Monthly Highlights, June 2025

Monthly Highlights, June 2025

Today’s CEOs accept that disruption is inevitable, but many still underestimate the importance of building resilience. In this month’s featured article, McKinsey’s Ida Kristensen and coauthors outline five actions leaders can take to strengthen their organizations against future shocks. They also unpack the four essential types of resilience every CEO should master: financial, operational, organizational, and external. Other highlights include the following topics:

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how a handful of standout organizations are powering most of national productivity growth

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key insights into the state of global private markets in 2024

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how business leaders can stay ahead by aligning near- and long-term strategies amid shifting trade policies

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why upskilling is critical to building a more flexible, future-ready American workforce

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The CEO as chief resilience officer

CEOs sit at the nexus of strategy, finance, and operations, which makes them uniquely positioned to champion for and build resilience that can protect their companies from—and take advantage of—disruption.

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THIS MONTH’s HIGHLIGHTS

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The power of one: How standout firms grow national productivity

National productivity growth is a matter of few firms taking bold strategic action rather than millions of firms raising efficiency.
A new playbook

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Global Private Markets Report 2025: Braced for shifting weather

Global private markets navigated uncertain conditions in 2024, leading to an uneven recovery across different asset classes.
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In a moment of tariffs, can the world find balance and trust to thrive?

Amid tariff uncertainty and a possible recession, the world needs a new base of balance and trust to create a thriving economy. Business has a vital role to play.
Build trust and balance

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The upskilling imperative: Required at scale for the future of work

Survey results highlight Americans’ willingness to change jobs and occupations—if they can gain the needed skills.
The missing ingredient

The State of Aviation 2025

Can the aviation industry soar to new heights, or will headwinds slow its progress?
Navigate the key trends

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The path toward a metabolic health revolution

The advent of weight management drugs such as GLP-1s have brought the treatment of obesity to the forefront of public attention, provoking a larger opportunity to work toward metabolic health for all.
Explore groundbreaking treatments

ALSO New

Risk rebalancing: Five important geopolitical-risk questions for CIOs

The new face of wealth: The rise of the female investor

Don’t get stuck in a rut—update how you operate

From protection to promotion: The new age of industrial policy

Leading, not lagging: Africa’s gen AI opportunity

GLP-1s are boosting demand for medical aesthetics

Lessons for US deputy secretaries on effective federal management

How CEOs can outcompete by building new B2C businesses

A generational shift: The future of foreign aid

Lead or lag: CEOs must embrace AI at full speed

Women in the Workplace 2025: India, Nigeria, and Kenya

The new economics of enterprise technology in an AI world

How circularity can make the built environment more sustainable

Heartbeat of health: Reimagining the healthcare workforce of the future

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