Discover how market leaders—Walmart, Builders FirstSource, Progressive, and JPMorgan Chase—achieved exceptional growth from 2019 to 2024, outperforming peers by an average of five percentage points in revenue and seven points in profitability. In this episode, Simon Jones, David Schiff , and Kate Siegel discuss their new article on the three critical characteristics that drive sustained profitable business growth: committed investment strategies, diversified growth engines, and systematic technology integration.

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Discover how market leaders&mdash;Walmart, Builders FirstSource, Progressive, and JPMorgan Chase&mdash;achieved exceptional growth from 2019 to 2024, outperforming peers by an average of five percentage points in revenue and seven points in profitability. In this episode, <a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fsimonmichaeljones%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CClare_Kitada-SYDN%40external.mckinsey.com%7Cc6583fe677fe410ba85008dec7db170c%7Ccc8936bc93824fff87cb6f55999549e7%7C0%7C0%7C639167940992681479%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Jqg1NSCA%2Fi89soq1MO23jGepbxHZf6fjqD4HaKNqVkI%3D&amp;reserved=0">Simon Jones</a>, <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/david-schiff?cid=cl4c-cml&amp;sid=%7b%7blead.SFDC%20Id:default=CL4C%7d%7d">David Schiff</a> , and <a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fkatersiegel%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CClare_Kitada-SYDN%40external.mckinsey.com%7Cc6583fe677fe410ba85008dec7db170c%7Ccc8936bc93824fff87cb6f55999549e7%7C0%7C0%7C639167940992712178%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=2hY0H6HJC%2FVVbT4ReUwVn%2BdnFTLlzZQ6hrKFBwm7SiQ%3D&amp;reserved=0">Kate Siegel</a>&nbsp;discuss their new <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/growth-marketing-and-sales/our-insights/inspired-for-business-growth-how-five-companies-beat-the-market?cid=cl4c-cml&amp;sid=%7b%7blead.SFDC%20Id:default=CL4C%7d%7d">article</a>&nbsp;on the three critical characteristics that drive sustained profitable business growth: committed investment strategies, diversified growth engines, and systematic technology integration.
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