Shapers and Founders: Scaling without losing soul

How do founders keep the entrepreneurial spirit that built their companies while adding the structure needed to grow? In this episode, host Jennifer Chiang speaks with Gautam Kumra, chairman of McKinsey Asia and co-founder of the McKinsey Center for CEO Excellence, about his new book, Shapers and F…

Shapers and Founders: Understanding the owner mindset

What core behaviors and governing mindsets guide Asia’s highest-performing owner-CEOs? In this episode, host Jennifer Chiang speaks with Joydeep Sengupta, a McKinsey senior partner and co-founder of the McKinsey Center for CEO Excellence, about the interviews behind his new book, Shapers and Founde…

Shapers and Founders: The traits behind outsized value creation in Asia

Across Asia, founder-led companies create outsized value compared with professional CEOs. Is this edge something founders are born with or something they build? In this episode, host Jennifer Chiang speaks with Cheryl Lim, a McKinsey partner based in the Kuala Lumpur office and co-author of Shapers…

From healthcare to health: Asia’s longevity opportunity

On average, people are living longer than before, raising a broader conversation about how to create an ecosystem that effectively combines the delivery of care with proven ways to prevent illness. 

Advancing climate adaptation in Asia: Protecting people, protecting growth

Global spending on climate adaptation is running at roughly a third of what protecting everyone exposed today would require. At 2°C of warming, the gap widens further still. The economic case for closing it is strong, and yet investment remains far short of what the science demands In this episode…

How foreign direct investment is shaping future business

Foreign direct investment is increasingly being channeled into future-shaping industries, reconfiguring trade networks. In this Future of Asia Podcast episode, host Debbi Cheong talks to McKinsey experts Jeongmin Seong and Tiago Devesa, two of the authors of the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) rep…

Leading a metabolic health revolution in Asia

Governments and health systems across Asia aspire to shift toward proactive, preventive care. Yet historically, prevention budgets and policies haven’t matched the rhetoric, leaving reactive treatment models dominant. Today, a new era of change is emerging — from public health initiatives and infr…

Respect above all: Narayana Murthy’s core business belief

Narayana Murthy, founder of Indian technology services and consulting giant, Infosys, discusses the vital role that respect and compassion play for him in being a successful business lead

Exploring the frontier: Technology trends in Asia

Cutting-edge technologies present exciting possibilities for organizations, but their full potential needs to be unlocked. 

Mazumdar-Shaw’s bold biotech mission: Affordable, accessible healthcare

Biotech entrepreneurs across Asia are navigating funding gaps, weak innovation ecosystems, and unpredictable regulatory systems. For many, these challenges make it difficult to scale science-led businesses and deliver affordable healthcare solutions. In this episode, host Gautam Kumra, Chairman of…