How top CEOs are navigating disruption

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Senior partners Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, and Vikram Malhotra, authors of CEO Excellence, along with senior partner Kurt Strovink, asked the world’s top-performing CEOs which trends will have the biggest impact on how they lead their business in 2023 compared with past years. Their answers suggest that three “true signals” are most important: digital disruption, the economy, and geopolitics. This month’s first featured story looks at the specific and pragmatic actions CEOs are taking as a result of these signals. Our second featured story offers advice for senior executives looking to ascend to the CEO role. Other highlights in this month’s issue include the following topics:

the state of global private markets in 2023

how a company can chart a path to building a superpower

how generative AI can help fashion businesses

how organizations can better support their managers to deliver more value

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McKinsey Global Private Markets Review 2023: Private markets turn down the volume

According to our latest Global Private Markets Review, private markets faced a year of two halves in 2022, with buoyancy in the first half and plummeting deal volumes, declining performance, and falling valuations in the second.
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What’s your superpower? How companies can build an institutional capability to achieve competitive advantage

One capability often sets leading companies apart from the rest. Here’s how to build yours.
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Generative AI: Unlocking the future of fashion

While still nascent, generative AI has the potential to help fashion businesses become more productive, get to market faster, and serve customers better. The time to explore the technology is now.
Ways AI can boost business

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