60 episodes

Forward Thinking examines groundbreaking ways in which the world is evolving and how people and organizations can respond to changing demands and technologies. In each episode theorists, innovators, and business leaders discuss global trends—technology, artificial intelligence, globalization, urbanization, climate change, and more—with hosts Michael Chui and Janet Bush of the McKinsey Global Institute.

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Forward Thinking examines groundbreaking ways in which the world is evolving and how people and organizations can respond to changing demands and technologies. In each episode theorists, innovators, and business leaders discuss global trends—technology, artificial intelligence, globalization, urbanization, climate change, and more—with hosts Michael Chui and Janet Bush of the McKinsey Global Institute.

    Forward Thinking on Europe’s existential crisis with Marco Buti

    Forward Thinking on Europe’s existential crisis with Marco Buti

    Marco Buti and Janet Bush discuss Europe’s competitiveness.

    • 34 min
    Forward Thinking on the tricky business of removing carbon from our world with Nan Ransohoff

    Forward Thinking on the tricky business of removing carbon from our world with Nan Ransohoff

    A leading market maker for investment in carbon removal believes that tackling climate change has to be done quickly, but that the problem is tractable. Doom-laden thinking has gone too far.

    • 26 min
    Forward Thinking on how geeks are changing the world with Andrew McAfee

    Forward Thinking on how geeks are changing the world with Andrew McAfee

    One of the world’s tech scholars talks geeks, two-pizza teams, the 90 percent syndrome and a whole lot more.

    • 1 hr
    Forward Thinking on why we ignore inflation—from ancient times to the present—at our peril with Stephen King

    Forward Thinking on why we ignore inflation—from ancient times to the present—at our peril with Stephen King

    “We need to talk about inflation. It’s unfair. It’s not democratic, It’s a terrible thing to unleash on society. And I think many of us have forgotten what damage it can do,” says a leading British economist.

    • 46 min
    Forward Thinking on the existential issues facing the middle classes in every country with Homi Kharas

    Forward Thinking on the existential issues facing the middle classes in every country with Homi Kharas

    Historically, the middle class has always tried to avoid change and to reduce levels of uncertainty, but it now has to embrace change and write itself a new narrative, says a leading economist.

    • 41 min
    Forward Thinking on funding a clean world with Ann Mettler

    Forward Thinking on funding a clean world with Ann Mettler

    A leader on funding Europe’s energy transition talks about the three Ss that are necessary: speed, scale, and simplicity.

    • 35 min

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