Our Big Game picks

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Our Big Game picks

Game Day looks different this pandemic year, but the excitement around the most anticipated annual event in US sports remains. Here’s a collection of articles on some of the day’s themes: food, team-building, strategy, veterans vs. rookies, and advertisements. Sit back in your recliner and snack on these pieces between downs.

The value pitch: The importance of team management

The value pitch: The importance of team value management

Football is a business unlike any other. While money is important, the winning formula is more about the sound management of a club’s most important asset: its team.

Maximize value

High-performing teams: A timeless leadership topic

CEOs and senior executives can employ proven techniques to create top-team performance.

Manage to win

The data gambit: How large B2B companies can outmaneuver start-ups

Incumbents often overlook the value of their most significant asset: their own data.

3 success factors

The future of food: Meatless?

Plant-based “meat” is all the rage. But is it just a fad? In this edition, The Next Normal peers into the future of meat and protein consumption.

Look ahead

Six problem-solving mindsets for very uncertain times

Even the most inscrutable problems have solutions—or better outcomes than have been reached so far. Here’s how the best problem solvers crack the code.

Get creative

Sporting goods 2021: The next normal for an industry in flux

Eight trends are shaping the sporting goods industry in 2021. To win in the next normal, players must adapt to a shifting landscape.

8 trends

Modern marketing: What it is, what it isn’t, and how to do it

To drive growth in the digital age, marketing needs to modernize a specific set of capabilities and mindsets.

Rewire your organization

— Curated by Eleni Kostopoulos, a digital publishing manager in McKinsey Global Publishing based in New York

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