There are some general business macro topics that affect everything, not just discrete parts of the organization. It could be economic trends, governmental regulation, the stock market, geopolitical realties, or simply looking at your business from a 30,000 foot view. This category deals with big picture issues.
The End of Cheap Capital Executive Introduction For years, cheap debt made many strategic choices feel easier. Growth investments, acquisitions, digital bets, buybacks, and operating expansion could often be justified…
The Growth Trap There is a dangerous assumption many business owners make when things start moving in the right direction. They see revenue increasing, backlog growing, new opportunities appearing, the…
Unlike previous tech waves that focused on faster devices or new platforms, technology trends in 2026 center on…
The Case for Joy: Why Enjoying Work Is the New Competitive Advantage “People rarely succeed unless they have…
Build Now, Exit Well: Why Every Business Owner Needs an Exit Strategy You’ve spent years—maybe decades—building your business.…
This playbook for founder CEOs on scaling from start-up to standout and beyond borrows lessons from the global…
For organizations to truly innovate and grow, leaders in every role and at every organizational level must be…
McKinsey’s latest findings on organizational health demonstrate that it remains the best predictor of value creation and a…
Growth—in revenues and profits—is the yardstick by which the competitive fitness and health of organizations is measured. Consistent…
Through the State of Organizations Survey, conversations with CEOs and their teams, and the findings of recent McKinsey…
The US economy continues to throw off mixed signals. But one thing is becoming clear: executives should prepare…
The characteristics that help an organization succeed have changed over the past century. While a highly structured, top-down…
Business as usual isn’t an option in a world characterized by economic disruption, pervasive uncertainty, and climate change.…
Business forecasts are often wrong — and yet they can still be a powerful tool for savvy leaders…
A large-scale study found that well-being predicts outstanding job performance…In short, not only do happiness and optimism matter…
Merchants today are planning and buying for their categories amid one of the hardest inflationary environments industry has…
Do founder-CEOs have an expiration date? In the wake of Jack Dorsey’s resignation from Twitter, some have begun…
To keep top talent in the fold, managers must actively change their leadership styles—focusing less on controls and…
Companies can create a powerful risk culture without turning the organization upside down.
Many companies track KPIs as a way of predicting performance. To really exploit the predictive power of KPIs,…
A record number of employees are quitting or thinking about doing so. Organizations that take the time to…
Redford consistently reinvented himself and expected Sundance to keep evolving. He resisted compromise, prioritized the quality of revenue…
What’s the difference between the creative power of game-playing AIs and the predictive AIs most companies seem to…
Faced with a global crisis in 2020, board directors and executives reported a renewed focus on corporate resilience…
In January 2021, McKinsey & Company made a series of projections about trends that would characterize 2021 and…
How does growth transpire in the underrecognized midsize firm? In the authors’ research, they found that the owners,…
A combination of the availability of massive amounts of consumer data and improved computing power, plus the fact…
Despite the embrace of a hybrid model, though, most organizations have only begun to think through and articulate the…
Figuring out the right approach to business building is especially important now as new opportunities for innovation surface.…
Frameworks are everywhere in business. Some, such as the BCG growth share matrix, Porter’s Five Forces, and SWOT…
To better organize for a postpandemic future, leaders should embrace nine imperatives that collectively explain “who we are” as an…
McKinsey & Company’s latest perspectives on the coronavirus outbreak, the twin threats to lives and livelihoods, and how…
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