As a new year begins, businesses across sectors are facing familiar challenges: COVID-19, experimental workplace models, economic uncertainty, climate change, and social inequity. Addressing these overarching issues in meaningful ways often falls off the everyday to-do list of architects, but for company executives, strategic, big-picture thinking is their p ... Show More
Apr 2024
CEO priorities: Where to focus as the year unfolds
<p>Over the past several years, CEOs have faced mounting uncertainty–and 2024 is proving no exception. On this episode of <em>The McKinsey Podcast, </em>Homayoun Hatami, McKinsey's managing partner for client capabilities, and Liz Hilton Segel, McKinsey's chief client officer, sp ... Show More
24m 38s
Dec 2025
Building leaders from the ground up
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 Rober ... Show More
26m 25s
Jan 2023
Navigating business risks: How to focus on what matters
Text us your thoughts on this episodeAfter a series of crises, from the pandemic to geopolitical issues to the current economic conditions, executives are becoming seasoned in handling challenges. Today we’ll explore how executives can evaluate evolving risks, meet the changing n ... Show More
18m 44s
Sep 2021
Project Leaders Solving Complex Problems: Top Tricks & Tips
<p>With disruption a near constant, project leaders must be able to solve complex problems in uncertain situations. We discuss this with: <br/><br/>Raquel Selem Moreira, design and innovation project manager at Pierre Fabre Group, Rio de Janeiro: Selem Moreira talks about breakin ... Show More
17m 30s
Apr 2023
Leadership in an Era of Uncertainty and Change
<p>CEOs generally face either economic uncertainty (the Great Recession) or great change (the digital-driven era preceding the pandemic). Today’s leaders are facing both at the same time, explains Rich Lesser, BCG’s chair. While uncertainty requires resilience, change requires ev ... Show More
21m 38s
Sep 2023
4 strategies for tackling the toughest challenges
The boldest of entrepreneurs take on the impossible. Recorded live at the Masters of Scale Summit, four scale leaders in Bjarke Ingels, Aurora James, Kathryn Finney, and Scott Harrison offer their strategies and ideas around taking on society’s most complex and tough challenges. ... Show More
32m 55s