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Meet the moment: Navigate change with McKinsey’s best 2024 insights

In McKinsey’s annual year in review, we look back at our favorite articles, interviews, and highlights from our 2024 ‘Insights to Impact’ publishing journey.
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McKinsey Global Institute: 2024 in charts
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Here are some of the McKinsey Global Institute’s favorite data visualizations from 2024.
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Extracting value from AI in banking: Rewiring the enterprise
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To gain material value from AI, banks need to move beyond experimentation to transform critical business areas, including by...
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The six habits of highly successful chief risk officers
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Our interviews with top CROs reveal practices risk leaders at financial institutions can use to expand their influence and build...
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All about teams: A new approach to organizational transformation
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Teams are the catalysts that drive value and new behaviors—but not all are created equal. Four actions help build a system...

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Effective leaders continually adapt their priorities, roles, time, and energy practices to stay ahead of new realities. Here’s...
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The CEO’s essential checklist: Questions every chief executive should be able to answer
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Most great CEOs rely on a set of guiding mindsets. This checklist helps them turn mindsets into practices that can steer their...
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How leaders can tap the power of vulnerability
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Showing vulnerability can build connections and trust. One place to start: create a ‘to be’ list rather than a ‘to...
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Sixty years of innovation: Key moments in business technology
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From semiconductors to cell phones to generative AI, here are 25 breakthroughs that changed business forever.
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McKinsey Global Institute: 2024 in charts
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Here are some of the McKinsey Global Institute’s favorite data visualizations from 2024.
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The next big arenas of competition
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Arenas are industries that transform the business landscape. Eighteen future arenas could reshape the global economy and generate...
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America’s small businesses: Time to think big
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US micro-, small, and medium-size enterprises, like their global counterparts, struggle with productivity. But a win–win...
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Time to place our bets: Europe’s AI opportunity
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Boosting Europe’s competitiveness across the AI value chain.
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