To realize gen AI’s full value, insurance leaders must know how it works and what problems it can—and cannot—solve. Likewise, data and context are vital to innovating solutions for changing demands. Source: McKinsey Context is key: Tanguy Catlin on advancing the future of insurance

KPMG vice chair of talent and culture joins the show to discuss results of the firm’s Friends at Work Survey.…Read More Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Beyond the 9-to-5: Are Office Friendships Worth the Risk?

We all know that innovative thinking is vital to individual, team, and organizational success. But we still often put creativity in a box, assuming it’s only for people in certain roles or best attempted once a year at an off-site brainstorming session. Marketing executives Kathryn Jacob and Sue Unerman argue that we all need Read more about Boost Your Creativity in Any Job[…]

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: Lives & Legacies | No. 209[…]

Healthcare organizations are well positioned to offer healthcare content to improve consumer experience and care outcomes, achieve marketing objectives, and create a diversified revenue source. Source: McKinsey Health media: How consumer content informs the future of healthcare

Fintech leaders discuss the rapid changes in financial technology, decentralized finance, the impact of blockchain, and what lies ahead for digital currencies.…Read More Source: Knowledge @ Wharton The Future of Financial Technology

How tech leaders organize and manage teams, talent, IT architecture, and costs may dramatically shift in the next decade as a result of generative AI. Here’s what to consider. Source: McKinsey Enterprise technology’s next chapter: Four gen AI shifts that will reshape business technology

Gen AI agents are starting to deliver breakthrough value, but only when companies figure out how to build and orchestrate hundreds of them. Source: McKinsey AI for IT modernization: Faster, cheaper, better

Most industrial heat production (more than 20 percent of global energy consumption) is generated by fossil fuels. Heat electrification technologies can help decarbonize industry and support net zero. Source: McKinsey Tackling heat electrification to decarbonize industry

Noting procurement’s complexity, changes, and strategic importance, Dominique Lebigot, CPO of LVMH Wines and Spirits, advocates readiness for AI, supplier ecosystems, and circular economies. Source: McKinsey Reimagining procurement