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Our experts share new insights and respond directly to your questions during each 60-minute session. Interested in a topic but not sure you can attend? All registrants also receive access to the on-demand recording following the event.
 
Meeting the strategy moment with mobilization
Thursday, 16 Jul
11 a.m. - noon EDT / 4-5 p.m. BST
Andy West, Antoine Montard, Sébastien Lacroix, and Whitney Zimmerman
 
As strategy rises to the top of executive agendas, many organizations are struggling to translate bold strategic choices into sustained performance. Join Sébastien Lacroix, Antoine Montard, Andy West, and Whitney Zimmerman as they discuss insights from their recent HBR article on why mobilization has become the critical differentiator between winning and losing strategies, how leaders can overcome organizational inertia and cognitive bias, and what it takes to build the capabilities needed to turn strategy into action in an era of accelerating change and uncertainty.
M&A integration: PE's new value creation playbook
Thursday, 30 Jul
10-11 a.m. EDT / 3-4 p.m. BST
Brian Dinneen and Matthew Maloney
 
Private equity is navigating one of its most challenging value creation environments in years — and winning firms are using M&A integration as a competitive weapon. Join Brian Dinneen and Matthew Maloney as they discuss three high-impact integration strategies that leading sponsors are using to overcome headwinds, based on their recent article.
M&A at midyear and how to amplify value with AI New
Tuesday, 25 Aug
10-11 a.m. EDT / 3-4 p.m. BST
Kameron Kordestani, Anthony Luu, and Mieke Van Oostende
 
Join us for a mid-year update on global M&A activity and how dealmakers can finish the year strong. During the session, Kameron Kordestani, Anthony Luu, and Mieke Van Oostende will also discuss how the traditional M&A playbook is being rewritten by AI, including a new approach for turning a series of transactions into a self-reinforcing growth system for the AI era.
Addressing AI Frontier Lab model risks and opportunities (e.g. Mythos, Sol) New
Wednesday, 26 Aug
11 a.m. - noon EDT / 4-5 p.m. BST
Charlie Lewis and Marie-Claude Nadeau
 
As AI models become increasingly sophisticated, organizations must remain aware of both the opportunities and issues they present. Specifically, the newest Frontier Lab LLMs (e.g. Mythos, Sol) are able to chain together and exploit vulnerabilities in the most sophisticated organizations. Join Charlie Lewis and Marie-Claude Nadeau to discuss the threats these models create, and how organizations can stay ahead of their emerging challenges while also realizing their benefits.
On-demand webcast
Transforming the budgeting process
 
Transforming the budgeting process On-demand Webcast
 
The annual budget is broken — rigid, backward-looking, and operationally difficult in today's fast-moving markets. However, top-performing companies are outpacing peers by budgeting differently. In this session, Matthew Maloney, Karen McLoughlin, and Michele Tam discuss their new article on how leading CFOs have transformed the budget from a control mechanism into a dynamic road map for executing strategy and driving superior growth.
 
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Spotlight on what matters most to investors in 2026
Our new article explores findings from the latest global investor survey, showing that companies are increasingly judged on how well they navigate geopolitical uncertainty, allocate capital with discipline, and translate AI investments into measurable business outcomes rather than ambitious narratives. Investors continue to reward long-term value creation over short-term earnings management, expecting management teams to articulate clear strategic priorities, credible capital deployment, and a resilient operating model that can withstand disruption. For executives, the message is clear: investor relations is becoming inseparable from corporate strategy, with transparency, execution, and disciplined resource allocation carrying greater weight than consistently beating quarterly earnings expectations.
 
From the frontlines: The investor perspective on strategy
“Taking the investor perspective forces a company to think through, with a high degree of specificity, where its strategy will lead—in terms of growth, return on invested capital, the balance sheet, and risk. That clarity also brings management discipline to value creation, requiring real choices about where to allocate capital, where to redeploy talent, and how to prioritize scarce management bandwidth to focus on the initiatives that will help the company reach its full potential.”
 
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Discover what sets sustained outperformers apart. Drawing on the experiences of Walmart, Builders FirstSource, ASML, Progressive, and JPMorgan Chase, this episode explores the three characteristics that consistently drive profitable growth: disciplined long-term investment, multiple growth engines, and the strategic integration of technology.
 
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McKinsey on Risk Issue 22
 
In the latest issue of McKinsey on Risk and Resilience, we explore how leading organizations are building resilience, strengthening geopolitical readiness, and turning uncertainty into competitive advantage. As risk and strategy become increasingly intertwined, the ability to adapt quickly is emerging as a key driver of growth and long-term value. Access our latest issue.
 
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