Inside the Strategy Room

McKinsey research finds that companies executing transformations with rigor are much more likely to meet overall organizational transformation goals. Chris Hagedorn, Preeya Mody, and Michel Morenville join us to discuss what rigor really means in the context of transformation and how to embed it throughout the process, from setting the aspiration to mobilizing to delivering impact.
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Rigor: What it takes to turn ambition into impact
The power of rigor in transformation (podcast episode)
Wave by McKinsey
McKinsey Insights on Transformation
How to gain and sustain a competitive edge through transformation
Going all in: Why employee ‘will’ can make or break transformations
Seven principles for achieving transformational growth
Beyond transformation: What we now know about driving bottom-line performance
The powerful role financial incentives can play in a transformation
McKinsey Transformation on LinkedIn
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Real estate is moving from stabilization to selective acceleration, with value creation becoming more targeted, operational, and execution-led. As capital concentrates in select sectors and strategies, leaders need sharper asset selection, disciplined capital structures, and stronger AI-enabled capabilities. Ben Dimson, Tripp Norton, and Aditya Sanghvi discuss how General Partners, Limited Partners, and real estate operators can turn market complexity into an advantage, drawing on research from their recent article.

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Real estate builds on new terrain
Real estate’s selective recovery
How agentic AI can reshape real estate’s operating model
2026 Global Private Markets Report: Private equity−clearer view, tougher terrain
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Private equity is navigating one of its most challenging value creation environments in years, and winning firms are using M&A integration as a competitive weapon. Brian Dinneen and Matthew Maloney join us to discuss three high-impact integration strategies that leading sponsors are using to overcome these headwinds, based on their recent article.
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How private equity is using M&A integrations to overcome headwinds
Unlocking full potential: Five practices reshaping PE value creation
2026 Global Private Markets Report: Private equity−clearer view, tougher terrain
Beating the odds: How private equity firms can improve exit prospects
Transforming value creation in private equity portfolio companies (podcast)

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The risk function’s fundamental purpose has not changed in light of AI. What has changed is the nature and pace of risks amplified by AI, as well as the tools available to manage them. Anke Raufuss, Björn Nilsson, and Laura Webanck join us to discuss the role of the digital twin and how it is changing the future of risk management.
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Evolving model risk management in the age of AI
How companies can strengthen their geopolitical risk readiness
Global risk productivity survey: Four themes shaping risk management
The future of risk: How global trends are reshaping risk management
From risk to resilience: New approaches to navigating disruption in Asia
Risk and Resilience on McKinsey.com
McKinsey Risk & Resilience on LinkedIn


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As strategy rises to the top of executive agendas, many organizations are struggling to translate bold strategic choices into sustained performance. In this episode, the global coleaders of our Strategy and Corporate Finance Practice, Sébastien Lacroix and Andy West, along with Whitney Zimmerman, a distinguished expert in strategy, discuss why mobilization has become the critical differentiator between strategy success and failure, and how leaders can build the capabilities needed to turn strategy into action in an era of intensified competition, ever-accelerating change, and uncertainty.
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Strategy and Value: The Four Foundations That Drive Long-Term Performance (our new book, due out in November)
How to maximize competitive advantage
How to ensure your company acts on your strategy
How strategy champions win
Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick
Fundamentals of strategy and value creation
Have you tested your strategy lately?
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