Podcasts by McKinsey Future of Asia
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The great divergence: banking in Asia post pandemic from 2022-03-27T12:00
Asia’s business news agenda in 2022 from 2022-02-06T07:00What are the business stories Asian executives should pay attention to in the year ahead? In this episode, leading editors from the Financial Times and Reuters discuss the issues in Asia likely to ... Listen
The path to net-zero: Investing in carbon markets from 2021-12-19T15:00As the drive to curb global warming gathers pace, carbon markets have become increasingly fundamental to achieving net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions. In this episode, we discuss the rapid emergence... Listen
COP26 and Implications for Asia from 2021-12-16T05:00Asia faces several key challenges in undertaking the net- zero transition while standing out as being more exposed to physical climate risk than other parts of the world. In this episode, we discus... Listen
Getting to know Asia’s future consumers from 2021-09-07T15:00Asia is the world’s consumption growth engine – miss Asia, and you’ll miss a $10 trillion opportunity over the next decade. Powerful demographic forces are reshaping consumer behavior and causing l... Listen
The Future of Healthcare in Asia from 2021-09-01T15:00Asia is primed for rapid healthcare change, driven by shifting demographics, rising consumer expectations, technological innovations, and limited legacy health infrastructure. Today, digital health... Listen
Setting your organizations up for success in cloud technology from 2021-07-20T15:00Cloud has become a great enabler in advancing organizations’ business priorities across Asia. The growing importance of cloud technology is now being realized all over the region but challenges rem... Listen
Sustainably improving workplace mental health from 2021-06-20T15:00The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated preexisting workplace mental health challenges, creating a new imperative for leaders to take a holistic and methodical approach to workplace mental health. In... Listen
The Audible Brief: How Asia can boost growth through technological leapfrogging from 2021-06-02T15:00Asia has experienced a significant technological transformation over the past decade, and there is more to come if the region addresses remaining gaps in core capabilities. In our mini-series "The ... Listen
Banking through the pandemic from 2021-05-17T05:00Banking fortunes are linked to the fortunes of economies. When Asia entered the COVID-19 crisis, banks were well-prepared and far more resilient this time than they were during the crisis of 2008. ... Listen
A tale of two cities: Driving innovation through speed, stability, and scale from 2021-05-09T16:00Asia has developed and deepened its technological capabilities and infrastructure rapidly over the past decade, accounting for the largest share of global growth in many technology metrics. In this... Listen
The evolution of healthtech in Asia from 2021-04-29T16:00Asia’s healthcare ecosystems are digitizing. Amid enormous challenges in the face of COVID-19, healthcare companies have taken steps to mitigate the crisis and create positive change. In this episo... Listen
Fighting gender bias in artificial intelligence from 2021-04-11T16:00Artificial intelligence (AI) has played a huge part in accelerating key trends during the pandemic – it has fundamentally changed the way we work. However, what happens when human biases affect the... Listen
Teaching AI to sail like a world-class sailor and what it means for business from 2021-03-09T16:00The America’s Cup, the oldest trophy in international sport, is competitive sailing’s most coveted prize. When the 36th edition begins in March, the race’s defending champion, Emirates Team New Zea... Listen
Asia’s business news agenda in 2021 from 2021-03-01T16:00:392021 is being seen as a year of transition for businesses in Asia. As we begin to put the disruption of the pandemic behind, what are the trends that show we are transitioning to the next normal? I... Listen
The future of work after COVID-19 from 2021-02-18T04:00:16The future of work is constantly evolving, and COVID-19 has only accelerated this phenomenon. The pandemic has led to the rise of remote work, a growth in the e-commerce market, and has facilitated... Listen
Looking ahead to 2021 from 2021-01-05T15:00:112020 has been a challenging year. With employees working from home, customers taking to digital channels at unprecedented rates, and news headlines signaling more unpredictability, many companies a... Listen
The Asian Century Part 2 from 2020-12-16T15:00At the beginning of our discussion back in August 2019, the most important issues facing Asia were the ramping up of the US-China trade challenges, the North Korea-US nuclear deals, the Rohingya re... Listen
The Asian Century Part 1 from 2020-12-14T16:00:46At the beginning of our discussion back in August 2019, the most important issues facing Asia were the ramping up of the US-China trade challenges, the North Korea-US nuclear deals, the Rohingya re... Listen
Asia's technological opportunities to propel growth from 2020-12-02T15:00:03Asia has developed and deepened its technological capabilities and infrastructure rapidly, accounting for the largest share of global growth in many technology metrics. Over the past decade, Asia’s... Listen
The future of sustainability: Asia’s climate change imperative from 2020-11-24T14:00:08The effects of the changing climate are already being felt: between 600 million and one billion people could be at risk of lethal heat waves by 2050. According to a recent McKinsey analysis, up to ... Listen
Can ASEAN maintain its growth trajectory in a post-COVID world? from 2020-11-19T16:00A driving force in Asia after several decades of strong and sustained economic growth, members of ASEAN make up almost half of the world’s best-performing developing economies. ASEAN is home to eig... Listen
Building agile organizations for the next normal from 2020-10-11T15:00For many companies, COVID-19 has challenged their operating and business models. Agile organizations have proven to be more resilient than the average company, and are thus better suited to respond... Listen
Innovating for the future: Building new businesses in Asia from 2020-09-23T16:00:40Asia has the suite of capabilities needed for building new businesses—a skilled talent pool, a strong startup culture and robust investment. This podcast episode, featuring the President of True Di... Listen
India’s turning point from 2020-08-25T12:00India is at a decisive point in its journey towards prosperity. With economic reforms, the country could create gainful jobs for 90 million workers over the coming decade; letting go of this opport... Listen
Countering the gender-regressive shock of COVID-19 in Asia from 2020-08-19T16:00As COVID-19 continues to impact lives and livelihoods around the world, we can see that the pandemic and its economic fallout are having regressive effects on gender equality. What does progress on... Listen
Parity in a pandemic: An Asia perspective from 2020-07-19T18:00COVID-19 is confronting companies in Asia with a daunting degree of disruption. The lessons from previous crises tell us there is a very real risk that inclusion and diversity may now recede as a s... Listen
The shopping habits of the Australian consumer from 2020-07-12T15:00The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound economic impact upon families and markets across almost all sectors. Coupled with the recent bushfires and recession, Australian consumers’ habits are adapt... Listen
Decoding the value and performance of corporate Asia from 2020-07-05T22:00:23Corporations in Asia have grown rapidly and risen to global prominence over the past decade. However, they lag behind their global counterparts in terms of their economic profits. The COVID-19 pand... Listen
The four big shifts in food retail in Asia due to the COVID-19 crisis from 2020-06-28T22:00How has COVID-19 affected the retail shopping behaviours, spending, and expectations of consumers in Asia? In this episode, we discuss the four big shifts that require food retailers to act —and in... Listen
Climate risk and response in Asia from 2020-06-24T07:00How can Asian companies address climate change in a post-pandemic world? This is more important than anywhere else in the world, with the majority of impacts of climate change falling on Asia. Sust... Listen
Saving lives and livelihoods in India from 2020-06-03T07:00COVID-19 is an unprecedented humanitarian challenge for all countries. India has made a concerted effort to flatten the pandemic’s curve. Now attention is shifting to reopening the economy while co... Listen
Planning ahead of the coronavirus crisis from 2020-05-18T07:00The coronavirus outbreak is shaping up to be the biggest economic crisis since World War II. The challenges associated with the virus are much larger than companies are used to dealing with, and fi... Listen
South Korea’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020-05-06T07:00Although COVID-19 continues to pose a significant threat to the world, different countries are at vastly different stages of the spread. While some countries recently recorded their first cases, ce... Listen
Asia's response to the coronavirus from 2020-04-28T07:00The coronavirus pandemic is reshaping the global economy. Asia, the first part of the world affected by the crisis, is leading the way out of it. The decisions leaders make today will not only infl... Listen
Future of Banking in Asia from 2020-02-07T07:00In Asia, banking is going through massive discontinuities,
Future of China and its relationship with the world from 2019-11-06T06:00After 4 decades of opening up its economy, China is facing their first set of challenges with their relationship to the world. Could we be seeing the beginning of a new trend of less engagement bet... Listen
Asian networks and flows are defining the next phase of globalization from 2019-10-08T04:00The Asian Century has begun. Asia is the world’s largest
The Asian Century has arrived from 2019-09-11T07:00The Future of Asia is not only a China story anymore. It is about India, the world's third largest economy already by PPP standards, ASEAN soon to be the world's fourth largest economy and Japan's ... Listen |