Companies that give the same strategic thought to workforce investment that they do to capital investment can unleash operational excellence. Source: McKinsey The missing productivity ingredient: Investment in frontline talent

Gen AI has increased uncertainty about workforce skills and capabilities. Organizations that harness AI-driven innovation find it makes strategic thinking and talent planning easier. Source: McKinsey The critical role of strategic workforce planning in the age of AI

Nearly 80 percent of the US gender pay gap is driven by women having flatter work experience arcs compared with men, based on an analysis of 86,000 real-life online career histories. Source: McKinsey Tough trade-offs: How time and career choices shape the gender pay gap

New technologies enable consumer companies to uplift skills, productivity, and value. But consumer tech leaders who don’t harness the full potential of these innovations risk falling behind those who do. Source: McKinsey Eight tech-forward imperatives for consumer CTOs in 2025

Wharton’s Nikolai Roussanov and Peter Conti-Brown unpack inflation trends and the lessons from previous Federal Reserve actions.…Read More Source: Knowledge @ Wharton The Fed and Inflation: What’s Next?

Professor Lindsey Cameron explains the pros and cons of algorithms managing human employees.…Read More Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Algorithmic Management: Navigating the Gig Economy’s New Frontier | Lindsey Cameron

In an age of rapidly changing technology, it’s more important than ever for organizations to effectively support employee learning. Gianpiero Petriglieri, associate professor at INSEAD, has studied leaders who do this well and says they fall into three categories: custodians, challengers, or connectors. He explains which type of learning leader works best in which contexts and how all three approaches can help individuals and teams reach the Read more about How Leaders Can Encourage Learning[…]

A flurry of activity and new ideas leads to a period of ‘interpretation.’ In the meantime, growth expectations remain unchanged, while central banks begin to diverge in their policy rate decisions. Source: McKinsey Global Economics Intelligence executive summary, January 2025

The global president of Mars Food & Nutrition shares how the Mars business segment, containing some of the world’s leading food brands, continues to meet changing consumer needs. Source: McKinsey Food beyond sustenance: A conversation with Mars’ Shaid Shah

Sharpen your problem-solving skills the McKinsey way, with our weekly crossword. Each puzzle is created with the McKinsey audience in mind, and includes a subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) business theme for you to find. Answers that are directionally correct may not cut it if you’re looking for a quick win. Source: McKinsey The Read more about The McKinsey Crossword: Groovy Movie Titles | No. 221[…]