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The weekend is near, so get ready to catch up on the week’s highlights on revisiting CEO Excellence, productivity growth, the new net-zero reality, and more.

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Carolyn Dewar , Scott Keller , and Vik Malhotra , authors of CEO Excellence, talk about the book’s impact on their personal and professional lives.

Dare to lead

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Productivity growth is the only way to raise living standards. Chris Bradley , Olivia White , Sven Smit , and coauthors explore how businesses and policy makers can take action.

Pave the way

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The world is not on track to meet net-zero targets. Yet opportunities remain to accelerate efforts and help meet decarbonization goals. Find out more on the latest Five Fifty from McKinsey Quarterly.

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How can marketplaces effectively attract customers to their sustainable offerings? Arun Arora , Tjark Freundt , Brian Gregg , and coauthors lay out five ways companies can accelerate their sustainability efforts.

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“The top performers understand the limitations of the tool. Just like you don’t use a hammer to turn a screw, you don’t ask gen AI questions that are best answered in other ways.”

—McKinsey partner Matt Banholzer on how top innovators get the most out of gen AI in a recent episode of the Inside the Strategy Room podcast

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