Inside the Strategy Room

Guests Kurt Strovink and Carolyn Dewar discuss how mid-tenure CEOs can avoid complacency and create more value. They explore challenges faced, continuous learning, taking an outsider's perspective, and charting the next S curve. Valuable insights for CEOs to sustain high performance and adapt strategies based on experience.

McKinsey senior partner Sacha Ghai and partner Brian Vickery discuss the concept of CEO Alpha and its implications for chief executives leading private equity portfolio companies. They explore the differences between public and private realms for CEOs, emphasize the need for capability building among private equity CEOs, and provide a call to action for listeners to access more content.

Dr Richard Haass, veteran diplomat and respected scholar of international relations, discusses the challenges of navigating geopolitics today. Topics include the importance of civics education, implementing change, the significance of democracy, civic engagement, information hygiene, India's economic trajectory, and public education in the United States.

Experts Olalla Montes, Nick Robson, and Nick Waugh discuss the importance of effective implementation in sustaining long-term change and achieving impact from client strategies. They highlight the challenges faced in execution and the characteristics of top performers. The podcast explores the definition of transformation, the significance of senior leadership and incentives, multiple strategies for success, implementing operating and organizational changes, and the importance of focusing on specific people goals.

Hopper transformed from a ticket sales company to a travel fintech business, offering financial products like price-freezing and cancellation insurance. The power of gamification, social commerce, and targeting younger travelers are discussed. Hopper Cloud helped generate new revenue and tap into unrealized travel spend. Building for the future and understanding market trends were key to their success. Hopper's use of generative AI and their ambitious plans for the future are also highlighted.

Major League Baseball's Chief Operating and Strategy Officer Chris Marinak talks with McKinsey innovation leader Erik Roth about using fan feedback, experimentation, and data to reach the next generation of fans. They discuss recent rule changes and the role of analytics and social media. They also explore the success story of Baseball Advanced Media, MLB's culture of innovation, and the future of baseball with technology and enhancing the fan experience.

This podcast explores how integrating ESG priorities into growth strategies can lead to financial success. It discusses the importance of fundamentals, growth, and margins in driving value. The emphasis on different aspects of ESG varies across industries. The integration of ESG practices into business innovation is highlighted, along with the challenges of communication and aligning strategies. It also explores business model transformation and ESG alignment in various industries. The sources of growth for companies, strategic considerations, and opportunities to make a positive impact are discussed.

In this episode, Kevin Carmody, AD Bhatia, and Emily Rizzi discuss the role of Chief Transformation Officer and how it should be redefined. They explore the importance of an influential style and the holistic impact of transformation. They also highlight the key responsibilities and inputs for a successful transformation, and discuss the different archetypes of CTOs. The hosts express gratitude and provide information for accessing more content on the topic.

We speak  Brian Vickery and John Spivey, two authors of the 2023 McKinsey Global Private Markets Review. Brian and John join us to explore recent trends in private markets. They analyze why the markets have enjoyed strong tailwinds since the depths of the Global Financial Crisis and look at the origins of the recent slowdown. Will private markets continue to face headwinds? How did private market performance compare to public markets? That’s what we’re here to find out. Related insights McKinsey Global Private Markets Review: Private markets turn down the volume Follow Brian's new podcast, Deal Volume Join our LinkedIn community of more than 90,000 members and follow us on X at @McKStrategy.  Explore our collection of Inside the Strategy Room episode transcripts on McKinsey.com    Support the show: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/mckinsey-strategy-&-corporate-finance/See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

In this episode, we explore the core principles of a successful investor relations strategy. We're joined by Werner Rehm, a partner in our New Jersey office, Jay Gelb, a partner in our New York office, David Honigmann, a senior expert in our London office, and Karl Mahler, a senior adviser to McKinsey based in Zurich who brings over 30 years of experience as a healthcare executive, including as head of investor relations at Hoffmann-La Roche.  We discuss why you should focus communication on the large intrinsic investors that matter the most, how to communicate with those intrinsic investors, and how to take a one-story approach that ensures communication is consistent across all groups. Related insights: Should you start issuing EPS guidance again?A better investor story for insurers Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies, 7th edition Join our LinkedIn community of more than 90,000 members and follow us on X at @McKStrategy.  Explore our collection of Inside the Strategy Room episode transcripts on McKinsey.com   Support the show: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/mckinsey-strategy-&-corporate-finance/See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information