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The McKinsey Podcast

McKinsey & Company

The McKinsey Podcast, our new flagship podcast series, takes you inside our global firm, and features conversations with experts on issues that matter most in business and management. McKinsey & Company is a management-consulting firm that helps businesses, governments, and not-for-profit organizations realize their most important goals. Topics covered in this series include strategy, technology, leadership, marketing, operations, organization, and the role of business in society.

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35:02

The future of work is agentic

The McKinsey Podcast ·

2025/08/15

Think about yourorg chart. Now imagine it features both your current colleagues—humans, if you’re like most of us—and AI agents. That’s not science fiction; it’s happening. And it’s happening relatively quickly, according to McKinsey Senior PartnerJorge Amar. In this episode ofThe McKinsey Podcast, originally broadcast onMcKinsey Talks Talent, Jorge joins McKinsey talent leadersBrooke WeddleandBryan Hancock and Global Editorial Director Lucia Rahilly to talk about

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25:00

A conversation about valuation

The McKinsey Podcast ·

2025/07/31

Don’t lose sight of the long term. It’s a core message from the eighth edition of Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies, McKinsey’s seminal guide for corporate-finance professionals. It also describes the unique investment approach of the legendary investor Warren Buffett, who will step down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway at the end of 2025. In this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, we hear an excerpt from our Author Talks series featuring Valuation coauthor and

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26:48

What the latest trends in sporting goods mean for brands

The McKinsey Podcast ·

2025/07/17

Pickleball, padel—yes, they’re hot.Nevertheless, a third of the world’s adults are inactive—and among youth, inactivity is even more pronounced, according to McKinsey PartnerAlexander Thiel. In this episode ofThe McKinsey Podcast, Alexander joins Global Editorial Director and Deputy Publisher Lucia Rahilly to discuss this year’s whipsawing consumer trends, as well as what sporting goods leaders can do to harness them to combat slowing growth. Articles/pieces mentioned:

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28:29

Tariffs and trade: Preparing for the unpredictable

The McKinsey Podcast ·

2025/07/03

As geopolitical tensions persist, global trade dynamics are becoming increasingly complex—and many leaders find themselves on tenterhooks. On this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, Cindy Levy and Shubham Singhal, two global coleaders of McKinsey’s geopolitics work, join Global Editorial Director Lucia Rahilly to discuss how to move forward amid rapidly reconfiguring trade relationships—regardless of the way current tariff talks play out. This conversation has been adapted from our

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25:28

Confronting the affordable-housing crisis

The McKinsey Podcast ·

2025/06/24

The US housing crunch is bad—and it’s getting worse. Wider access to safe, affordable homes is vital to enabling economic mobility for all Americans—and to harnessing what McKinsey Partner JP Julien, a leader of the McKinsey Institute for Economic Mobility, calls a “massive” untapped economic opportunity. On this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, JP joins Global Editorial Director Lucia Rahilly to discuss what’s causing the crisis in affordable housing, who’s

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12:47

Data centers: The race to power AI

The McKinsey Podcast ·

2025/06/05

Leaders worldwide are moving fast to deploy AI at scale. But scaling AI means more data centers—and data centers consume vast quantities of energy. On this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, McKinsey’s Jesse Noffsinger and Pankaj Sachdeva speak with Global Editorial Director Lucia Rahilly about what needs to happen to build new, bigger data centers quickly, as well as to sate their growing hunger for power. Articles mentioned: A generational shift: The future of foreign aid Risk

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20:56

Time to revisit your M&A strategy

The McKinsey Podcast ·

2025/05/22

M&A activity is down, as is private equity investment, and companies are facing a range of new geopolitical tensions. Still, there is a path to growth through M&A for those companies that maintain an active acquisition strategy, understand their capabilities, and avoid certain assets, says McKinsey Senior Partner Jake Henry. On this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, he and McKinsey Senior Partner Mieke Van Oostende join McKinsey Editorial Director Roberta Fusaro to discuss findings from

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18:46

Don’t get stuck in a rut—update how you operate

The McKinsey Podcast ·

2025/05/08

People are asked to update the operating systems on their phones all the time. What if leaders applied that same kind of polishing and bug fixing to themselves? McKinsey research shows that executives who periodically review and revise their priorities, roles, time, and energy tend to be more productive, work more consciously, and drive change more effectively. In this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, Senior Partner Arne Gast joins McKinsey Editorial Director Roberta Fusaro to discuss how leaders

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24:18

Quantum computing: Game on

The McKinsey Podcast ·

2025/04/24

Quantum computing has long been technology’s white whale. But in recent months, new developments suggest practical applications for this elusive technology could finally be within reach. “Quantum has been five to ten years away from fruition for many, many decades,” says McKinsey Partner Michael Bogobowicz. “Now it feels three to five years away.” In this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, Bogobowicz joins McKinsey Global Editorial Director Lucia Rahilly to discuss how

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27:35

The fashion industry faces a world in flux

The McKinsey Podcast ·

2025/04/11

One thing is clear for the fashion industry in 2025. Due to climate change, global trade uncertainties, and consumers focused on value, growth is expected to be slow. However, despite the negative environment, McKinsey Senior Partner, Gemma D’Auria says there are opportunities to mine. On this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, she speaks with Global Editorial Director Lucia Rahilly about our latest state of fashion research and how brands can navigate the challenges. Theme music is composed,

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26:56

When the career ladder breaks for women—and how to...

The McKinsey Podcast ·

2025/03/27

Career advancement is tough for everyone—but for women, it can feel particularly elusive. There’s a reason for that, according to the new book The Broken Rung: for every 100 men promoted early in their careers, only 81 women experience that same opportunity. On this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, the book’s authors, McKinsey Senior Partners Kweilin Ellingrud, Lareina Yee, and María del Mar Martínez, join McKinsey Global Editorial Director Lucia Rahilly to discuss

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24:04

Gen AI is here—but where are its users?

The McKinsey Podcast ·

2025/03/13

Gen AI is evolving fast—but employee adoption is slow for most companies. On this episode ofThe McKinsey Podcast, we feature an episode of our technology podcast,At the Edge. Tech visionaries Navin Chaddha, managing partner at Mayfield Fund; Kiran Prasad, McKinsey senior adviser and CEO and cofounder of Big Basin Labs; and Naba Banerjee, McKinsey senior adviser and former director of trust and operations at Airbnb, join guest host and McKinsey Senior PartnerBrian Gregg. They unpack the

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7:41

McKinsey’s highlights from Mobile World Congress

The McKinsey Podcast ·

2025/03/05

Companies are getting practical abouthow to create value from gen AI– while 5G, satellites, andinnovations in phone designalso take center stage. This is a special, bonus episodeofThe McKinsey Podcast. McKinsey Partner Ferry Grijpink joined McKinsey Editorial Director Roberta Fusaro to share some immediate takeaways from the annual Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona. Theme music composed, performed, and produced by Joy Ngiaw.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

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25:51

What's next for global banking?

The McKinsey Podcast ·

2025/02/28

Banking has had a couple of very good years—the best, in fact, since the global financial crisis of 2007–09. Yet to some, the industry’s outlook seems less buoyant than recent profitability might suggest. On this episode ofThe McKinsey Podcast, McKinsey Senior Partners Klaus Dallerup and Pradip Patiath speak with McKinsey Global Editorial Director Lucia Rahilly about McKinsey’s latestglobal banking annual review, breaking down the sources of skepticism, the risks and

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26:09

Building leaders from the ground up

The McKinsey Podcast ·

2025/02/14

CEOs are confronting double the number of critical issues today compared with ten years ago. On this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, McKinsey Senior Partners Daniel Pacthod and Kurt Strovink, along with McKinsey Senior Advisor Wyman Howard, join McKinsey Editorial Director Roberta Fusaro to discuss the characteristics today’s business leaders need to handle greater and more frequent waves of disruption and how organizations can create the infrastructure and conditions to build team-oriented

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20:41

Special episode: Debriefing Davos 2025

The McKinsey Podcast ·

2025/01/29

The World Economic Forum was buzzing as leaders confront a world in flux. In this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, McKinsey senior partners Daniel Pacthod, Rodney Zemmel, and Tracy Francis talk with McKinsey global editorial director, Lucia Rahilly, about what happened inDavos last week (originally recorded for our webinar series,McKinsey Live). Key themes on the mountaintop were: AI transformation,resilience and geopolitics,EU competitiveness,the energy transition, andwomen’s health. Theme

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18:53

Navigating the new geopolitical uncertainty

The McKinsey Podcast ·

2025/01/16

Yes, the changing geopolitical reality presents new risks—but like all disruptions, it may also create new opportunities.On this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, Cindy Levy and Shubham Singhal, global coleaders of McKinsey’s geopolitics work, speak with global editorial director Lucia Rahilly about how leaders can orient themselves within this evolving geopolitical landscape and, in particular, begin to move beyond mitigating risk to finding and mobilizing on new opportunities. Articles

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15:19

Replaying a full year of The McKinsey Podcast—in just...

The McKinsey Podcast ·

2024/12/19

Technology, talent, decarbonization—we explored these and many other topics this year onThe McKinsey Podcast. A range of McKinsey partners joined us on the mic and offered theirperspectives on the pivots that global business leaders have made to compete more effectively.On this episode, we revisit a few those discussions and offer quick takes from McKinsey partnerson what has mattered most to CEOs and other C-suite leaders over the past 12 months. Also, McKinsey senior partners Kweilin

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19:02

The industries reshaping our global economy

The McKinsey Podcast ·

2024/12/12

“A bank and a steel company can walk into a bar and not have much to do with each other. But once one of the arena companies walks in, we’re all involved.” That’s McKinsey Global Institute director Chris Bradley. On the latest episode of The McKinsey Podcast, Chris spoke with global editorial director Lucia Rahilly about a new report delving into the next arenas of competition—namely, a set of dynamic, high-growth industries that are fundamentally redefining the global

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27:15

What will it take for working women to rise?

The McKinsey Podcast ·

2024/11/21

Ten years of research on women in the workplace, conducted by McKinsey in partnership with LeanIn.Org, reveals what’s better, what’s worse, and what all of us can do now to help more women advance—more quickly—at work. On this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, McKinsey senior partners Alexis Krivkovich and Lareina Yee speak with global editorial director Lucia Rahilly about where women’s experiences have improved, stalled, and even worsened over the past ten years, as well as about how to finally

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