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MAY 2011

Eric Schmidt on business culture, technology, and social issues

Google’s executive chairman discusses his strategies on hiring, meetings, mobile business, and jobs and education.
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MARCH 2011

Clay Shirky on managing net generation workers

The professor, author, and social-media expert talks about the unique challenges of managing millennial employees.

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MARCH 2011

Ian Bremmer on the drift in global governance

The head of Eurasia Group discusses the absence of G20 leadership in resolving economic imbalances and the current China–US relationship.

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MAY 2011

Innovation in chemicals: An interview with Dow Corning’s CEO and CTO

Dow Corning’s Stephanie Burns and Gregg Zank talk about successful approaches to new-product and business-model innovation.
JANUARY 2011

IT growth and global change: A conversation with Ray Kurzweil

The inventor, businessman, and author explains how the exponential growth of technologies will transform industries and pose new opportunities—and hurdles—for business and society.

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APRIL 2011

‘A duty to modernize’: Reforming the French civil service

François-Daniel Migeon heads the agency charged with modernizing France’s public services. In this interview, he reflects on the challenges of large-scale government reform.
NOVEMBER 2010

Frontline lessons in health care transformation: An interview with Brendan Drumm, MD

The first CEO of Ireland’s Health Service Executive, the organization created by the Irish government to transform health care delivery, describes his experience implementing reforms.
SEPTEMBER 2010

Making the leap into emerging markets: An interview with Clorox’s Beth Springer

The executive driving the US household products company’s international growth discusses its strategy to expand beyond North America.
SEPTEMBER 2010

Balancing wealth and the public good: An interview with the COO of Abu Dhabi’s development company

Waleed Al Mokarrab Al Muhairi discusses Mubadala’s double bottom line, bridging investment and development.
SEPTEMBER 2010

Learning from emerging markets: An interview with Bajaj Auto’s Rajiv Bajaj

The managing director of India’s second-largest motorcycle producer explains how the company’s emerging-market experience is helping it expand internationally.

Our series of video interviews explores vital management issues with chief executives of today's leading companies.

NOVEMBER 2010

McKinsey conversations with global leaders: Jim Owens of Caterpillar

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MAY 2010

McKinsey conversations with global leaders: David Rubenstein of The Carlyle Group

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APRIL 2010

McKinsey conversations with global leaders: Andrew Gould of Schlumberger

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OCTOBER 2009

McKinsey conversations with global leaders: Paul Polman of Unilever

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JULY 2009

McKinsey conversations with global leaders: Jeroen van der Veer of Shell

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JULY 2009

McKinsey conversations with global leaders: Dan Vasella of Novartis

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JULY 2009

McKinsey conversations with global leaders: John Chambers of Cisco

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MARCH 2011

Starbucks’ quest for healthy growth: An interview with Howard Schultz

The company once grew fast. Now CEO Howard Schultz wants it to grow with discipline—in emerging and developed markets alike.

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FEBRUARY 2011

Dan Ariely on irrationality in the workplace

The behavioral economist explains why executives need to recognize—and embrace—the irrational forces that affect themselves and their employees.

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APRIL 2011

Remaking Portugal Telecom: An interview with CEO Zeinal Bava

How PT rose from the ashes of a hostile-takeover bid and then the loss of its all-important subsidiary in Brazil.

MARCH 2011

“Flying people, not planes”: The CEO of Bombardier on building a world-class culture

Pierre Beaudoin explains how a company driven by engineering goals learned to focus on customer expectations, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
MARCH 2011

Reinvigorating a corporate giant: An interview with the chairman of India’s largest infrastructure company

A. M. Naik describes how he established a culture of value creation at one of India’s leading companies.
MARCH 2011

Scaling up a transformation: An interview with Eureko’s Jeroen van Breda Vriesman

A member of the executive board describes how the Dutch insurance group first transformed its health division and then started to roll out the changes across the entire company.

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One thing I realized all along was that if sustainability was just a showcase, it would never work. – Bill Ford

JANUARY 2010

Building a sustainable Ford Motor Company: An interview with Bill Ford

The carmaker’s executive chairman talks about its prospects, technological change in the industry, and manufacturing in America.
JANUARY 2010

Decoding Copenhagen: What the climate summit means for business

McKinsey’s Jeremy Oppenheim analyzes the impact the recent climate conference will have on businesses and economies around the globe.

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JANUARY 2010

Managing water strategically: An interview with the CEO of Rio Tinto

Tom Albanese explains how Rio Tinto is adapting its operations to a future when climate change may make the world’s dry parts drier and wet parts wetter.

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AUGUST 2009

How China and the US will set the global climate agenda

The Brookings Institution’s Ken Lieberthal discusses the opportunities he sees for a China–US clean-energy partnership going into December’s climate change conference.

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MARCH 2010

Thinking longer term during a crisis: An interview with HP’s CFO

Cathie Lesjak reflects on the company’s response to the recent global financial crisis—and the long-term effects it will have on performance.
JANUARY 2010

When your calendar is a moral document: A conversation with Reverend Jim Wallis

The CEO of the social-justice organization Sojourners discusses the imperative for rethinking values in the wake of the economic downturn.

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DECEMBER 2009

Strategy through turbulence: An interview with Don Sull

London Business School’s Don Sull discusses how to find the upside in volatile times.

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These edited panel discussions are the first two in a four-part series titled “The future of capitalism,” a collaborative effort between Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and McKinsey. The series comprises four forums over the course of the current academic year on energy, the financial system, globalization, and the role of business education in society.

MARCH 2010

The future of capitalism: Credit, lending, and leverage

A distinguished panel of CEOs and business leaders debates the current state of credit, lending, and leverage—and discusses the emerging shape of financial markets, global rebalancing, and regulation.

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DECEMBER 2009

The future of capitalism: Building a sustainable energy future

In a collaboration between Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and McKinsey, a panel of experts and CEOs from leading energy companies debate the critical scientific, resource, and policy issues challenging energy sustainability today.

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