| Monthly Highlights, November 2021 |
As the goal of herd immunity becomes less and less attainable, COVID-19 is likely no longer a disease with a clear end point—it’s one we’ll have to learn to live with. But as society adapts to this new normal, and as the economy starts to emerge from the crisis, leaders must look beyond safeguarding lives and livelihoods and toward a more profound challenge: bettering them. This month, our featured stories explore how corporate, government, and society leaders can achieve growth that’s sustainable and inclusive and growing, as well as how stakeholders need to evolve to manage COVID-19 as an endemic disease. Other highlights in this month’s issue include the following topics:- building a winning strategy in an era of digital disruption
- the evolving roles of financial leaders
- the organizational case for instilling and investing in apprenticeship
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| Growth for all, growth for good. Here, we offer a proposal for business, government, and society leaders. |
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| With prospects of herd immunity fading, endemic COVID-19 is upon us, and new “whole of society” approaches are needed. |
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| New research shows that now is the time for finance leaders to lean into the evolution of their roles and reassert themselves as strategic partners and digital enablers to the business. See the survey findings |
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| Postpandemic skill gaps need filling, and formal learning alone won’t do the trick. Scaling the lost art of one-on-one learning can make the difference. Build employees’ skills |
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| The German auto supplier ZF Friedrichshafen is reinventing a key division. Its head of transformation explains how separating the company’s people leadership from its product lines improves both. Take the learning journey |
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| Embedding AI across an enterprise to tap its full business value requires shifting from bespoke builds to an industrialized AI factory. MLOps can help, but the CEO must facilitate it. Go big |
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| The global payments sector is poised for a quick return to healthy growth, but the benefits will not flow evenly to all participants. See what’s next |
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| Sharpen your problem-solving skills with our latest interactive crossword, Ballot Boxes. Play |
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| Explore this month’s special series of interviews focused on sustainability. Get smart |
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| McKinsey senior colleagues share their formative early-career experiences to help you navigate yours. Watch |
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| To learn how companies can use agile to transform their data infrastructure, read “Using agile to accelerate your data transformation.” Rewind |
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| Learn what matters when it comes to remote, hybrid, and the postpandemic future of work in this Themes post. Catch up |
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| — Curated by Eleni Kostopoulos, a manager of digital publishing in McKinsey’s New York office |
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