McKinsey Future of Asia

How do founders keep the entrepreneurial spirit that built their companies while adding the structure needed to grow? In this episode, host Jennifer Chiang speaks with Gautam Kumra, chairman of McKinsey Asia and co-founder of the McKinsey Center for CEO Excellence, about his new book, Shapers and Founders: The Untold Stories of Asia’s Extraordinary Owner-CEOs, co-authored with Cheryl Lim and Joydeep Sengupta.  Kumra reflects on the ways owner-CEOs professionalize without creating bureaucracy so that they can scale while staying nimble. He also explores how founders approach succession, what it takes to build an institution that outlasts them, and the careful calibration behind their boldest moves.   Shapers and Founders: The Untold Stories of Asia’s Extraordinary Owner-CEOs reveals the leadership strategies behind Asia’s highest-performing entrepreneur-led companies. Drawing on hours of interviews and rigorous empirical research, this book uncovers the core behaviors and governing mindsets that have powered Asia’s rise. To find out more and order, visit www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-on-books/shapers-and-founders. See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

What core behaviors and governing mindsets guide Asia’s highest-performing owner-CEOs? In this episode, host Jennifer Chiang speaks with Joydeep Sengupta, a McKinsey senior partner and co-founder of the McKinsey Center for CEO Excellence, about the interviews behind his new book, Shapers and Founders: The Untold Stories of Asia's Extraordinary Owner-CEOs, co-authored with Gautam Kumra and Cheryl Lim.   After a year of conversations with the region's top entrepreneurs, Sengupta reflects on the ideas that stayed with him, from their ability to hold contradictory ideas at once to a hiring philosophy built on character over resume. He traces these traits back to centuries-old regional philosophies fused with Western management practice. What would change if more leaders adopted an owner mindset, wherever they sit in a company?  Shapers and Founders: The Untold Stories of Asia’s Extraordinary Owner-CEOs reveals the leadership strategies behind Asia’s highest-performing entrepreneur-led companies. Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews and rigorous empirical research, this book reveals the core behaviors and governing mindsets that have powered Asia’s rise. To find out more and preorder, visit www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-on-books/shapers-and-founders.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

Across Asia, founder-led companies create outsized value compared with professional CEOs. Is this edge something founders are born with or something they build? In this episode, host Jennifer Chiang speaks with Cheryl Lim, a McKinsey partner based in the Kuala Lumpur office and co-author of Shapers and Founders: The Untold Stories of Asia’s Extraordinary Owner-CEOs. Drawing on interviews with founders across the region, Lim reflects on the traits that recur regardless of industry or background: curiosity, a commitment to relationship-building, and the ability to hold a big-picture vision and daily execution in mind at once.  Shapers and Founders: The Untold Stories of Asia’s Extraordinary Owner-CEOs reveals the leadership strategies behind Asia’s highest-performing entrepreneur-led companies. Deriving insights from hours of interviews and rigorous empirical research, this book reveals the core behaviors and governing mindsets that have powered Asia’s rise. To find out more and preorder, visit www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-on-books/shapers-and-founders.See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

On average, people are living longer than before, raising a broader conversation about how to create an ecosystem that effectively combines the delivery of care with proven ways to prevent illness. See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

Global spending on climate adaptation is running at roughly a third of what protecting everyone exposed today would require. At 2°C of warming, the gap widens further still. The economic case for closing it is strong, and yet investment remains far short of what the science demands In this episode, host Debbi Cheong speaks with Mekala Krishnan, co-author of McKinsey Global Institute’s Advancing Adaptation report, and Yuito Yamada, Senior Partner at McKinsey. Together they examine where the adaptation gap is largest, why heat and drought account for more than three quarters of spending needs, and how Asia sits at the centre of the challenge. The return on adaptation investment is clear: the spend on resilience today returns roughly three times its cost in avoided damage, rising to seven as hazards worsen. The long-term value is clear, so what will it take to translate that case into action at the scale the problem demands? Read the report on the McKinsey Global Institute website here: https://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/our-research/advancing-adaptation-mapping-costs-from-cooling-to-coastal-defensesSee www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information