewiring for the era of gen AI, and more: The Weekend Read
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An interview with Anna Koivuniemi of Google DeepMind, embracing the CEO role, next-gen e-commerce, and more highlights
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America’s small businesses, the airline retailing opportunity, the economic potential of EVs in Europe, and more: The Weekend Read
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A human-centric approach to CEO leadership, board–CEO collaboration, inclusive care for people with disabilities, and more: The Weekend Read
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A silhouette image featuring photos of diverse women of all ages and background. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the annual Women in the Workplace report in partnership with Lean In.
Women in the Workplace 2024, magical experiences in travel, neurodivergent employees, and more: The Weekend Read
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Technology officers, the beauty boom, global capability centers, and more insights for the weekend
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New York as a global fashion capital, creating value in retail, the drive toward human development, and more
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Colorful gears forming the shape of a brain on a dark blue background.
The key to accelerating AI development? Pragmatism plus imagination
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Healthy organizations keep winning, but the rules are changing fast
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Why agents are the next frontier of generative AI
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Toward the long term: CFO perspectives on the future of finance
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McKinsey technology trends outlook 2024
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The 'evergreen economy': Harnessing the power of healthy longevity
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What you should read in 2024
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Building a superpower: What can we learn from the Magnificent Seven?
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A new model for the consumer-goods industry
A dual agenda for the consumer goods industry
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Last year’s consumer insights are so yesterday
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Five focus areas for banks to manage interest rate risk
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The state of AI in early 2024: Gen AI adoption spikes and starts to generate value
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Bridging the women’s health gap: A country-level exploration
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Happy Latin American family leaving a luxury apartment locking the door using a home automation system
The new real estate investment edge: Tech-enabled brand, CX, and loyalty
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In search of self and something bigger: A spiritual health exploration
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How to keep and engage gen AI talent
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Why is incompetent leadership rewarded?
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Everything you wanted to know about carbon removals but were afraid to ask
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Six ways CFOs find the time to unlock their full potential
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CEO priorities: Where to focus as the year unfolds
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Members only: Delivering greater value through loyalty and pricing
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Scaling gen AI in banking: Choosing the best operating model
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Working nine to thrive
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Latinos in Hollywood: Amplifying voices, expanding horizons
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A generative AI reset: Rewiring to turn potential into value in 2024
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Strengthening fraying ties: The Global Cooperation Barometer 2024
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Top M&A trends in 2024: Blueprint for success in the next wave of deals
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Organizational health is (still) the key to long-term performance
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Three generations of a Black family pose together and smile outside their home.
The state of Black residents: The relevance of place to racial equity and outcomes
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A young woman in a flannel shirt inspects a row of solar panels on a farm in upstate New York. She carefully places her hand on one of them.
How US states can advance a successful clean-energy transition
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How CEOs can mitigate compounding risks
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Closing the women’s health gap: A $1 trillion opportunity to improve lives and economies
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How to transition out of the CEO role
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The impact of generative AI on Black communities
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What matters most? Eight CEO priorities for 2024
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Homes surrounded by flood water in South Carolina after a hurricane.
Impacts of climate change on Black populations in the United States
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Female model walking on catwalk in front of crowd at fashion show.
The State of Fashion 2024: Finding pockets of growth as uncertainty reigns
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In search of cloud value: Can generative AI transform cloud ROI?
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CEOs’ choice for growth: Building new businesses
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Innovative growers: A view from the top
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The power of partnership: How the CEO-CMO relationship can drive outsize growth
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Decarbonize and create value: How incumbents can tackle the steep challenge
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How to gain and sustain a competitive edge through transformation
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What is the state of women in the workplace in 2023?
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Funnel vision: Marketing with an investor mindset
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Generative AI: How will it affect future jobs and workflows?
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Full throttle on net zero: Creating value in the face of uncertainty
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Companies with innovative cultures have a big edge with generative AI
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From poverty to empowerment: Raising the bar for sustainable and inclusive growth
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Don’t wait—create with generative AI
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The future of middle management
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Generative AI and the future of work in America
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McKinsey’s 2023 summer reading guide
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Four essential questions for boards to ask about generative AI
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Race in the UK workplace: The intersectional experience
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HR rewired: An end-to-end approach to attracting and retaining top tech talent
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Rewired to outcompete in the age of digital and AI
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Generative AI and the next wave of productivity
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ESG Report
Mckinsey’s 2022 ESG Report: Creating a more sustainable, inclusive, and growing future for all
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Generative AI and the future of HR
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Staying ahead: How the best CEOs continually improve performance
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Age is just a number: How older adults view healthy aging
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It’s (past) time to get strategic about DEI
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Capturing the value of ‘one firm’
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Gen Z mental health: The impact of tech and social media
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Ten major shifts facing organizations today
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Space launch: Are we heading for oversupply or a shortfall?
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Six CEO priorities for 2023
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David Arena
Building the office of the future
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Space: The missing element of your strategy
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Private markets turn down the volume
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Actions the best CEOs are taking in 2023
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Black swans, grey rhinos, and silver linings: Anticipating geopolitical risks (and openings) in a fragmenting global order
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The executive’s guide to new-business building
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Global Economics Intelligence executive summary, January 2023
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Consumers care about sustainability—and back it up with their wallets
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Net zero: Next moves for CEOs
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A CEO’s guide to the metaverse
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Lighthouses 2023
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New year’s resolutions for tech in 2023
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Digital transformations: The five talent factors that matter most
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Business building: The path to resilience in uncertain times
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Pixels of Progress: A granular look at human development around the world
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The state of AI in 2022—and a half decade in review
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How will the space economy change the world?
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The gender leadership gap is replicating in the metaverse
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Starting strong: Making your CEO transition a catalyst for renewal
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Prioritizing brain health: Scaling what works to add years to life and life to years
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Richard Rumelt
Why bad strategy is a ‘social contagion’
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Stepping up: What COOs will need to succeed in 2023 and beyond
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The Titanium Economy: An introduction
How Titanium Economy companies are driving innovation in the US
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Women in the Workplace 2022
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Digital twins: The foundation of the enterprise metaverse
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Economic conditions outlook, September 2022
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Friendly embrace
Heat waves, the war in Ukraine, and stigma: Gen Z’s perspectives on mental health
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Something’s coming: How US companies can build resilience, survive a downturn, and thrive in the next cycle
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Book cover for The Titanium Economy: How Industrial Technology Can Create a Better, Faster, Stronger America
Author Talks: How industrial technology is creating a more inclusive economy
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Reducing food loss: What grocery retailers and manufacturers can do
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Floating chess pieces
Strategic courage in an age of volatility
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McKinsey Technology Trends Outlook 2022
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The strong job market isn’t benefiting all Americans
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Does ESG really matter—and why?
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Frontline worker of color in an apron.
Race in the workplace: The frontline experience
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Creative coworkers chatting over ideas in office
The office of the future: A whole new (floor) plan
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Space junk—it’s out of this world
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Meet the psychological needs of your people—all your people
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The metaverse could generate up to $5 trillion in value by 2030
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A group of women conversing
Black representation in the beauty industry
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Resilience for sustainable, inclusive growth
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Human capital at work: The value of experience
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How to market in the metaverse
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Trying to boost corporate travel sales? Five questions for airline executives
Five questions for airline executives to boost corporate travel
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Advanced recycling: Opportunities for growth
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The pathway to net zero for nine industries
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State of Fashion Technology Report 2022
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Global Energy Perspective 2022
Global Energy Perspective 2022
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Understand the issues
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Shift to green
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Discover digital landscapes
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Aim high
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Rich Diviney
Hone your attributes
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Understand the implications
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Understand new priorities
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Get the scoop
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Read the full report
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Adapt to change
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Understand the Great Resignation 
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Look at it this way
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Six practical actions for building the cloud talent you need
Capture more value
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Business people on a video call.
Collaborate and innovate
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Fatigued woman.
Listen up
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Stop the cycle
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When will the COVID-19 pandemic end?
Navigate new developments
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Read the report
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Solving the net-zero equation: Nine requirements for a more orderly transition
An agenda for leaders
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The key role of dynamic talent allocation in shaping the future of work
Prepare for the future
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Check in on progress
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The top trends in tech
Advanced AI, the biotech revolution, cleantech, connectivity
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