This is a special, bonus episode of The McKinsey Podcast. McKinsey Partner Ferry Grijpink joins host Roberta Fusaro from the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

This is a special, bonus episode of The McKinsey Podcast. McKinsey Partner Ferry Grijpink joins host Roberta Fusaro from the annual Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

The McKinsey Podcast, our new flagship podcast series, 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.

The McKinsey Podcast features conversations with experts from global management-consulting firm McKinsey & Company, focusing on the issues that matter most in business and management.

The McKinsey Podcast

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.

McKinsey’s key takeaways from Mobile World Congress

Technology, talent, decarbonization—we explored these and many other topics this year on The McKinsey Podcast. A range of McKinsey partners joined us on the mic and offered their perspectives on the pivots that global business leaders have made to compete more effectively. On this episode, we revisit a few those discussions and offer quick takes from McKinsey partners on what has mattered most to CEOs and other C-suite leaders over the past 12 months.

Also, McKinsey senior partners Kweilin Ellingrud, Sven Smit, and Yuval Atsmon talk about their choices for McKinsey’s 2024 book recommendations.

Articles mentioned:

AI for IT modernization: faster, cheaper, better

A proactive approach to navigating geopolitics is essential to thrive

Theme music composed, performed, and produced by Joy Ngiaw.

Technology, talent, decarbonization&mdash;we explored these and many other topics this year on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-podcast">The McKinsey Podcast.</a> A range of McKinsey partners joined us on the mic and offered their&nbsp;perspectives on the pivots that global business leaders have made to compete more effectively.&nbsp;On this episode, we revisit a few those discussions and offer quick takes from McKinsey partners&nbsp;on what has mattered most to CEOs and other C-suite leaders over the past 12 months.
Also, McKinsey senior partners <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/kweilin-ellingrud">Kweilin Ellingrud</a>, <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/sven-smit">Sven Smit</a>, and <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/yuval-atsmon">Yuval Atsmon</a> talk about&nbsp;their choices for McKinsey&rsquo;s 2024 book recommendations.
Articles mentioned:
<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/ai-for-it-modernization-faster-cheaper-and-better">AI for IT modernization: faster, cheaper, better</a>
<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/geopolitics/our-insights/a-proactive-approach-to-navigating-geopolitics-is-essential-to-thrive">A proactive approach to navigating geopolitics is essential to thrive</a>
Theme music composed, performed, and produced by Joy Ngiaw.

Replaying a full year of The McKinsey Podcast—in just ten minutes

“A bank and a steel company can walk into a bar and not have much to do with each other. But once one of the arena companies walks in, we’re all involved.” That’s McKinsey Global Institute director Chris Bradley. On the latest episode of The McKinsey Podcast, Chris spoke with global editorial director Lucia Rahilly about a new report delving into the next arenas of competition—namely, a set of dynamic, high-growth industries that are fundamentally redefining the global economy and changing the game for businesses across the board.

Article mentioned:
The McKinsey Quarterly

Theme music composed, performed, and produced by Joy Ngiaw.

&ldquo;A bank and a steel company can walk into a bar and not have much to do with each other. But once one of the arena companies walks in, we&rsquo;re all involved.&rdquo; That&rsquo;s McKinsey Global Institute director <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/chris-bradley">Chris Bradley</a>. On the latest episode of <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-podcast">The McKinsey Podcast</a>, Chris spoke with global editorial director Lucia Rahilly about a <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/the-next-big-arenas-of-competition">new report</a> delving into the next arenas of competition&mdash;namely, a set of dynamic, high-growth industries that are fundamentally redefining the global economy and changing the game for businesses across the board.
Article mentioned: <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/quarterly/overview">The McKinsey Quarterly</a>
Theme music composed, performed, and produced by Joy Ngiaw.

The industries reshaping our global economy

Ten years of research on women in the workplace, conducted by McKinsey in partnership with LeanIn.Org, reveals what’s better, what’s worse, and what all of us can do now to help more women advance—more quickly—at work.  On this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, McKinsey senior partners Alexis Krivkovich and Lareina Yee speak with global editorial director Lucia Rahilly about where women’s experiences have improved, stalled, and even worsened over the past ten years, as well as about how to finally hasten the pace of change.

Articles mentioned:

The McKinsey Quarterly

Global Banking Annual Review

Ten years of research on <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/diversity-and-inclusion/women-in-the-workplace">women in the workplace</a>, conducted by McKinsey in partnership with LeanIn.Org, reveals what&rsquo;s better, what&rsquo;s worse, and what all of us can do now to help more women advance&mdash;more quickly&mdash;at work. &nbsp;On this episode of <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-podcast">The McKinsey Podcast</a>, McKinsey senior partners <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/alexis-krivkovich">Alexis Krivkovich</a> and <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/lareina-yee">Lareina Yee</a> speak with global editorial director Lucia Rahilly about where women&rsquo;s experiences have improved, stalled, and even worsened over the past ten years, as well as about how to finally hasten the pace of change.
Articles mentioned:
<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/quarterly/overview">The McKinsey Quarterly</a>
<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/financial-services/our-insights/global-banking-annual-review">Global Banking Annual Review</a>

McKinsey’s key takeaways from Mobile World Congress

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