Inside the Strategy Room

307. Making buy-side carve-outs work for everyone

306. Transforming value creation in private equity portfolio companies

305. Prudential’s Charles Lowrey on finishing strong as CEO

304. The coming wave of business transfers

303. How finance leaders are driving value with AI

CFOs are evolving from traditional financial stewards into strategic partners by integrating AI to drive organizational value and performance. This transformation centers on automating transactional processes to prioritize forward-looking decision-making and capital allocation. Key strategies for success include adopti...

302. What every CEO can learn from private equity

Private equity-backed CEOs face a high-stakes environment where 60% of leaders are replaced within their first two years, shifting the focus from financial engineering to operational value creation. Achieving outperformance requires six core practices: conducting continuous full-potential due diligence, building fit-fo...

301. Using generative AI to conduct outside-in diligence

300. The CEO’s agenda for thriving in the agentic age

Generative and agentic AI represent a fundamental shift in business, acting as a general-purpose technology that necessitates an integrated approach across strategy, technology, and organizational design. While initial investments focus on productivity, true competitive advantage emerges from innovation and the redesig...

299. The new CEO’s guide to stakeholder impact

298. The CEO as a resilience leader

297. Boards in the age of AI

296. The power of rigor in transformation

295. AI, strategy, and the future of work: What business leaders need to know

Artificial intelligence represents a unique general-purpose technology capable of automating cognitive tasks, fundamentally distinguishing it from previous industrial mechanization. While early corporate implementations frequently fail due to misaligned strategies—often prioritizing sales and marketing over core proces...

294. Goldman Sachs’ David Solomon on adapting to economic and technological change

293. Private equity 2026 outlook: Clearer view, tougher terrain

292. 2026 M&A Trends: Navigating a rapidly rebounding market

291. ‘Having a human bank is very important’: A conversation with Citi CEO Jane Fraser

290. Tim Koller reflects on three decades of Valuation at McKinsey

289. The CFO as growth leader: Levi’s Harmit Singh on transformation and the “Magic of the And.”

288. Securing agentic AI: A playbook