in

The power of spoken word in healthcare, the space economy, Women in the Workplace, and more big reads for the weekend

Harmony Internal - McKinsey

Share this email

CURATED PICKS FOR YOUR DOWNTIME, FROM OUR EDITORS

Brought to you by Liz Hilton Segel, chief client officer and managing partner, global industry practices, & Homayoun Hatami, managing partner, global client capabilities

The weekend is here and it’s time to catch up on the week’s essential reads on the power of spoken-word performance in healthcare, how good governance can help the space economy, the latest Tech for Execs, and more.

Explore the power of spoken word and its potential to change hearts and minds in healthcare in a new episode of the McKinsey on Healthcare podcast featuring actor, writer, producer Sekou Andrews and McKinsey senior partner Pooja Kumar.

Read about change

Image of a silhouette of people climbing mountain at night

McKinsey’s Giacomo Gatto and Alyssa Goessler lay out five issues around governance that could have a significant impact on the development of the space economy.

Five issues

Image of a woman waving goodbye to colleague in office

In a new episode of The McKinsey Podcast, McKinsey senior partners Alexis Krivkovich and Lareina Yee dive into the most recent Women in the Workplace research.

Tune in

Our weekly briefing note on sustainable and inclusive growth explores corporate monetary pledges aimed at fighting racial injustice, vertical integration in the wind and solar sectors, and more.

Get updated

TECH FOR EXECS

Illustration of cuboids from a three-dimensional cube are spread around it

Get to know Python: the language of data science

Welcome to Tech for Execs: quick primers on key technology concepts to get leaders up to speed.

Why do people choose Python? It’s a go-to language for back-end development, software, data science, and machine learning. It’s easy to learn, and integrates well with other languages—so it can find its place within pre-existing architectures without too much trouble.

What are the biggest benefits? Python is great for creating automated processes, which saves huge amounts of time. Its sheer popularity means there are thousands of existing packages—ready-to-use ‘chunks’ of code—out there. And it’s easy to read and debug, so if something goes wrong, it’s simple to fix.

How are organizations using Python? It’s particularly popular for data science applications. At McKinsey, we used Python in our work with a healthcare client to help improve COVID-19 capacity modelling. Because when you’re dealing with complex data lakes and working at speed, simplicity is a virtue.

Do my developers know Python? There’s a good chance they do—it’s one of the most popular languages out there. Even if they don’t, experienced developers can normally pick the language up quickly.

If we start using Python, does that mean starting over? Not necessarily—Python plays well with other languages. Plus, there’s no shortage of packages and frameworks out there to accelerate your work. One example is our open-source Kedro framework, which simplifies and standardizes data science coding.

QUOTE OF THE DAY

“You either reinvent yourself or you get left behind. That’s true of individuals, states, and countries. There’s no entitlement in this new world that the internet has enabled.”

—John Chambers, former executive chairman and CEO of Cisco Systems and founder and CEO of JC2 Ventures, on his personal learning agenda in “John Chambers: ‘Breaking away during the tough times is when the next generation of great companies gets formed’”

chart of the day

Chart of global deaths by cause from 2010-2030

See today’s chart

Ready to unwind?

Image of rays of different colors merging in some places, creating a path and mountain shapes

— Edited by Joyce Yoo, editor, New York

Follow our thinking

Share these insights

Did you enjoy this newsletter? Forward it to colleagues and friends so they can subscribe too. Was this issue forwarded to you? Sign up for it and sample our 40+ other free email subscriptions here.

This email contains information about McKinsey's research, insights, services, or events. By opening our emails or clicking on links, you agree to our use of cookies and web tracking technology. For more information on how we use and protect your information, please review our privacy policy.

You received this email because you subscribed to the Daily Read newsletter.

Manage subscriptions | Unsubscribe

by "McKinsey Daily Read" <publishing@email.mckinsey.com> - 06:50 - 24 Feb 2023

Archives

in

info@learn.odoo.com

How much will customers pay for sustainability?

The week in charts