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Inside the Strategy Room
McKinsey & Company
We talk with McKinsey partners and corporate executives on the challenges they face creating lasting strategies in a fast-changing world. We also examine the different ways these executives approach these challenges and the new and innovative ways they think of creating a vision for their enterprises.
- 39 minutes 23 seconds230. How boards can tackle geopolitical risk
Corporate boards face increased complexity today, with heightened geopolitical risk key among the concerns they must consider as they guide the companies they serve. In this episode, three experts on boards and geopolitics discuss how boards can best adapt to this new normal. Dominic Barton is board chair for the metals and mining company Rio Tinto, and also for the impact investment firm Leapfrog investments. He's also a senior advisor and partner at the AI investment firm Radical Ventures. Previously, Dom served as Canada’s ambassador to China. And before that he was a McKinsey senior partner who served as our global managing partner for three terms. Frithjof Lund is a senior partner who leads our Board Services Practice as well as our Norway office. He helps boards of directors improve corporate governance. Ziad Haider is a partner and our global director of geopolitical risk. He is based in our Singapore office, and counsels CXOs and boards on how to build out their capabilities to better understand, monitor, and mitigate geopolitical risk.
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Building geopolitical resilience: The people agenda
Geopolitical risk: Navigating a world in flux
Helping boards manage geopolitical risk with Jon Huntsman Jr.
How global companies can manage geopolitical risk
How three global companies navigate geopolitical risk to build resilience
Can your company remain global and if so, how?
Black swans, gray rhinos, and silver linings: Anticipating geopolitical risks (and openings)
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19 December 2024, 1:30 pm - 43 minutes 17 seconds229. How to sustain transformation success
Too often, business transformation is treated as a short-term exercise or financial goal. In this episode, three of our transformation experts share the core elements of a sustained transformation, in which mindsets shift, expectations change, and new heights are reached.
Stephan Görner is a senior partner and the global co-leader of our Transformation Practice. He was joined by senior partner Michael Bucy and associate partner Rachel McKlindon.Sustaining the momentum of a transformation
Why isn’t your transformation showing up in the bottom line?
What is business transformation?
Losing from day one: Why even successful transformations fall short
To deliver a transformation’s full potential, put the front line first
The powerful role financial incentives can play in a transformation
How many people are really needed in a transformation?
McKinsey Insights on Transformation
McKinsey Transformation on LinkedIn
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12 December 2024, 12:00 pm - 38 minutes 10 seconds228. How talent drives value in private capital
Sourcing and retaining talent is an evergreen challenge for companies, and it is even more important to realizing value creation goals in private capital backed companies. In this episode we hear from two of our experts on the subject. Marla Capozzi is a partner in our Boston office and a leader and founder of CEO Alpha, our initiative to deliver outperformance for private company CEOs and future leaders. At the time of recording, Dr. Claudy Jules was a partner in our Washington, DC, office and a leader in our private capital practice. He has since left our firm.
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McKinsey insights on private capital
CEO Excellence: The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders From the Rest
Achieving hypergrowth: It’s all about the people
Chief performance officers can be a secret ingredient for private equity success. Here’s why
Five alphas: Essential capabilities to succeed in the next era of private capital
CEO alpha: A new approach to generating private equity outperformance
The CEO alpha: The advantages of exceptional leadership
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5 December 2024, 11:00 am - 48 minutes 45 seconds227. Retired CIA Director John Brennan: Why modernization is ‘never over’
Organizations often struggle to adapt to change, whether technological, economic, or geopolitical. Yet change is inevitable, especially as technology evolves. This week, we are joined by retired Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan, who, from 2013 to 2017, transformed the agency’s organizational structure to better meet its full potential. John spoke with Megan McConnell, a partner based in our Washington D.C office who assists large, complex institutions in transforming how they run their organizations.
Related Insights
Insights on Transformation on www.mckinsey.com
McKinsey Transformation on LinkedIn
Defining your ‘true north’: A road map to successful transformation
How to gain and sustain a competitive edge through transformation
Leading agile transformation: The new capabilities leaders need to build 21st-century organizations
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28 November 2024, 11:36 pm - 39 minutes 27 seconds226. Helping India’s e-commerce leapfrog into the future
McKinsey innovation leader Erik Roth speaks with Shiprocket cofounder and CEO Saahil Goel about how he built his e-commerce logistics company into a highly successful platform that is helping launch new entrepreneurs all over India.
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21 November 2024, 12:00 pm - 51 minutes 39 seconds225. Alex Gorsky, former chair and CEO of Johnson & Johnson
This week, we feature a conversation between Alex Gorsky, former chair and CEO of Johnson & Johnson, and Andy West, senior partner and global coleader of our Strategy and Corporate Finance Practice.
Alex discusses his approach to developing strategy, the challenges and rewards of developing a successful innovation and M&A pipeline, and his approach to decision-making and building a star team.Related Insights
Top M&A trends in 2024: Blueprint for success in the next wave of deals
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15 November 2024, 12:58 am - 42 minutes 38 seconds224. Strategies to navigate geopolitical uncertainty
This week, we discuss strategies for navigating geopolitical uncertainty with the authors of a recent article on the subject. Michael Birshan is a senior partner and co-leads our Strategy & Corporate Finance practice globally and also serves on the McKinsey Global Institute Council, Ziad Haider is a partner and our global director of geopolitical risk, and Olivia White is a senior partner and director of our business and economics research arm, the McKinsey Global Institute.
Related insights:
Can your company remain global and if so, how?
Black swans, gray rhinos, and silver linings: Anticipating geopolitical risks (and openings)
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7 November 2024, 9:00 pm - 32 minutes 4 seconds223. What’s new in strategy: A view from the frontlines
Senior partners Alex D’Amico, Michael Birshan, and Andy West join us for a conversation about the latest developments in the field of strategy. They discuss how generative AI will change strategy creation, the importance of developing distinctive insights as part of the strategy process, and how to avoid social dynamics from derailing your organization’s best-laid plans.
Related insights:
- Strategic courage in an age of volatility
- Tying short-term decisions to long-term strategy
- Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick
- Eight shifts that will take your strategy into high gear
- The social side of strategy
- The board’s role in strategy
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30 October 2024, 10:00 pm - 15 minutes 38 seconds222. Investor perspective: A conversation with BlackRock’s Sandy Boss
This week, Sandy Boss, Senior Managing Director at global investment firm BlackRock and Chair of BlackRock UK, joins us on the podcast. In a conversation with Michael Birshan, a senior partner and the global coleader of our Strategy & Corporate Finance Practice, Sandy shares her insights on geopolitics and the energy transition as well as her ‘five Cs’ for CFOs looking to take an investor’s perspective. We recorded their conversation at a recent gathering for CFOs in London.
Related Insights
What your most important investors need to know
Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies, 7th editionSee www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information
24 October 2024, 7:00 am - 21 minutes 42 seconds221. Building a superpower: How to turn a capability into a competitive advantage
Companies have endless initiatives and plans, all with the promise to transform the organization and deliver attractive financial returns. However experience indicates companies should focus on building an institutional capability that has the power to separate them from the rest. To discuss how to build this superpower we’re joined by Brad Mendelson, a senior partner based in our Cleveland Ohio office, and Tova Katzir, a partner in our New York office.
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11 October 2024, 2:39 am - 43 minutes 26 seconds220. How gen AI can help accelerate M&A
We’re joined by three McKinsey M&A experts to discuss the ways that generative AI is being used to streamline and improve the M&A process, from target identification to deal execution. Ben Ellencweig leads our work in M&A, alliances, and partnerships globally for QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey. Rui Silva helps lead our work across a range of M&A topics, including how to execute large and complex integrations. Kyle Lefler helps clients with M&A strategy and execution across sectors including technology, digital intelligence, and consumer goods.
Related insights:
The economic potential of generative AI: The next productivity frontier
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