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What AI can’t replace—and why it matters for value
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AI may be deepening our crisis of connection, says Stanford research psychologist Jamil Zaki. Managing change with empathy helps leaders build trust, strengthen relationships, and get the most out of their AI investments.
Article
The rise of the agentic coworker: A banking CIO’s guide to the next wave of AI
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AI agents can increasingly make decisions, act, and collaborate across workflows. Deploying them at scale requires new approaches to governance, architecture, and accountability.
Article
Who wins when AI does the shopping? New evidence on agentic commerce
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Analysis of about 21,000 consumers indicates how AI shopping behavior is growing and evolving, with early evidence showing companies are not yet equipped to meet the rising demand.
Explainers
What is Davos and the World Economic Forum (WEF)?
Davos, Switzerland, is where the World Economic Forum holds its annual meeting. Delegates from many sectors converge for several...
Lives & Legacies
An architect of modern media, a literary champion, and a retail revolutionary
Our latest obituaries also include the first American to scale Mount Everest, a frugal Fed chair, and a fashion cofounder tailor-made...
Chart of the Week
The US permitting mix
In the United States, projects requiring federal permitting are concentrated in eight sectors that accounted for an estimated...
Themes
CEOs share how they’re reinventing businesses built to last
What does it take to stay successful after decades, or even centuries, in business? For enduring companies, success isn’t...
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Economic conditions outlook, September 2026
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Executives’ economic pessimism has eased since June, but they remain cautious. Negative views continue to be more common than positive ones, and expectations for the next six months are mixed.
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The algorithm isn’t the advantage–the team is
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FICO CEO Will Lansing says a strong ownership culture, not a smarter computational method, will set the data analytics company apart from competitors in this AI era.
Podcast
Shapers and Founders: Scaling without losing soul
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A closer look at Asia’s successful founder-CEOs reveals how they have scaled their businesses without sacrificing their entrepreneurial spirit.
Interview
Waniwani’s CEO on the agentic future of insurance distribution
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AI agents could fundamentally change the economics of insurance distribution. Waniwani CEO Robin Diligent explains the opportunities, risks, and implications for insurers.
Interview
Wärtsilä CEO Håkan Agnevall: Focus, flexibility, and the next wave of growth
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Industrial leaders can turn disruption into growth by sharpening their focus, scaling to meet surging data-center power demand, and putting AI and continuous improvement to work.
McKinsey on Books
Author Talks: Rana Foroohar on a new ‘great game’ in the Arctic
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From shipping and rare earths to energy and security, the Arctic is gaining importance in the global economy. The Financial...
Shapers and Founders: The Untold Stories of Asia’s Extraordinary Owner-CEOs
Drawing on rigorous empirical research, interviews, and decades of advisory work, McKinsey experts reveal the leadership strategies...
Rewired, second edition
This updated edition offers brand-new insights into cutting-edge AI solutions—and what it takes to implement them—as...
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McKinsey Quarterly: Digital Edition
Agentic AI is such a powerful force that companies are rethinking the very nature of the corporation. What’s coming? A hybrid...
Recent McKinsey Quarterly digital issues
Explore previous digital issues of the McKinsey Quarterly—on gen AI, productivity, growth, and more. All are available with a...
The judgment bottleneck: Balancing AI and human speeds in strategy
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Analysis now runs on AI time, but judgment still runs on human time. Three moves can help turn AI’s speed into better strategy...
McKinsey Institutes
Report - MGI Research
Workforce in motion: Skills and pathways to future jobs in the United States
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AI, automation, and broader structural trends are accelerating the reallocation of work across the US economy. Capturing its...
Report - McKinsey Health Institute
Closing the women’s health gap: Switzerland’s CHF 7 billion opportunity
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Addressing the women’s health gap in Switzerland could deliver eight additional healthy days per year for every woman and potentially...
Report - McKinsey Institute for Economic Mobility
The hidden opportunity in the next $2 trillion of US–Latin America trade
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Our latest research finds that distinctive capabilities unique to Latino business owners and consumers in the United States could...
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The McKinsey Crossword: Made with AI | No. 266
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Sharpen your problem-solving skills with the McKinsey Quarterly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind and is built around a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find.
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