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Inside the Strategy Room

McKinsey & Company
Artificial Intelligence
Private Equity
Generative AI
Mergers and Acquisitions
Corporate Strategy
Mckinsey & Company
Leadership
Transformation
Innovation
Digital Transformation
Geopolitical Risk
Risk Management
Strategy
Board Governance
Cybersecurity
Geopolitics
Chief Of Staff
Resilience
Sustainability
Crisis Management

We talk with McKinsey partners and corporate executives on the challenges they face creating lasting strategies in a fast-changing world. We also examine the different ways these executives approach these challenges and the new and innovative ways they think of creating a vision for their enterprises.

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Today’s disruption has created a critical ‘Strategy Moment’ for organizations navigating a fundamentally changing basis of competitive advantage. Carolyn Dewar, Marcus Jacob and Laura LaBerge join us to debunk four strategy myths and unpack how long-... more

As we enter the fourth quarter, we look to where M&A stands and how dealmakers can finish strong. We also explore how AI is rewriting the traditional M&A playbook: success no longer comes from scale alone, but from building intelligent platforms and ... more

As AI models become increasingly sophisticated, organizations and their leaders need to maintain awareness of the opportunities and challenges each new model can present. Specifically, the newest Frontier Lab LLMs are able to chain together and explo... more

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Executives have more data, more frameworks, and more advice than ever, and yet their confidence in their strategies keeps falling. Andy West, Tim Koller, and Whitney Zimmerman, authors of our forthcoming book Strategy and Value:... more

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Recent Guests

Carolyn Dewar
McKinsey senior partner, co-leader of its global CEO Excellence practice, and co-author of CEO Excellence.
McKinsey & Company
Episode: 327. Four strategy myths holding your company back
Marcus Jacob
McKinsey senior partner and leader in its strategy and corporate finance practice.
McKinsey & Company
Episode: 327. Four strategy myths holding your company back
Laura LaBerge
McKinsey senior expert in its strategy and corporate finance practice.
McKinsey & Company
Episode: 327. Four strategy myths holding your company back
Kameron Kordestani
McKinsey senior partner and leader of its North America merger management practice
McKinsey & Company
Episode: 326. M&A heading into Q4: How AI is reshaping value creation
Tobias Lundberg
McKinsey managing partner in Sweden and co-leader of its M&A practice across Europe
McKinsey & Company
Episode: 326. M&A heading into Q4: How AI is reshaping value creation
Benjamin Houssard
McKinsey partner in Paris and co-leader of its global M&A AI initiative
McKinsey & Company
Episode: 326. M&A heading into Q4: How AI is reshaping value creation
Alex Liu
McKinsey distinguished partner and leader in its M&A practice
McKinsey & Company
Episode: 326. M&A heading into Q4: How AI is reshaping value creation
Marie-Claude Nadeau
Senior partner and global co-leader of McKinsey's Risk and Resilience Practice
McKinsey & Company
Episode: 325. Addressing AI Frontier Lab model risks and opportunities
Charlie Lewis
Partner and global leader of McKinsey's Cybersecurity Practice
McKinsey & Company
Episode: 325. Addressing AI Frontier Lab model risks and opportunities

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Sean Brown
Host of the strategy-focused series featuring McKinsey partners and industry executives; anchors the show with deep enterprise strategy insights and governance perspectives.

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4.5 out of 5 stars from 549 ratings
  • Great

    Great podcast but the length of episodes are creeping up.

    Also, it sad to see that this podcast has become more like other thousands of interview-based podcast rather than discussions with partners from the firm providing deep expertise and expert opinions.

    Apple Podcasts
    3
    MehdiRezaei1983
    Australiaa year ago
  • A vast wealth of knowledge

    Listening to this show has been incredibly insightful in keeping my colleagues and me informed.

    Keep up the great work!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    MGT-IA
    United States2 years ago
  • Great

    Great podcast but the length of episodes are creeping up

    Apple Podcasts
    4
    MehdiRezaei1983
    Australia3 years ago
  • Very helpful to this first time CEO

    Listening to this podcast has been very helpful to me as a first-time CEO of a major non-profit. Great insights on innovation and other aspects of how to get the most out of my team. Keep them coming please!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    rtsimmel
    United States3 years ago
  • Interesting and insightful

    Great podcast covering very interesting and varied topics around corporate strategy in an always insightful manner. Perfect way to accompany my running sessions :-)

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    PYB_Bel
    Belgium3 years ago

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327. Four strategy myths holding your company back
Q: What sort of ROI on AI investment are we actually seeing at this point?
Laura LaBerge says relatively few companies are realizing significant economic benefits from AI, partly because most focus on efficiency rather than growth or redesigning whole processes. Companies applying AI to growth opportunities or end-to-end process changes can achieve more value; her analysis finds targeted growth pools can yield up to a full percentage point on average.
327. Four strategy myths holding your company back
Q: What are some of the key strategy questions that these leaders need to be considering right now?
Carolyn Dewar says leaders need to understand how their industry creates value, what customers value, how technology changes what is possible, and how the company will compete. They should establish a shared fact base and reassess who their competitors are as industry boundaries shift.
325. Addressing AI Frontier Lab model risks and opportunities
Q: How should organizations be thinking about ensuring their security and stability not only of themselves, but of the companies that supply them?
Charlie Lewis recommends looking beyond direct vendors to identify shared underlying dependencies and critical business services. Organizations should assess possible correlated failures, plan alternatives and manual operations, and focus on controlling known risks rather than pursuing perfect visibility.
325. Addressing AI Frontier Lab model risks and opportunities
Q: How should leaders prepare their organizations for these rapidly emerging risks while also trying to make sure that they make the most of the opportunities that these developments can still present?
Marie-Claude Nadeau says leaders must respond to faster, cheaper, more autonomous attacks, update controls and change processes for the faster threat cycle, account for deeper dependencies, and strengthen cybersecurity fundamentals.
326. M&A heading into Q4: How AI is reshaping value creation
Q: How does AI help compress the M&A process?
Houssard says AI can enable continuous deal sourcing across more data, review all materials during due diligence instead of sampling, and use specialized agents to accelerate integration and separation tasks.

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What is Inside the Strategy Room about and what kind of topics does it cover?

A podcasts series featuring McKinsey partners and senior executives discussing how to build durable, scalable strategies in a fast-moving business environment. Key themes across episodes include private equity value creation, AI-enabled due diligence and transformation, exit readiness for portfolio companies, spin-offs and separations, and governance and transformation at the C-suite and board levels. Noteworthy is the heavy emphasis on practical frameworks, data-driven decision making, and real-world case studies across industries like infrastructure, finance, and manufacturing, often anchored by insights from both industry leaders and strategic consultants. The format tends to blend rigorous analysis with actionable playbooks, making it v... more

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