Companies that are best at transactions approach M&A differently—but there’s room for improvement across the board. Source: McKinsey How M&A practitioners enable their success

Every few weeks I receive an email for someone planning a visit to DC wanting to know where to grab a few beers. I thought I’d flesh out my standard response and post it to save everyone the hassle. I limited each category to a maximum of five places because this isn’t intended to be a Read more about Washington, DC Metro Beer Guide[…]

Amy Bernstein, editor of HBR, offers executive summaries of the major features. Source: Ideacast 490: The Condensed November 2015 Issue

In the final installment of our two-part interview, General Electric chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt explains what’s driving the company’s evolution, how he leads, and why he’s different from Jack Welch. Source: McKinsey GE’s Jeff Immelt on evolving a corporate giant

For years, empowered consumers have held the upper hand when it comes to making purchasing decisions. But companies are fighting back. Source: McKinsey The new consumer decision journey

In this first installment of our two-part interview, General Electric chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt explains why industrial companies are now in the information business—whether they like it or not. Source: McKinsey GE’s Jeff Immelt on digitizing in the industrial space

Despite progress on multiple fronts, parity between men and women remains an elusive goal. But achieving it offers huge economic potential—if full parity were to be achieved, the contribution of women to global GDP growth could double between 2014 and 2025, adding as much as $28 trillion or 26 percent to the global economy. This Read more about The power of gender parity[…]

Low oil prices, a more competitive euro exchange rate, and the European Central Bank’s judicious use of its full suite of monetary-stabilization policies—not to mention the fact that the threat of Grexit has been averted, at least for now—provide a favorable backdrop for such ambitious reforms. Even the political environment may not be as inauspicious Read more about A growth strategy for Europe[…]

We are currently living through the biggest mass migration from countryside to cities in human history. The global population of cities is growing by 65m people annually—that’s the equivalent of 7 Chicagos a year, every year. Between now and 2025, we calculate that 440 cities in developing countries will generate nearly half of global GDP Read more about Middleweight cities to animate global growth[…]

In a wide-ranging discussion, several Silicon Valley leaders discuss how data is transforming talent management, what millennials value, and where the next digital hub could be located. Source: McKinsey Discussions on digital: The new war for talent