Inside the Strategy Room
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Inside the Strategy Room
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 enterprise...
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281. Pricing to create value across the private equity portfolio
A small improvement in pricing can often drive greater value creation than larger cost or volume improvements. However, private equity (PE) funds face...
280. Hilton President and CEO Chris Nassetta on culture, strategy, and reinvention
Chris Nassetta has served as President and CEO of Hilton since 2007, leading the organization through some extraordinary challenges. Chris’s focus on...
279. From the NFL to the C-Suite: Jason Wright on what it takes to transform organizations and build world-class teams
What do winning teams in elite sports teach us about driving transformation in business? This week, Kevin Carmody, a senior partner and global coleade...
278. Frontier Communications CEO Nick Jeffery on purpose, strategy, and keeping it simple
Nick Jeffery, President and CEO of Frontier Communications since 2021, has over three decades of strategic and operational leadership in the U.S. and...
277. The new boardroom dynamic: More conversations, transparency, and trust
In this episode of Inside the Strategy Room, we discuss how the board’s relationship with management is evolving in an era of heightened uncertainty a...
276. From strategy to performance: Building a new operating model for a new world
To successfully execute a strategy, organizations must make deliberate choices about their operating model. In this episode, Julie Goran and Dickie St...
275. M&A update: Dealmaking is higher, despite volatility
After several years of slowed activity, mergers and acquisitions picked up in the first half of 2025, as disciplined dealmakers reentered the market d...
274. How Nestlé’s CFO sharpens focus across a global portfolio
The CFO’s challenge has long been one of translating data into a story that the CEO and their management team can use to set strategy and make other d...
273. Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian: Lessons from the captain’s seat
Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta Air Lines since 2016, speaks with our North America Chair and senior partner Eric Kutcher. After 25 years at Delta, including...
272. Clear signals in a world of noise: The strategic realities of a new era
Uncertainty often dominates the headlines, but it is possible to cut through the static to find clear signals in the global trends and demographic shi...
271. Mastering the cycles of CEO leadership: Starting strong, and staying ahead
In this second episode of our two-part series on navigating the four seasons of successful CEO leadership, Carolyn Dewar and Kurt Strovink, two of the...
270. Mastering the cycles of CEO leadership: Stepping up and sending it forward
In the high-stakes world of corporate leadership, becoming a Fortune 500 CEO is an Everest-like ascent, with only the savviest succeeding across every...
269. Strategy under geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty
The current climate of geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty can complicate the strategy process and can make the idea of waiting for calmer time...
268. Accounting for carbon: SAP’s Dominik Asam on the CFO’s role
Beyond reporting requirements and transparency imperatives, there’s a huge financial incentive to manage your company’s sustainability activities with...
267. Cybersecurity for CFOs: Defending against an accelerating threat
In today’s fast-evolving cybersecurity landscape, organizations face bigger and bolder threats that have wide-reaching implications − from financial a...
266. Transforming procurement to transform your business
Procurement can play a crucial role in driving a company's transformation, and leaders are now recognizing its potential to be a strategic enabler of...
265. The Josh Harris playbook: building cultures of excellence in business and sports
In 2022, Josh Harris founded 26North, an alternative asset management firm that has reached close to $30 billion in assets under management in its fir...
264. Creating value through separations
Divestiture is one of the least discussed aspects of M&A, and yet separations can be a highly effective way of creating value. In this week’s episode,...
263. How Strategy Champions win
In this episode, Sean talks with four strategy experts who share the findings of their new research into the practices that separate companies that su...
262. Workday’s CEO on driving growth and transformation in the age of AI
Carl Eschenbach joined Workday in December 2022 to serve as co-CEO alongside Co-Founder Aneel Bhusri before becoming sole CEO in February 2024. In thi...
261. Retired US Navy Admiral Eric Olson: Leading effectively in uncertain times
In this episode, we speak with Eric Olson, a retired US Navy Admiral with a distinguished career in special operations, about the key principles of ef...
260. Boosting growth through innovation
Even in a highly uncertain business environment, companies that build new businesses and develop new offerings, processes, and business models are bet...
259. Risk, Resilience, and Innovation: Insights from AXIS Capital's Vincent Tizzio
Vince Tizzio is President and CEO of AXIS, a specialty insurance and reinsurance company that delivers customized solutions to organizations worldwide...
258. Andy Mattes on the challenges of driving M&A as CEO
Mergers and acquisitions are among the more complex processes new CEOs have to learn, whether they’re in the role for the first time or taking over at...
257. The new and timeless truths of valuation
Measuring value creation is critical, as company leaders grapple with geopolitical shifts, digital disruption, and other trends affecting their busine...
256. Doug Parker, former Chairman and CEO of American Airlines, shares leadership lessons
As CEO challenges go, facing a global threat that is existential not just for your company but for your industry is among the worst possible. American...
255. Building transformation momentum through working capital optimization
Holistic transformations are complex and can take a long time to show full results. By optimizing working capital early on, companies can help score e...
254. John Stankey, AT&T’s CEO and Chairman of the Board, on embracing long-term vision
John Stankey has led AT&T as CEO since July 2020, and was elected Chairman of the Board in February this year. Over his 40-year tenure, John has held...
253. Private capital gets more alternative
For many years, the continued rise of private markets has been defined by assets under management (AUM), while the composition of the industry evolved...
252. Growth leader mindsets and behaviors
Although every company wants to grow, only one in four is able to do so profitably and maintain that growth over time. This week, Sean speaks with thr...
251. Driving transformational behavior change at scale
Transformation is a complex undertaking that relies heavily on achieving behavioral change within an organization. Three McKinsey transformation and o...
250. Building geopolitical resilience: A conversation with Michèle Flournoy
In this episode, Michèle Flournoy joins Andy West to share her perspectives on how companies can build their geopolitical resilience. Michèle is the C...
249. Becoming CEO, just in time for global crisis: David Gitlin, Chairman and CEO of Carrier Global Corporation
David Gitlin is Chairman and CEO of Carrier Global Corporation, a global leader in intelligent climate and energy solutions. With prior senior leaders...
248. Taking a proactive approach to geopolitics
As geopolitical trends bring increased uncertainty and risk, CEOs and other business leaders can take action to get and stay ahead of it all. This wee...
247. Transforming for growth
Companies often aim for growth or transformation, but it's less common for them to pursue transformation as a means of achieving growth. This week, th...
246. Alok Sama on corporate finance in the fast lane
Alok Sama spent years in corporate finance and as a managing director at Morgan Stanley before joining Softbank as CFO and plunging into founder-CEO M...
245. The six habits of successful risk leaders
To succeed today, chief risk officers (CRO) and other risk leaders must exert more influence and build organizational resilience in an increasingly co...
244. Filling the gap between innovation and go-to-market, with AWS’s Jelena Joffe
McKinsey innovation leader Erik Roth speaks with Jelena Joffe Weil, the founder and worldwide leader of the Venture Innovation program at Amazon Web S...
243. A road map to successful transformation
Business transformation has evolved markedly in recent years as technology and the pace of change reshape the landscape organizations face. Once a byw...
242. Planning for the next wave of M&A
This week we speak with the authors of our latest Annual M&A Report about trends in the deal landscape and what we might expect from 2025. Will the mu...