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Inside the Strategy Room
by McKinsey & Company · English
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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330. The CEO mindset: Six undelegatable roles in strategy
How CEOs uniquely drive strategy through six “undelegatable” roles: choosing how to engage, owning the value creation thesis, making hard resource-allocation calls (including tempo/calibration),…
13 Nov 2026 · 56m · 20 chapters329. Resisting “financial gravity”: How purpose-driven companies endure
Purpose-driven companies “resist financial gravity” by using governance to protect mission during growth, outside capital, and public-market pressures.
3 Nov 2026 · 48m · 23 chapters328. Driving agentic transformation: How AI is rewriting the playbook on large-scale change
How “agentic transformation” can modernize a transformation office (TO) by automating repeatable “grunt work” (reporting, deck drafting, data checks, meeting follow-ups) so TO teams spend more time…
30 Oct 2026 · 45m · 24 chapters327. Four strategy myths holding your company back
The episode debunks four “strategy myths” that keep companies from earning growth and competitive advantage amid AI disruption, geopolitical change, and shifting industry economics.
23 Oct 2026 · 52m · 21 chapters326. M&A heading into Q4: How AI is reshaping value creation
M&A trends entering Q4, including “mega deals” (defined as $10B+), and how AI is reshaping dealmaking, value creation, and the M&A process (faster sourcing, diligence, and integration).
16 Oct 2026 · 47m · 19 chapters325. Addressing AI Frontier Lab model risks and opportunities
How McKinsey frames “AI Frontier Lab” models (agentic AI) as both a faster, cheaper cyber threat and a chance to modernize security operations, operating models, supply-chain resilience, incident…
9 Oct 2026 · 50m · 18 chapters324. How strategy creates value: The four foundations that drive long-term performance
McKinsey’s “Inside the Strategy Room” episode with Andy West and co-authors explains why strategy quality is declining despite rising uncertainty (AI, geopolitics, shifting industry boundaries) and…
2 Oct 2026 · 51m · 23 chapters323. How to drive transformations with rigor
How to drive transformation execution with “rigor” as a repeatable drumbeat across the full lifecycle—turning bold targets into measurable, P&L-linked results via a central transformation engine,…
25 Sep 2026 · 48m · 20 chapters322. Capturing value in real estate’s new terrain
Real estate’s “basis of competition” is shifting as low-rate tailwinds fade.
18 Sep 2026 · 47m · 24 chapters321. M&A integration: PE’s new value creation playbook
Why private equity (PE) is using M&A integration as a core value-creation lever in a “lower multiples, longer hold” environment, and three integration archetypes (serial roll-ups, merger of equals,…
11 Sep 2026 · 44m · 17 chapters320. The digital twin: Reimagining non-financial risk management
AI-enabled “digital twin” for non-financial risk management in banks—moving from manual, point-in-time controls to a live, connected replica that enables simulation, proactive detection, and faster…
4 Sep 2026 · 45m · 16 chapters319. Why strategy needs mobilization, especially in this moment
Strategy in 2026 is rising on executive agendas, but translating bold choices into sustained performance is failing.
28 Aug 2026 · 32m · 15 chapters318. Inside the 2026 CFO Forum: How finance leaders are preparing for what's next (bonus episode)
McKinsey’s London CFO Forum takeaways on how finance leaders should reclaim strategic narrative, break out of incremental budgeting, and use agentic AI to rewire finance operating models and talent.
25 Aug 2026 · 18m · 7 chapters317. Strategic re-underwriting in private equity
Strategic re-underwriting in private equity—revisiting stale diligence assumptions mid-hold to keep investment theses current and improve exit readiness amid longer hold times, evolving theses, and…
21 Aug 2026 · 51m · 20 chapters316. Your budget is killing your strategy: 4 imperatives for CFOs
Why traditional annual budgeting “kills strategy,” and how CFOs should evolve budgeting into a strategy-to-execution system using four imperatives: start from multi-year strategy, reallocate…
14 Aug 2026 · 55m · 25 chapters315. The $106 trillion infrastructure opportunity: Private market outlook
McKinsey’s Inside the Strategy Room episode on the “$106 trillion infrastructure opportunity” and private-market outlook.
7 Aug 2026 · 50m · 32 chapters314. How to maximize competitive advantage
How companies can maximize competitive advantage by correcting misperceptions about its reach and durability, using granular, outside-in evidence to guide capital allocation and decisions.
30 Jul 2026 · 48m · 21 chapters313. Driving value with an investor mindset
The episode argues that credible strategy and value creation require an “investor mindset.” It says investors expect measurable growth, margin, and return on invested capital (ROIC), and that leaders…
24 Jul 2026 · 48m · 18 chapters312. Improving private equity exit prospects
How private equity firms can improve exit prospects as exits become “bumpier” despite higher deal values; focuses on exit governance, earlier exit readiness, and especially proving AI value before…
15 Jul 2026 · 48m · 22 chapters311. Proven growth strategies from market leaders
McKinsey research (61 companies, 2019–2024) on how “growth outperformers” drive sustainable, profitable growth despite volatility.
10 Jul 2026 · 1h · 31 chapters310. The CEO's role in transformation
How CEOs must play an undelegatable role to make transformations succeed, framed as five “collective action problems” that cause value leakage across aspiration-setting, execution, and sustaining…
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