


4 episodes
by McKinsey & Company · English
The next normal demands resilience, flexibility, and agility. Join us on www.McKinseyTalksOperations.com where the world’s C-Suite leaders and McKinsey experts cut through the noise to uncover how to create a new operational reality. Each episode considers the challenges companies and economies are facing, and the opportunities leaders can seize for competitive advantage. We’ll look at how to connect boardroom strategy to the frontlines, ways to increase performance, where and when to infuse operations with technology, and why empowering the workforce with skills and capabilities is key to success. McKinsey Talks Operations has much more content to offer on the Operations topics that connect strategy with lasting success. Visit www.McKinseyTalksOperations.com to explore events and insights from McKinsey’s Operations Practice, and join the McKinsey Talks Operations community. You can also connect with us on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/showcase/mckinsey-operations





How COOs turn a “North Star” operations vision into day-to-day execution—by clarifying strategy, co-creating and cascading the vision, using metrics and success stories, handling trade-offs, and…
2 Nov 2026 · 21m · 10 chapters
How Advanced Planning Systems (APS) will evolve from SaaS planning to AI-enabled, always-on decision-making in supply chains, and what APS leaders must do to reskill, redesign processes, and govern…
26 Aug 2026 · 19m · 11 chapters
McKinsey’s Operations Voices episode on how automotive OEMs can unlock value from warranty and goodwill costs, which have risen sharply (sometimes 40%+) and can reach 2–3% of sales; top performers…
19 Aug 2026 · 19m · 10 chapters
The episode discusses U.S. manufacturing vulnerabilities and how to build resilient domestic industrial capacity amid supply-chain disruptions, shifting geopolitics, and rising demand in…
13 Aug 2026 · 31m · 15 chapters