The Horizons Tracker

MAY 24, 2022

For all the hype surrounding technologies such as AI, for most of the last few years, there has been precious little return on the investments companies were making. Many AI-related projects were stuck in a research or pilot phase and were subsequently making little real impact on the operations of the business.

Company 113

Company Survey McKinsey Project 113

HR Digest

JULY 28, 2021

History, if it has taught us anything at all, has taught us that technology has created large employment and sector shifts, but also widened job opportunities. But less than half of the respondents had a clear sense of how to address the problem. We are at a major inflection point that will largely determine the future of work.

McKinsey 134

McKinsey Aggregate Demand Industry Crisis 134

Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 30, 2020

The continuing advancement and convergence of artificial intelligence, bio-technology, nanotechnology, virtual and augmented reality, quantum computing, and Big Data will automate millions of jobs in the United States. McKinsey predicts that by 2030, over 25 million jobs in the United States will be automated. Are you “Bulletproof?”

Career 231

Career Learning-by-Doing McKinsey Technology 231

The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Just how much does satisfying today’s customer reduce the cost of acquiring tomorrow’s? But how to quantify that to show senior executives the value of building a customer-centered culture? ” Does that bring any painful encounters with, say, communication, technology, entertainment, or insurance companies to mind?

McKinsey 124

McKinsey Human Resources Insurance Cost 124

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

How do you prepare for what you don’t know because it is changing so fast? If you don’t solve the skills riddle with agility, curiosity, and smart technology capabilities, your organization could fade from existence.” When I was a technology marketing exec in 2009, I heard the words nurture marketing. Marti Konstant .

Skills 145

Skills Emotional Intelligence CFO Power 145

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

How do you recommend readers read the book and use it to apply the learnings? One theme that cut across the interviews was that of humility, and Reed Hastings of Netflix shared a very memorable story of how he learned what servant leadership meant.

CEO 104

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 104

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 14, 2022

How do you recommend readers read the book and use it to apply the learnings? One theme that cut across the interviews was that of humility, and Reed Hastings of Netflix shared a very memorable story of how he learned what servant leadership meant.

CEO 94

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 94

Eric Jacobson

JUNE 23, 2022

How do you recommend readers read the book and use it to apply the learnings? One theme that cut across the interviews was that of humility, and Reed Hastings of Netflix shared a very memorable story of how he learned what servant leadership meant.

CEO 83

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 83

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 18, 2023

How do you recommend readers read the book and use it to apply the learnings? One theme that cut across the interviews was that of humility, and Reed Hastings of Netflix shared a very memorable story of how he learned what servant leadership meant.

CEO 65

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 65

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 31, 2022

How do you recommend readers read the book and use it to apply the learnings? One theme that cut across the interviews was that of humility, and Reed Hastings of Netflix shared a very memorable story of how he learned what servant leadership meant.

CEO 65

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 65

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Filled with in-depth insights from experts at McKinsey & Company, this reliable resource takes a much more qualitative approach to what the authors consider a lost art. Addresses how to ensure your company has the right governance, performance measurement, and internal discussions to encourage value-creating decisions.

ROIC 62

ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

A recent survey conducted by McKinsey found that 42% of millennial and Gen Z consumers cited purpose as the primary reason they switched brands. After all, your business’s future success depends not only on the health and longevity of the community in which you operate — but also on the health of our entire world.

Mission Statement 78

Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

A recent survey conducted by McKinsey found that 42% of millennial and Gen Z consumers cited purpose as the primary reason they switched brands. After all, your business’s future success depends not only on the health and longevity of the community in which you operate — but also on the health of our entire world. Ernst & Young.

Mission Statement 78

Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Authority on new technology and communication. Tammy Erickson – McKinsey award-winning author. a holding company that operates seven distinct business. Operations Group Baring Private Equity. Author: How to Be Happy at Work. . Claire Diaz-Ortiz – Technology innovator and speaker. Former CEOs / Advisors.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Eric Jacobson

MAY 25, 2016

In order to survive over the long term and gain competitive advantage, companies must learn how to connect profoundly with the world around them -- not only with customers and stakeholders, but also with employees, local communities, politicians, and the environment itself." Today, technology is making all business activity more transparent.

Company 50

Company Competitive Advantage Open-book Long-term 50

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2018

A recent survey by Deloitte of “aggressive adopters” of cognitive technologies found that 76% believe that they will “substantially transform” their companies within the next three years. There probably hasn’t been this much excitement about a new technology since the dotcom boom years in the late 1990s.

Project 9

Project How To Technology ROI 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 18, 2018

It seems beyond debate: Technology is going to replace jobs, or, more precisely, the people holding those jobs. Here are four ways to think about the people left behind after the trucks bring in all the new technology. ” The point of technology, she argues, is to boost productivity, not cut the workforce.

Creativity 15

Creativity Strategy Venture Capitalist McKinsey 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

companies can’t fill their open positions, according to a McKinsey Global Institute study that found that analytical, engineering, and management roles are the hardest to fill. Adaptable Processes Identify and modify key business processes, policies, and procedures to align with the new ways of operating.

Content 9

Content Katz Forrester Budgeting 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

In-house strategy and consulting groups are growing in popularity , supplementing and increasingly winning business from traditional consulting firms such as McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group and Bain & Company. Here’s what we’ve learned about how to establish a successful internal consulting group.

Consultative 8

Consultative Team How To McKinsey 8

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

As 2023 draws to a close and companies begin to settle on the wages and hikes for the next year, the question of how to create an equitable compensation system might flash in everyone’s mind—if briefly. percent of senior managerial and directorial roles , according to McKinsey. percent of the U.S.

System 52

System How To Benchmarking Diversity 52

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2013

If you want to put analytics to work and build a more analytical organization, you need two cadres of employees: Analytics professionals to mine and prepare data, perform statistical operations, build models, and program the surrounding business applications. million business people with the know-how to put big data analytics to use.

How To 8

How To Competitive Intelligence Information Technology McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 5, 2018

USC’s John Boudreau, CEO adviser Ram Charan, and consultants at Bain & Company , McKinsey, and Korn Ferry have made similar arguments. These are jobs in R&D, technology, and other areas vital to a firm’s strategic direction, product development, and process efficiency. So how do you keep them?

McKinsey 8

McKinsey Human Resources Reputation Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2018

But it’s particularly difficult for large, traditional firms , especially those which operate in consolidated, non-growth industries (think pulp and paper, steel, airlines) and which are often located away from the metropolitan areas where data scientists live. And they can create a lot of value by generating new business.

Bottom-up 9

Bottom-up Operations Training Efficiency 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 28, 2017

With unemployment rates in most developed nations at the lowest levels since the Great Recession, and with new skill sets required to keep pace with head-spinning technological advances, it’s no surprise the talent acquisition environment is incredibly competitive. How to Develop Leaders Who Can Drive Strategic Change.

Content 8

Content Survey Talent Management McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

We were struck by the assumption made by an article in The McKinsey Quarterly this month. Thus, as the McKinsey Global Institute team states, and its analysis of 80 years of data shows, "over the long term. Yet, as obviously logical as that finding turns out to be, McKinsey was right to frame it as counterintuitive.

McKinsey 14

McKinsey Efficiency Long-term Analysis 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 21, 2012

How's this for counter-intuitive? Social technologies — the software and services that make it possible to show off your vacation pictures to all your Facebook friends and follow your favorite team tweet by tweet — are not just giant time sinks that keep your employees from getting their work done. trillion annually.

Media 15

Media Productivity Products Technology 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

To reorient themselves around value, health systems must rethink how they deliver care. Improving access to care, increasing workforce productivity, optimizing clinical operations, and managing population health are important—and interrelated steps. Brandon Carrus, a senior partner at McKinsey & Co.

Health Care 8

Health Care Content Chief Information Officer Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

New research , funded by the Tony Elumelu Foundation and conducted by my team at the African Institution of Technology , shows that within Africa, innovation is accelerating and the continent is finding better ways of solving local problems, even as it attracts top technology global brands.

Innovation 8

Innovation Engineering Entrepreneur Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2014

The immense promise of big data to reveal new opportunities and deliver practical business results has so far been focused on technologies and models, and less on the human challenges of staffing roles and processes to take advantage of big data’s promise. Information & technology' The study also found a looming need for over 1.5

Information Technology 8

Information Technology Technology McKinsey Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2014

That frustration highlights how important it is for insurers – not only health insurers, but also property and casualty and, increasingly, life insurers – to master digital. Yet, while insurance companies all understand that digital is having an impact on their business, few appreciate how fast and how fundamentally the business is changing.

Insurance 8

Insurance Company Maturity Decentralization 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

At McKinsey, we are conducting our own research into the impact of automation on jobs and organizations and recently published a brief paper previewing some of our findings. These activities can be automated with currently demonstrated technology, completing the analysis more quickly and accurately than the manager ever could.

Osborne 8

Osborne Technology McKinsey Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

” A 10-year McKinsey study on flow found that top executives are up to 500% more productive when they’re in a state of flow. ” Despite advances in technology, and perhaps in large part because of it, many find themselves working well beyond 5 PM just to keep up with their workloads, but it doesn’t have to be that way.

Outsourcing 15

Outsourcing Stress Productivity Products 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2011

We talked to David Lawee , vice president of corporate development at Google, about how he got to where he is and the role that luck has played in his career. After two years at McKinsey, I co-founded a venture capital firm in Canada, moved on to a couple startups here in the Valley, and then ended up at Google. Staying Relevant.

Entrepreneur 15

Entrepreneur McKinsey Technology Career 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2014

The joint challenge today for CMOs and heads of sales (or CSOs – Chief Sales Officers) is how they can work together to discover insights that matter, design the right offers and customer experiences based on those insights, and then deliver them effectively to the right people across multiple channels to drive growth.

Marketing 11

Marketing Guidelines B2C Analysis 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

We are delighted to announce the winners of the Beyond Bureaucracy Challenge , the second leg of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for Management Innovation. They call it a "WeOrg" — and their story offers up a playbook for any organization looking to inject more freedom and self-regulation into its operations. Story by Bjarte Bogsnes.

Bureaucracy 12

Bureaucracy Company Agility CIO 12

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Well, Angelia, according to a recent study by McKinsey, over $1.3 The digital work crisis is this unnerving pace of technological change, complex global networks, and lists product and service variation in almost infinite work streams, a whole tone of digital distractions, and fundamental access to more data than humans can handle.

Content 8

Content Crisis Apparel Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

As Steve Davis, former lead in McKinsey's Social Innovation practice and president of the global health NGO, Path, has said: "The best social innovations are not necessarily widely adopted. This framework has the potential to reverse the typical role of CSR, currently viewed as a way to "give back" to communities that a business operates in.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Porter Team Innovation 8