Podcast Episodes

222. Investor perspective: A conversation with BlackRock’s Sandy Boss

This week, Sandy Boss, Senior Managing Director at global investment firm BlackRock and Chair of BlackRock UK, joins us on the podcast. In a conversa…

1 year, 4 months ago

221. Building a superpower: How to turn a capability into a competitive advantage

Companies have endless initiatives and plans, all with the promise to transform the organization and deliver attractive financial returns. However ex…

1 year, 4 months ago

220. How gen AI can help accelerate M&A

We’re joined by three McKinsey M&A experts to discuss the ways that generative AI is being used to streamline and improve the M&A process, from targe…

1 year, 4 months ago

219. How leadership is changing for a changing world

This week, we’re joined by senior partners Kurt Strovink and Ramesh Srinivasan, coauthors, along with Hans-Werner Kaas and Dana Maor, of a new McKins…

1 year, 4 months ago

218. Cisco Systems CFO on M&A, geopolitics, and the emerging AI opportunity

This week, we’re joined by Scott Herren, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cisco Systems, and Eric Kutcher, Senior Partner and …

1 year, 5 months ago

217. How CFOs raise their game in midtenure

This week, we return to the CFO journey and discuss how CFOs can drive outperformance in the middle years of their tenure. We’re joined by Ankur Agra…

1 year, 5 months ago

216. Making your strategic plan compelling to investors

This week, we discuss how companies can create value in today’s complex business environment and communicate that value effectively to investors by d…

1 year, 5 months ago

215. Air Canada CFO John Di Bert on managing uncertainty

This week, we are joined by John Di Bert, CFO of Air Canada, and John Kelleher, a senior partner based in Toronto and the global co-leader of our Fin…

1 year, 6 months ago

214. The secrets to outperforming in family-owned businesses

This week, we delve into a McKinsey.com report on family-owned businesses (FOBs) that demonstrates how, by combining four critical mindsets with five…

1 year, 6 months ago

213. Bonus: Starting a new CFO role

This week, Yuval Atsmon, the newly appointed head of McKinsey's finance function, joins us to share his perspectives on the chief finance role.

Yuval…

1 year, 6 months ago