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More than 55 percent of large spin-offs fail to deliver the expected value three years post-spin; this is true for both the parent and the new company. However, even in today’s complex macro environment, there is plenty of spin activity as companies look outside the portfolio in ... Show More

Today’s board members face growing demands on their time. A challenging macro environment and ever-evolving business risks are increasing meeting frequency and requiring faster decision-making. For executives considering a board role, the developmental opportunity may be clear — ... Show More

Buy-side carve-outs can create significant value for acquiring companies, but they can also present complex challenges. In this episode, we’re joined by Kameron Kordestani, Anna Mattson, and Rui Silva to discuss how leaders—particularly CFOs, integration managers, and CHROs—must ... Show More

In this episode of the McKinsey Global Institute’s Forward Thinking podcast, co-host Michael Chui talks with Matthew J. Slaughter, Paul Danos Dean and Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Slaughter takes the te ... Show More

This week, NYU Stern School of Business finance professor Aswath Damodaran, joined to talk about why corporate earnings reports and regulatory filings keep getting longer, and why it's not necessarily a good thing for investors. Professor Damodaran explained why he thinks we are ... Show More

On this very special bonus episode of CMO Moves, Adweek's Chief Content Officer Ann Marinovich sits down with Megan Clarken, CEO at Criteo and Keith Bryan, President of Best Buy Ads & SVP of Media Strategy & CRM at Best Buy for a conversation exploring the opportunities of growin ... Show More

In this bonus episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we're taking you on the road to the big U.S. sustainability conference GreenBiz22. We sit down with Joel Makower, who is Chairman and Co-Founder of GreenBiz Group, which produces the three-day event bringing together sustainabilit ... Show More

The world’s largest listed hedge fund manager, Man Group, has a female in charge for the first time in its 240 year history. Robyn Grew was promoted from president to CEO last September, the high point of a 15-year career at the firm. On the latest episode of Leaders With Lacqua, ... Show More

<p>Banking instability. High interest rates. Pervasive geopolitical upset. These and other headwinds are pressing powerfully against leaders’ and organizations’ attempts to be more productive and create more economic value. In this episode of <em>The McKinsey Podcast</em>, senior ... Show More

<p>Globalization isn’t going away, but it is changing, according to recent research from the<br>McKinsey Global Institute (MGI). In this episode of <em>The McKinsey Podcast</em>, MGI director Olivia White speaks with global editorial director Lucia Rahilly about the flows of good ... Show More

<p>Milton Friedman, the renowned American economist and spiritual mentor of many entrepreneurs, argued that the social responsibility of business was to increase profits. This has been the gospel since the early 1970s, but companies and investors are beginning to rethink the purp ... Show More

<p>In this episode, Nicolai Tangen talks to Nandan Nilekani Co-founder and Chairman of Infosys, one of the world’s largest IT companies with more than 300 000 employees. Nandan has had an amazing career both at Infosys and for the Indian government where he led the biggest social ... Show More

<p>Wael Sawan is a Lebanese Canadian business executive who became CEO of Shell in 2023. He shares unique insights into navigating the complex landscape of energy transition, aiming for sustainability while meeting global energy demands. In this episode, Wael also shares his pers ... Show More