What if a product’s journey didn’t end after its first use? Remanufacturing—restoring preowned parts to perform like new—is transforming automotives, electronics, and other industries. In this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, Senior Partner Inga Maurer and Editorial Director Roberta Fusaro explore how this practice reduces waste while creating more value for companies.

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One year of agentic AI: Six lessons from the people doing the work

The infrastructure moment

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What if a product&rsquo;s journey didn&rsquo;t end after its first use? Remanufacturing&mdash;restoring preowned parts to perform like new&mdash;is transforming automotives, electronics, and other industries. In this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, Senior Partner <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/inga-maurer">Inga Maurer</a> and Editorial Director Roberta Fusaro explore how this practice reduces waste while creating more value for companies.
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<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/one-year-of-agentic-ai-six-lessons-from-the-people-doing-the-work">One year of agentic AI: Six lessons from the people doing the work</a>
<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/infrastructure/our-insights/the-infrastructure-moment">The infrastructure moment</a>
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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.

Remanufacturing: Turning old parts into new opportunities

Yes, dreaming up your next getaway can be exhilarating. But booking it? Often less so. For many customers, the thrill of travel risks getting lost in logistics, says McKinsey Senior Partner Jules Seeley. On this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, he joins Global Editorial Director Lucia Rahilly to discuss new research on the rise of AI in the travel industry, including the advent of AI agents that could design end-to-end itineraries, rebook disrupted flights, and tailor recommendations to each traveler’s tastes—changing the calculus for customers and travel employees alike.

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Yes, dreaming up your next getaway can be exhilarating. But booking it? Often less so. For many customers, the thrill of travel risks getting lost in logistics, says McKinsey Senior Partner <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/jules-seeley">Jules Seeley</a>. On this episode of <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-podcast">The McKinsey Podcast</a>, he joins Global Editorial Director Lucia Rahilly to discuss <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/travel/our-insights/remapping-travel-with-agentic-ai">new research</a> on the rise of AI in the travel industry, including the advent of AI agents that could design end-to-end itineraries, rebook disrupted flights, and tailor recommendations to each traveler&rsquo;s tastes&mdash;changing the calculus for customers and travel employees alike.
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How agentic AI could transform travel

From gen AI pilots to automated supply chains, technology is reshaping how operations leaders create efficiencies, build resilience, and encourage teamwork. On this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, McKinsey Senior Partner Daniel Swan speaks with Editorial Director Roberta Fusaro about how COOs can embed technology, particularly AI, into their company’s culture. It requires balancing the urgency of today with the transformation of tomorrow.

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The hard stuff 2025: Taking stock of progress on the physical challenges of the energy transition

The state of AI in 2025: Agents, innovation, and transformation

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From gen AI pilots to automated supply chains, technology is reshaping how operations leaders create efficiencies, build resilience, and encourage teamwork. On this episode of <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-podcast">The McKinsey Podcast</a>, <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/daniel-swan">McKinsey Senior Partner Daniel Swan</a> speaks with Editorial Director Roberta Fusaro about how <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/operations/our-insights/productivity-at-the-core-how-coos-deliver-strategy">COOs can embed technology</a>, particularly AI, into their company&rsquo;s culture. It requires balancing the urgency of today with the transformation of tomorrow.
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<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/the-hard-stuff-2025-taking-stock-of-progress-on-the-physical-challenges-of-the-energy-transition">The hard stuff 2025: Taking stock of progress on the physical challenges of the energy transition</a>
<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/the-state-of-ai">The state of AI in 2025: Agents, innovation, and transformation</a>
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How AI is redefining the COO’s role

Not all consumer attention is created equal—that’s a critical lesson from McKinsey’s recent report on content creation and monetization. On this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, McKinsey Senior Partner Kabir Ahuja speaks with Editorial Director Roberta Fusaro about something called the “attention equation” and how media players can use it to get a better return on their investments. It’s about quality of focus, Ahuja reminds us, not just quantity of eyeballs.

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The FDI shake-up: How foreign direct investment today may shape industry and trade tomorrow

How Strategy Champions win

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Not all consumer attention is created equal&mdash;that&rsquo;s a critical lesson <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/technology-media-and-telecommunications/our-insights/the-attention-equation-winning-the-right-battles-for-consumer-attention">from McKinsey&rsquo;s recent report</a> on content creation and monetization. On this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, McKinsey Senior Partner <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/kabir-ahuja">Kabir Ahuja</a> speaks with Editorial Director Roberta Fusaro about something called the &ldquo;attention equation&rdquo; and how media players can use it to get a better return on their investments. It&rsquo;s about quality of focus, Ahuja reminds us, not just quantity of eyeballs.
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<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/the-fdi-shake-up-how-foreign-direct-investment-today-may-shape-industry-and-trade-tomorrow">The FDI shake-up: How foreign direct investment today may shape industry and trade tomorrow</a>
<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/strategy-and-corporate-finance/our-insights/how-strategy-champions-win">How Strategy Champions win</a>
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