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Tariff tumult. Shifting geopolitical alliances. AI acceleration. Structural shifts are reshaping global trade. On this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, McKinsey Senior Partner Shubham Singhal and McKinsey Partner Jeongmin Seong speak with Global Editorial Director Lucia Rahilly about how to adapt to the current phase of global trade reconfiguration—from where to manufacture to supply chain decisions—and how best to invest.

In the second half of this episode, McKinsey Senior Partner Kate Smaje joins Lucia to answer some audience questions from our last McKinsey Live webinar, based on the second edition of the book Rewired, about how to rewire your organization in the age of digital and AI.

This episode has been adapted from our McKinsey Live webinar series.

Tariff tumult. Shifting geopolitical alliances. AI acceleration. Structural shifts are reshaping global trade. On this episode of <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-podcast">The McKinsey Podcast</a>, McKinsey Senior Partner <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/shubham-singhal">Shubham Singhal</a> and McKinsey Partner <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/jeongmin-seong">Jeongmin Seong</a> speak with Global Editorial Director Lucia Rahilly about how to adapt to the current phase of global trade reconfiguration&mdash;from where to manufacture to supply chain decisions&mdash;and how best to invest.
In the second half of this episode, McKinsey Senior Partner <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/kate-smaje">Kate Smaje</a> joins Lucia to answer some audience questions from our last <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-live/webinars/rewired-to-win-reimagining-the-enterprise-with-tech-and-ai">McKinsey Live webinar</a>, based on the second edition of the book <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-on-books/rewired">Rewired</a>, about how to rewire your organization in the age of digital and AI.
This episode has been adapted from our <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-live/webinars">McKinsey Live webinar series</a>.

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Our flagship series The McKinsey Podcast takes you inside our global firm, and features conversations with experts on issues that matter most in business and management. McKinsey & Company is a management-consulting firm that helps businesses, governments, and not-for-profit organizations realize their most important goals. Topics covered in this series include strategy, technology, leadership, marketing, operations, organization, and the role of business in society.

Our flagship series The McKinsey Podcast takes you inside our global firm, and features conversations with experts on issues that matter most in business and management. McKinsey &amp; Company is a management-consulting firm that helps businesses, governments, and not-for-profit organizations realize their most important goals. Topics covered in this series include strategy, technology, leadership, marketing, operations, organization, and the role of business in society.