McKinsey Quarterly is the business journal of McKinsey & Company.
MARCH 2010
In conversation and in excerpts from his recent book, a leading expert on organizational behavior explains why change often stalls and how top executives can use psychology to keep it going.
JUNE 2009
Two business strategists discuss the nature of risk, the effectiveness of performance-measurement systems, and the difficulty of getting governance and incentives right.
In this second installment of a three-part series, Professor Richard Rumelt and McKinsey's Lowell Bryan discuss the prospects for the economy, companies, and workers.
In this final installment of a three-part series, Professor Richard Rumelt and McKinsey’s Lowell Bryan reflect on the strategic opportunities emerging as value shifts within and between economic sectors.
MAY 2009
Management expert Robert Sutton shares lessons on handling layoffs and teams in crisis.
FEBRUARY 2010
Geng Xiao, director of the Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy, discusses how divergent growth rates of the Chinese and US economies will erode the hegemony of dollar—but not right away.
Ian Bremmer discusses how businesses can limit risk exposure to political shocks.
APRIL 2009
Textbook economics teaches that capitalism is essentially stable and has little need for government interference. That line of thinking is wrong.
MARCH 2009
Political-risk consultant Ian Bremmer discusses how the downturn is reshaping globalization.
The noted economist explains and explores the downturn’s root causes—and possible ways forward.
Prith Banerjee discusses the new mission of corporate research labs and the challenge of managing innovation to create business impact.
APRIL 2008
What does stimulating the creativity of animators have in common with developing new product ideas or technology breakthroughs? A lot.
FEBRUARY 2009
Alberto Alessi, head of his family’s iconic design factory, talks about how to sustain innovation over decades—and why companies should take on more risk.
NOVEMBER 2008
Tim Brown, whose company specializes in innovation, distills the lessons of his career.
SEPTEMBER 2008
How the Internet will change the nature of competition, innovation, and company operations.
JANUARY 2008
The company’s chairman and former CEO explains the power of the participatory, open-source model of collaboration.
DECEMBER 2009
Xie Qin explains how he used service-oriented architecture to create a smarter, more efficient system.
NOVEMBER 2009
A search-firm expert offers advice on tailoring successful talent strategies to a changing China.
MAY 2008
Yin Tongyao explains how his fledgling automotive company learned to profit from adversity.
JULY 2008
In a country with a major pollution problem, Wang Yusuo is trying to build a part of the solution.
Ren Jianxin explains how domestic acquisitions helped prepare the way for overseas ones.
JANUARY 2010
McKinsey’s Jeremy Oppenheim analyzes the impact the recent climate conference will have on businesses and economies around the globe.
The carmaker’s executive chairman talks about its prospects, technological change in the industry, and manufacturing in America.
Tom Albanese explains how Rio Tinto is adapting its operations to a future when climate change may make the world’s dry parts drier and wet parts wetter.
AUGUST 2009
The Brookings Institution’s Ken Lieberthal discusses the opportunities he sees for a China–US clean-energy partnership going into December’s climate change conference.
Will governments negotiate an agreement on reducing carbon emissions at the December 2009 UN Climate Change Conference?
Economist Nicholas Stern discusses the downturn and its effect on the climate change agenda.
Cathie Lesjak reflects on the company’s response to the recent global financial crisis—and the long-term effects it will have on performance.
The CEO of the social-justice organization Sojourners discusses the imperative for rethinking values in the wake of the economic downturn.
London Business School’s Don Sull discusses how to find the upside in volatile times.
DECEMBER 2008
Although even the highest levels of uncertainty don’t prevent businesses from analyzing predicaments rationally, says author Hugh Courtney, the financial crisis has shown us the limits of our tools—and minds.
A coauthor of Creative Destruction explains how the business world—and the capitalist system—will change in the aftermath of the financial crisis.
Our series of video interviews explores vital management issues with chief executives of today's leading companies.
OCTOBER 2009
Unilever’s chief executive reflects on lessons learned at three major consumer goods companies, including how to manage people in a global context, the obligations corporations have to society, and why you should never waste a good crisis.
JULY 2009
The former CEO reflects on the oil industry’s future, as well as management lessons learned over a long career.
The CEO and chairman of Novartis AG shares his personal approach to management and leadership and discusses health care reform, the economic downturn, and executive compensation.
The CEO and chairman of Cisco Systems explores approaches to decentralized management and leadership and also offers perspective on the future of Web technology and the opportunity that an economic downturn provides for strategically minded companies.
Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO of Acumen Fund, shares lessons in leadership from her work in venture philanthropy.
Sandra Dawson addresses the changing role of women in business over the last 40 years.
Beth Axelrod discusses how companies can do better at hiring, retaining, and promoting women.
SEPTEMBER 2009
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