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  Nearly every day, a new report comes to my attention that evaluates an existing problem or proposes how to solve one. Most frequently, the new insights are incremental. Reducing the parts per million concentration of an air pollutant, achieving continuous annual improvement in energy efficiency or increasing municipal recycling rates all illustrate the predominant…

With many of us now choosing to work from home, the onus has been placed on businesses to improve working environments if they want staff to come into the workplace more often than not. Companies of all sizes need to think about the little things that they can do to have a positive impact on…

  Architects are focused on designing medical facilities that are sustainable, as well as pandemic- and future-proof. The past few decades have brought the emergence of new construction technologies. While green buildings and energy-efficient technologies promise to reduce carbon footprints and create a healthier built environment, it is becoming easy to see the irony of…

To say that shareholders care most about today’s stock price movements has become a truism. And perhaps some truly do feel this way. It’s hard to emerge from a quarterly earnings call without the impression that at least analysts care a great deal about meeting upcoming targets. Long-term institutional investors (also known as intrinsic investors),…

What does it take to become a CEO? Every year since 2006, the McKinsey Leadership Forum has convened an elite group of C-suite executives to tackle this and other key questions facing those near the very top of their organizations. In candid dialogue with current and former CEOs, as well as McKinsey’s own experts, participants…

Between a third and half of new CEOs are considered to be failing within 18 months of taking the role. More than 90 percent of those CEOs confess that they wish that they had managed their transition differently. Those who got it right recognized that they needed to lead differently than they did on the…