#McKinseyInsightsPublications

Can we unlock AI’s promise without surrendering human judgment? Technology leader Tiffany Xingyu Wang says the answer lies in learning not whether to trust AI, but when—and how much.

Permitting delays ripple unevenly across states depending on their industry mix. Companies with projects in the queue can take steps to manage delays.

Small brands are out-innovating giants, buying patterns are changing, and scale isn’t the shield it used to be. Here’s how AI could help fund the next wave of growth in food and beverage.

There are certain aspects of the AI opportunity that chief executives cannot hand off to others—raising the organization’s ambition, rearchitecting how it works, and resetting its culture.

McKinsey research finds that companies executing transformations with rigor are much more likely to meet overall organizational transformation goals.…

With a more coordinated approach, smaller cities in the middle of the country could generate trillions of dollars in added economic output.

The National Nuclear Security Administration’s CIO shares that modernization means rebuilding infrastructure, data, and talent at once—while keeping the mission and a relentless pace of change in mind.

Companies often have significant opportunities to unlock cash. Four practices can help CFOs free it up.

Boards and CEOs can build value-creation plans that withstand and even benefit from shareholder activist scrutiny.

The risk function’s fundamental purpose has not changed, but the nature of the risks, the pace at which they materialize, and the tools available to manage them have.

Household budgets in Africa are tight and channels increasingly fragmented. Four trends are redefining how consumers discover, decide, and spend, and how consumer-facing companies can respond.

As technology transforms the factory floor, industrial companies are confronting a broader question: What will it take to lead the next era of manufacturing?

Agentic AI is reshaping the case for modernization in insurance. Leaders from Guidewire, Bessemer Venture Partners, and SAP discuss how insurers can respond, considering their existing commitments.

The first phase of enterprise AI put powerful new tools in people’s hands. Capturing the larger opportunity from agentic AI will require leaders to rethink the shape of the organization itself.

Inference is reshaping AI economics, infrastructure architectures, and investment priorities across the semiconductor ecosystem.

From shipping and rare earths to energy and security, the Arctic is gaining importance in the global economy. The Financial Times’ Rana Foroohar explores its role in a new era of great-power competition.

With industry performance plateauing, medtech leaders must earn back investor trust with fresh strategies and better execution.

As construction productivity stagnates, companies can stand out by employing granular, achievable rates of production to optimize schedules, improve productivity, and make delivery predictable.

From black swans to gray rhinos, geopolitical shocks are multiplying. Here’s the tool kit smart leaders use to see them coming.

Marrying Eastern philosophy and Western management culture has given many of Asia’s owner-CEOs a unique edge in growing their businesses.