The ten most popular McKinsey.com pieces of the last year, taken from the hundreds of articles, reports, blog posts, and podcasts that were published in 2019, reflect the hopes and anxieties of business leaders in every sector: hope for a better meeting, a better mindset, a more agile organization; anxiety over the future of work in America, globalization, the energy transition, blockchain, and more.

The McKinsey Quarterly cordially invites you to check out the full list and stay tuned for 2020.

[Here are the first three articles.]

1. Want a better decision? Plan a better meeting
Effective meetings produce better business decisions. Yet too many decision meetings are doomed from the get-go. You can do better.

 

2. Blockchain’s Occam problem

Blockchain has yet to become the game-changer some expected. A key to finding the value is to apply the technology only when it is the simplest solution available.

 

3. Globalization in transition: The future of trade and value chains

Global value chains are being reshaped by rising demand and new industry capabilities in the developing world as well as a wave of new technologies.

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Here’s a direct link to all ten articles.