Overcoming the challenges to capturing cloud value, particularly those that are unique to European companies, requires a five-pronged strategy. Source: McKinsey The state of cloud computing in Europe: Increasing adoption, low returns, huge potential

Research from Wharton’s Damon J. Phillips finds that people who have been incarcerated, especially Black men, seek entrepreneurship as an alternative to low wages and a lack of opportunity in traditional employment.…Read More Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Life After Prison: Why Returning Citizens Become Entrepreneurs

Reducing direct imports from a country may not reduce geopolitical risk as much as you might expect. Source: McKinsey How shockproof is your supply chain, really?

Amid decade-high CFO turnover, former chief financial officers share advice on what matters most today for securing the top job in finance. Source: McKinsey How to prepare for the CFO role

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Electronic voices have been destined to answer phone calls ever since Bell Labs invented the Voder machine at the tail-end of the 1930s. These days, everybody and their mother has been greeted by an IVR (interactive voice response) phone system to walk them through a customer service calling menu in […] The post Intelligent Read more about Intelligent IVR: What it Can (and Can’t) Do…Yet[…]

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The surge of interest in and use of generative AI translates to higher demand for semiconductors, pushing the industry to innovate faster and produce more capable and efficient chips. Source: McKinsey Generative AI: The next S-curve for the semiconductor industry?

How can you make your conversations count? A Pulitzer Prize-winning writer reveals what “supercommunicators” do differently. Source: McKinsey Author Talks: Charles Duhigg on how the best communicators ‘click’

Reddit chief product officer Pali Bhat shares his approach to creating innovative products—and how machine learning and artificial intelligence will change that approach. Source: McKinsey Pali Bhat on building intelligent products