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Case Study
How Montefiore Einstein turned technology into enterprise value
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The academic and safety-net hospital system is transforming technology into a driver of patient access, operational reliability, and business growth. By strengthening digital tools, modernizing systems, and embedding AI across workflows, Montefiore Einstein is building a stronger foundation for delivering care.
Interview
Why AI will elevate instead of replace commercial teams
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Covestro’s chief commercial officer Monique Buch thinks of AI as a business strategy not a technology upgrade.
Interview
Lessons in resilience, leadership, and trust: An interview with Kathy Roth-Douquet
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The Blue Star Families’ CEO explains what the military family experience reveals about the meaning of service and the relationships that can strengthen community bonds.
Explainers
AI in five industries: What’s now, and what’s next
The headlines are everywhere. The nuance is more elusive. In these video Explainers, McKinsey partners go sector by...
Lives & Legacies
A hidden figure behind GPS, a cycling champion, and a quiet trucking giant
Our latest obituaries also include a Hollywood animator, a cable industry innovator, and a prize-winning doctor who built a tuberculosis...
Week in Charts
Economic outlook lacks consensus
Economic sentiment among executives continues to fluctuate amid heightened geopolitical uncertainty, with no clear consensus...
Themes
Building the right partnerships for AI transformation
When Indonesia’s second-largest telecom operator set out to “go all in” on an AI-native transformation, success required more...
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Why accelerated resource allocation matters in the age of AI
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Interviews
Podcast
Bayer’s Sai Jasti on driving productivity in R&D with data science and AI
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Sai Jasti, Bayer’s senior vice president and head of data science and AI, on how the company is transforming its workflows and embedding AI in research and development to meet ambitious productivity goals.
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The human advantage in an AI economy
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Tech investment alone won’t deliver a competitive edge. Organizations need systems that strengthen both brain health and AI-era skills so people can keep up with rising cognitive demands.
Interview
Break to grow: Sanjiv Bajaj’s guiding business principle
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Guided by his leadership North Star of “performing for today while transforming for tomorrow,” Sanjiv Bajaj believes in breaking businesses to grow, while fostering an entrepreneurial ethos.
Podcast
Powering supply chain with agentic AI
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Agentic AI could fundamentally reshape supply chain operations, but realizing its potential will require companies to move beyond isolated use cases and orchestrate work across people, processes, and technology.
McKinsey on Books
Author Talks: Why founders misunderstand customer demand
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Why do so many promising products fail to gain traction? A McKinsey alumnus explains why conventional thinking leads founders...
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...
New from the Quarterly
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...
Building expertise in the age of AI: Who trains the next generation?
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As AI reshapes entry-level work, organizations should rethink how expertise is developed by integrating knowledge management,...
McKinsey Institutes
Report - MGI Research
The global balance sheet 2026: Imbalance and divergence
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Several asset classes grew further out of balance with the economy, raising the possibility of corrections through inflation,...
Report - MGI Research
Agents, robots, and us: How AI reshapes work and skills in Europe
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Most skills will still be needed—but how people use them will change as they work alongside intelligent machines.
Report
From access to assets: How early-life wealth building can shape economic mobility
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Investing in children’s financial futures can narrow disparities and expand opportunity. Different scenarios for the new...
Brainteasers
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.
Data Points
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