OUR BEST IDEAS FOR THE C-SUITE

Welcome to the latest edition of the CEO Shortlist, a biweekly newsletter of our best ideas for the C-suite. We’ve just spent a fantastic week at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos. Every year, we collaborate with the WEF to investigate the year’s most critical issues, and our in-house institutes examine many more. In this edition, we look at the two reports we’re most excited about. We appreciate the opportunity to connect and hope you find our perspectives novel and insightful. You can reach us at Alex_Panas@McKinsey.com and Axel_Karlsson@McKinsey.com. Thank you, as ever.

—Alex and Axel

We get by with a little help from our consortium. In business, and in life, resilience is key to successfully navigating a volatile world. McKinsey’s Resilience Consortium, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, has published a new report showcasing remarkable examples of how organizations today are responding to challenges—and specific ways leaders can bridge their resilience gaps.

Nine conditions propel a third of the women’s health gap. Our latest research on women’s health continues to explore why women spend, on average, 25 percent more time in poor health than men. Addressing nine conditions, including heart failure, endometriosis, and breast cancer, could offer a blueprint toward closing the women’s health gap—and unlock $400 billion in annual GDP.

We hope you find these ideas inspiring and helpful. See you in a couple of weeks with more McKinsey ideas for the CEO and others in the C-suite.

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