Index
The briefing index.
150 briefings, 11 Sept 2026 to 21 Oct 2026. The 150 most recent briefings returned for this source, covering 11 September through 21 October 2026. Older messages from the same source remain outside this window. The editions of 10, 14, 16, and 21 October were read in full. Every other note is indexed from its subject and preview.
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150 notes
21 Oct 2026
Digest
Connecting talent with job growth. Plus, AI in patient care and leading through change
Read in fullHealthcare and life sciencesWork, skills, and the organizationTechnology, software, and semiconductors20 Oct 2026
Insight
The judgment bottleneck: Balancing AI and human speeds in strategy
Technology, software, and semiconductors20 Oct 2026
Insight
The AI value curve: The economics of applying AI to existing work
Technology, software, and semiconductors20 Oct 2026
Insight
Asset management 2026: Plenty for the few?
Financial servicesGeopolitics and place20 Oct 2026
Insight
Antonio Castro on putting enterprise data to work in the age of AI
Technology, software, and semiconductors19 Oct 2026
Insight
Why the future of capital projects belongs to digital and AI-enabled teams
Industrials, construction, and manufacturingTechnology, software, and semiconductors19 Oct 2026
Insight
Why medtechs can’t afford to overlook customer experience
Healthcare and life sciences19 Oct 2026
Insight
Shapers and Founders: Understanding the owner mindset
Leadership and the owner19 Oct 2026
Insight
How to engage key stakeholders from the start: A leader’s guide
Leadership and the owner18 Oct 2026
Insight
What can leaders learn from Asia’s founder-CEOs?
Leadership and the owner17 Oct 2026
Roundup
De dónde proviene realmente el valor de la IA
Technology, software, and semiconductors17 Oct 2026
Chart
Chart of the Week
Unthemed16 Oct 2026
Insight
Place, purpose, and the path to economic mobility
Geopolitics and place16 Oct 2026
Insight
On World Food Day, making every dollar count
Food and agriculture16 Oct 2026
Insight
Author Talks: Rana Foroohar on a new ‘great game’ in the Arctic
Geopolitics and place16 Oct 2026
Insight
As the world order turns, leading companies are keeping pace. Here’s how
Geopolitics and place16 Oct 2026
Roundup
AI, organization, and geopolitics
Read in fullTechnology, software, and semiconductorsGeopolitics and placeLeadership and the ownerWork, skills, and the organization16 Oct 2026
Roundup
AI in the peloton, navigating a shifting world order, and more
Travel, logistics, and mobilityTechnology, software, and semiconductorsGeopolitics and place15 Oct 2026
Insight
Turning data into decisions: Lessons from professional cycling
Travel, logistics, and mobilityTechnology, software, and semiconductors15 Oct 2026
Insight
The six strategy roles a CEO must not delegate
Leadership and the owner15 Oct 2026
Insight
State of Consumer Africa 2026: Meeting the pragmatic shopper
Consumer, retail, and CPG15 Oct 2026
Insight
Global Materials Perspective 2026: What leaders need to know
Energy, materials, and resources14 Oct 2026
Digest
Winning travelers in an age of endless choice. Plus, healthier lives and shifting chip economics
Read in fullTravel, logistics, and mobilityTechnology, software, and semiconductorsHealthcare and life sciences14 Oct 2026
Insight
Shareholder activism is changing. Are companies ready?
Financial services14 Oct 2026
Insight
Scaling AI inference
Technology, software, and semiconductors14 Oct 2026
Insight
Pause, pivot, or accelerate: SaaS in the age of agentic AI
Technology, software, and semiconductors14 Oct 2026
Insight
For CPG companies, agentic AI’s real payoff is growth
Consumer, retail, and CPGTechnology, software, and semiconductors13 Oct 2026
Insight
Using production rates to excel at executing construction projects
Industrials, construction, and manufacturing13 Oct 2026
Insight
UK banking’s next decade: Three races that will define the winners
Financial services13 Oct 2026
Insight
Siemens’s next reinvention: An interview with Cedrik Neike
Industrials, construction, and manufacturing13 Oct 2026
Insight
Navigating the new normal: Building resilience in fuel retail trading
Energy, materials, and resources13 Oct 2026
Insight
Medtech needs more than a market rotation to win back investors
Healthcare and life sciencesFinancial services12 Oct 2026
Insight
The cash hiding in plain sight
Financial services12 Oct 2026
Insight
America’s next growth opportunity: An investment-ready heartland
Geopolitics and place12 Oct 2026
Insight
AI is changing work. Now it has to change the organization
Work, skills, and the organizationTechnology, software, and semiconductors11 Oct 2026
Insight
A race against time: The new cybersecurity reality
Technology, software, and semiconductors10 Oct 2026
Roundup
The technology trends defining 2026
Read in fullTechnology, software, and semiconductorsLeadership and the ownerFood and agricultureWork, skills, and the organization10 Oct 2026
Chart
Chart of the Week
Unthemed9 Oct 2026
Insight
Workforce in motion: Skills and pathways to future jobs in the United States
Work, skills, and the organization9 Oct 2026
Insight
The playbook for seeing around geopolitical corners
Geopolitics and place9 Oct 2026
Insight
The CEO’s singular impact on the success—or failure—of AI in organizations
Technology, software, and semiconductorsLeadership and the owner9 Oct 2026
Insight
Evidence over hype: New York’s path to a healthy-longevity economy
Healthcare and life sciences9 Oct 2026
Roundup
Dream bigger about AI, find hidden cash, and more
Technology, software, and semiconductors8 Oct 2026
Insight
The next phase of government AI economics
Technology, software, and semiconductorsGeopolitics and place8 Oct 2026
Insight
LATAM’s reinvention at 35,000 feet
Travel, logistics, and mobility8 Oct 2026
Insight
Convenience or discovery: Which mission will your store serve?
Consumer, retail, and CPGLeadership and the owner8 Oct 2026
Insight
14 frontier technologies, explained by the authors
Technology, software, and semiconductors7 Oct 2026
Insight
The AI-powered future of care
Healthcare and life sciencesTechnology, software, and semiconductors7 Oct 2026
Digest
Robotics nears everyday use, beauty brands pursue scale, and capital reshapes competitive advantage
Consumer, retail, and CPG7 Oct 2026
Insight
Make life better: Mikhail Lomtadze’s customer-first philosophy
Consumer, retail, and CPGLeadership and the owner7 Oct 2026
Insight
In the dairy industry, the magic word is ‘protein’
Consumer, retail, and CPGFood and agriculture6 Oct 2026
Roundup
Will Gen Z fit in the 2035 job market?
Work, skills, and the organization6 Oct 2026
Insight
When AI meets the physical world: 5 trends to watch
Energy, materials, and resourcesTechnology, software, and semiconductors6 Oct 2026
Insight
The 2026 Global Payments Report: Operational excellence in an invisible world
Financial services6 Oct 2026
Insight
Modernizing for the mission: An interview with Jamie Wolff
Leadership and the owner6 Oct 2026
Insight
Leading when change feels threatening
Leadership and the ownerWork, skills, and the organization6 Oct 2026
Insight
How leaders are turning AI into growth
Technology, software, and semiconductors5 Oct 2026
Insight
What is the state of AI in 2026?
Technology, software, and semiconductors5 Oct 2026
Insight
Top tech trends for 2026: A leader’s guide
Technology, software, and semiconductorsLeadership and the owner5 Oct 2026
Insight
The new growth mandate: A conversation with LinkedIn CMO Jessica Jensen
Leadership and the owner5 Oct 2026
Insight
Global Economics Intelligence executive summary, August 2026
Geopolitics and place5 Oct 2026
Insight
AI is changing how we work. Is your organization ready?
Technology, software, and semiconductors4 Oct 2026
Insight
Maximizing value from every AI dollar
Technology, software, and semiconductors3 Oct 2026
Chart
Chart of the Week
Unthemed2 Oct 2026
Roundup
Tech trends and Europe’s AI start-ups
Technology, software, and semiconductorsLeadership and the owner2 Oct 2026
Insight
Ready to ramp? How US manufacturers can scale at pace
Industrials, construction, and manufacturing2 Oct 2026
Insight
Physical AI: The hidden value pools leaders are missing
Energy, materials, and resourcesTechnology, software, and semiconductors2 Oct 2026
Roundup
Inside a century-old airline’s digital reinvention
Travel, logistics, and mobilityTechnology, software, and semiconductors2 Oct 2026
Insight
Economic conditions outlook, September 2026
Geopolitics and place1 Oct 2026
Insight
Powering through uncertainty: A talk with former US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz
Energy, materials, and resources1 Oct 2026
Insight
Maintenance meets AI: A proven approach for asset-heavy industries
Industrials, construction, and manufacturingTechnology, software, and semiconductors1 Oct 2026
Insight
Global Energy Perspective 2026
Energy, materials, and resources1 Oct 2026
Insight
Author Talks: The business of owning a sports team
Leadership and the owner30 Sept 2026
Insight
Listen in: The ideas shaping what’s next
Unthemed30 Sept 2026
Insight
India’s new insurance track: The marathon becomes an AI-led decathlon
Financial servicesTechnology, software, and semiconductors30 Sept 2026
Insight
Harnessing AI to make mining safer
Energy, materials, and resourcesTechnology, software, and semiconductors30 Sept 2026
Roundup
Code, accelerated
Technology, software, and semiconductors30 Sept 2026
Digest
AI’s power crunch, plus winning habits and US manufacturing resilience
Industrials, construction, and manufacturingEnergy, materials, and resourcesTechnology, software, and semiconductors30 Sept 2026
Insight
5 technology frontiers shaping what comes next
Technology, software, and semiconductors29 Sept 2026
Insight
The future of healthy living: A $16.4 trillion opportunity
Healthcare and life sciences29 Sept 2026
Insight
The $2.3 trillion horizon: How AI is rewriting the semiconductor story
Technology, software, and semiconductors29 Sept 2026
Insight
Rewiring procurement in resources: Making judgment an enduring asset
Energy, materials, and resourcesLeadership and the owner29 Sept 2026
Insight
AI drug discovery: Focusing on what matters most
Healthcare and life sciencesTechnology, software, and semiconductors28 Sept 2026
Insight
WIRED: The AI playbook top companies use
Technology, software, and semiconductors28 Sept 2026
Insight
The transformer supercycle: Why demand is outrunning supply
Energy, materials, and resources28 Sept 2026
Insight
Novartis’s Christian Diehl on scaling AI beyond the demo
Healthcare and life sciencesTechnology, software, and semiconductors28 Sept 2026
Insight
Billion-dollar beauty: The odds of scaling a breakout brand
Consumer, retail, and CPG27 Sept 2026
Roundup
Top 10 articles this quarter
Unthemed27 Sept 2026
Insight
Can AI agent guardrails keep up?
Technology, software, and semiconductors26 Sept 2026
Roundup
كيف تحقق المؤسسات قيمة مستدامة من تبنّي الذكاء الاصطناع
Technology, software, and semiconductors26 Sept 2026
Roundup
Why you should resist the pressure to prioritize short-term earnings
Leadership and the owner26 Sept 2026
Chart
Chart of the Week
Unthemed25 Sept 2026
Insight
The CMO as impact driver: A conversation with Genentech CMO Zoë Lazarre
Healthcare and life sciences25 Sept 2026
Roundup
The $16.4 trillion healthy living opportunity, the new orbit of travel, and more
Healthcare and life sciencesTravel, logistics, and mobility25 Sept 2026
Insight
Here’s why some US industrial companies achieve higher multiples
Industrials, construction, and manufacturing25 Sept 2026
Insight
Democratized superintelligence is coming: The world needs to get ready
Technology, software, and semiconductors25 Sept 2026
Insight
Cutting the ‘coordination tax’: How agentic AI can reshape workflows
Technology, software, and semiconductors24 Sept 2026
Insight
Winning hearts in an age of infinite travel choices
Travel, logistics, and mobility24 Sept 2026
Insight
Inside the AI revolution: 4 trends to watch
Technology, software, and semiconductors24 Sept 2026
Insight
Author Talks: How to turn hope into action
Leadership and the owner24 Sept 2026
Insight
Anchor or drift: What it takes to capture wallet share in 2026
Consumer, retail, and CPG23 Sept 2026
Insight
Manufacturing’s strategic imperative
Industrials, construction, and manufacturing23 Sept 2026
Digest
Is leadership holding AI back? Plus, farmers adapt, and Asia faces an aging future
Technology, software, and semiconductorsFood and agricultureLeadership and the owner23 Sept 2026
Insight
Europe’s new AI edge? The emerging application layer opportunity
Technology, software, and semiconductors23 Sept 2026
Insight
Australia’s next century of plenty
Geopolitics and place23 Sept 2026
Roundup
AI costs are soaring. Are you managing your AI economics?
Technology, software, and semiconductors22 Sept 2026
Insight
The decade to redefine UK banking
Financial services22 Sept 2026
Insight
Backbones and networks: A blueprint for the biopharma plant of the future
Healthcare and life sciencesIndustrials, construction, and manufacturing22 Sept 2026
Insight
Author Talks: Read the room before you lead it
Leadership and the owner22 Sept 2026
Insight
Aftershocks: Energy security beyond the Strait of Hormuz crisis
Energy, materials, and resources21 Sept 2026
Insight
The agentic transformation office: Redefining the economics of change
Technology, software, and semiconductors21 Sept 2026
Insight
Fly or freeze? A founder’s guide to building an enduring company
Leadership and the owner21 Sept 2026
Insight
Competing in the fast lane—the future of Europe’s truck industry
Travel, logistics, and mobility21 Sept 2026
Insight
Andrew McAfee on AI, jobs, and ‘permissionless innovation’
Work, skills, and the organizationTechnology, software, and semiconductorsLeadership and the owner21 Sept 2026
Insight
14 tech trends every leader should know
Technology, software, and semiconductors20 Sept 2026
Insight
UN General Assembly 2026: Health, AI, energy, and the global economy
Healthcare and life sciencesEnergy, materials, and resourcesTechnology, software, and semiconductorsGeopolitics and place19 Sept 2026
Roundup
Transforme a adoção da IA agêntica em valor duradouro
Technology, software, and semiconductors19 Sept 2026
Roundup
The quarter’s top themes
Unthemed19 Sept 2026
Chart
Chart of the Week
Unthemed18 Sept 2026
Insight
Why transformations stall—and where only CEOs make the difference
Leadership and the owner18 Sept 2026
Insight
The strategic new arenas reshaping insurance
Financial services18 Sept 2026
Insight
The future of US manufacturing
Industrials, construction, and manufacturing18 Sept 2026
Invitation
Last chance to register: Improving the economics of agentic AI
Technology, software, and semiconductors18 Sept 2026
Roundup
From productivity to returns
Leadership and the owner18 Sept 2026
Roundup
14 defining tech trends, what CEOs can learn from elite athletes, and more
Technology, software, and semiconductorsLeadership and the owner17 Sept 2026
Invitation
You’re invited! Join us for a McKinsey Global Institute webinar on the global balance sheet 2026
Financial services17 Sept 2026
Insight
Stacking the odds: A blueprint for successfully scaling agentic AI
Technology, software, and semiconductors17 Sept 2026
Insight
LNG buyers’ sentiment: Disruption and implications for procurement
Energy, materials, and resources16 Sept 2026
Insight
Strategy in the age of arenas
Leadership and the ownerFinancial services16 Sept 2026
Insight
Climate Week NYC starts next week—here’s what to read
Geopolitics and place16 Sept 2026
Insight
Capturing untapped value in capital-intensive industries
Industrials, construction, and manufacturing16 Sept 2026
Insight
Author Talks: Why leadership intelligence matters in the AI age
Technology, software, and semiconductorsLeadership and the owner16 Sept 2026
Digest
AI transformation depends on trust at work. Plus, holiday spending starts early, and Gen Z seeks community
Work, skills, and the organizationTechnology, software, and semiconductors15 Sept 2026
Insight
Winning: What the best athletes, teams, and coaches do differently
Leadership and the owner15 Sept 2026
Insight
The speed problem: How frontier AI exposes weakness in enterprise cybersecurity
Technology, software, and semiconductors15 Sept 2026
Insight
The AI economy: Interconnected forces, feedback loops, and speeds of change
Technology, software, and semiconductors15 Sept 2026
Insight
Creating value from AI and digital capabilities in logistics operations
Travel, logistics, and mobilityTechnology, software, and semiconductors14 Sept 2026
Invitation
You’re invited! Join us for a McKinsey Live virtual event on improving the economics of agentic AI
Technology, software, and semiconductors14 Sept 2026
Insight
The power conversion market: Decarbonization and growth opportunities
Energy, materials, and resources14 Sept 2026
Insight
Procurement at the decision-making table: A talk with Nokia’s Sanjay Mehta
Leadership and the ownerIndustrials, construction, and manufacturing14 Sept 2026
Insight
Brilliant Moves: Coffee with Lloyds Banking Group CEO Charlie Nunn
Financial servicesLeadership and the owner13 Sept 2026
Insight
Dreamforce 2026: What it takes to turn AI into growth
Technology, software, and semiconductors12 Sept 2026
Roundup
Top 10 reports this quarter
Unthemed12 Sept 2026
Roundup
Convertir la adopción de la IA agéntica en valor duradero
Technology, software, and semiconductors12 Sept 2026
Chart
Chart of the Week: Farmers grow cautious
Food and agriculture11 Sept 2026
Insight
The key to AI value is hiding in plain sight: Your operating model
Technology, software, and semiconductors11 Sept 2026
Roundup
Leading a 250-year-old institution into the future, AI on the farm, and more
Technology, software, and semiconductorsFood and agriculture11 Sept 2026
Insight
Is progress behind us, or is ‘plenty’ still possible?
Geopolitics and place11 Sept 2026
Insight
GS Caltex’s Saehong Hur: Leading from the top; moving forward—together
Leadership and the ownerEnergy, materials, and resources11 Sept 2026
Insight
AI adoption is scaling. Here’s how to make it pay off.
Technology, software, and semiconductors