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Inside the Strategy Room

McKinsey & Company

We talk with McKinsey partners and corporate executives on the challenges they face creating lasting strategies in a fast-changing world. We also examine the different ways these executives approach these challenges and the new and innovative ways they think of creating a vision for their enterprises.

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330 episodes

  1. 330. The CEO mindset: Six undelegatable roles in strategy 56:27
  2. 329. Resisting “financial gravity”: How purpose-driven companies endure 48:15
  3. 328. Driving agentic transformation: How AI is rewriting the playbook on large-scale change 44:52
  4. 327. Four strategy myths holding your company back 52:29
  5. 326. M&A heading into Q4: How AI is reshaping value creation 47:14
  6. 325. Addressing AI Frontier Lab model risks and opportunities 50:11
  7. 324. How strategy creates value: The four foundations that drive long-term performance 51:22
  8. 323. How to drive transformations with rigor 48:23
  9. 322. Capturing value in real estate’s new terrain 47:13
  10. 321. M&A integration: PE’s new value creation playbook 43:58
  11. 320. The digital twin: Reimagining non-financial risk management 44:49
  12. 319. Why strategy needs mobilization, especially in this moment 31:47
  13. 318. Inside the 2026 CFO Forum: How finance leaders are preparing for what's next (bonus episode) 17:38
  14. 317. Strategic re-underwriting in private equity 51:00
  15. 316. Your budget is killing your strategy: 4 imperatives for CFOs 55:04
  16. 315. The $106 trillion infrastructure opportunity: Private market outlook 50:18
  17. 314. How to maximize competitive advantage 48:12
  18. 313. Driving value with an investor mindset 47:31
  19. 312. Improving private equity exit prospects 47:59
  20. 311. Proven growth strategies from market leaders 1:00:27
  21. 310. The CEO's role in transformation 51:02
  22. 309. Five key moves to create value in spinoffs 53:53
  23. 308. From the C-Suite to the boardroom: Christiana Smith Shi on what it takes 50:22
  24. 307. Making buy-side carve-outs work for everyone 55:20
  25. 306. Transforming value creation in private equity portfolio companies 54:46
  26. 305. Prudential’s Charles Lowrey on finishing strong as CEO 39:25
  27. 304. The coming wave of business transfers 54:27
  28. 303. How finance leaders are driving value with AI 51:21
  29. 302. What every CEO can learn from private equity 53:05
  30. 301. Using generative AI to conduct outside-in diligence 49:28
  31. 300. The CEO’s agenda for thriving in the agentic age 53:30
  32. 299. The new CEO’s guide to stakeholder impact 54:19
  33. 298. The CEO as a resilience leader 55:44
  34. 297. Boards in the age of AI 46:29
  35. 296. The power of rigor in transformation 47:34
  36. 295. AI, strategy, and the future of work: What business leaders need to know 35:28
  37. 294. Goldman Sachs’ David Solomon on adapting to economic and technological change 41:20
  38. 293. Private equity 2026 outlook: Clearer view, tougher terrain 54:03
  39. 292. 2026 M&A Trends: Navigating a rapidly rebounding market 48:47
  40. 291. ‘Having a human bank is very important’: A conversation with Citi CEO Jane Fraser 42:48
  41. 290. Tim Koller reflects on three decades of Valuation at McKinsey 28:57
  42. 289. The CFO as growth leader: Levi’s Harmit Singh on transformation and the “Magic of the And.” 36:41
  43. 288. Securing agentic AI: A playbook 54:18
  44. 287. IBM Chairman, President, and CEO Arvind Krishna on setting bold ambition and driving growth through innovation 43:13
  45. 286. The Cigna Group’s Brian Evanko on improving affordability and prevention in healthcare 34:45
  46. 285. Keys to success for CFOs leading transformations 51:35
  47. 284. Inside the Chief of Staff role 46:34
  48. 283. The CEO as chief storyteller 50:47
  49. 282. Investing in innovation: A pathway to resilient growth 48:43
  50. 281. Pricing to create value across the private equity portfolio 53:18