JLL’s chief executive and president discusses embracing AI tools, sustainability, and providing certainty in uncertain times. Source: McKinsey Building the future: An interview with JLL’s Christian Ulbrich

From overconfidence early in a tenure to a lack of strategic clarity later on, blind spots can emerge throughout a CEO’s journey. Here’s what to watch out for. Source: McKinsey Seeing CEO blind spots

Wharton’s Thomas Winberry explains how financial constraints can delay innovation and long-term growth for firms, as well as the economy.…Read More Source: Knowledge @ Wharton How Financial Frictions Can Delay Firm Growth

In a recent episode of Where AI Works, Wharton’s Serguei Netessine spoke with Tereza Nemessanyi from Microsoft about how the firm is trying to help its customers deploy and monetize AI.…Read More Source: Knowledge @ Wharton What’s the Real Value of AI?

At every stage of leadership, it’s important to hand some tasks and even decisions off to team members to foster their development and free up your time for higher level work. But even seasoned bosses often have trouble effectively delegating. Elsbeth Johnson, senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, explains the four Read more about Why It’s So Hard to Delegate — and How to Improve[…]

WordPress disasters come out of nowhere and take many forms. You might overwrite a page layout, delete a post, install a bad plugin update, or corrupt your database. You can’t prevent every accident, but you can recover fast if you’ve got a solid backup in place. A website backup is […] The post How Read more about How to Backup WordPress[…]

Professor Barbara Kahn explains the biggest changes in retail and why customer experience is key.…Read More Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Rethinking Retail | Barbara Kahn

Kentegra Biotechnology worked with Manufacturing Africa and McKinsey to refine its growth strategy and raise funding to help create jobs and support local farmers in Kenya and beyond. Source: McKinsey Expanding economic opportunities for rural farmers in East Africa

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: Tech Trends | No. 248[…]

Experian’s chief strategy and investment officer, Michael Meltz, talks about the company’s growth and innovation journey and how it is embracing gen AI and new technologies to develop new products and data assets. Source: McKinsey How Experian is fueling its next phase of growth with data, AI, and platforms