The World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2023 finds the gender gap for economic participation and opportunity is 60.1% closed – the second biggest divide of the four indices the report measures. Women of colour are 25% less likely than men to be promoted to managerial positions. Image: McKinsey & Company.
The World Economic Forum and McKinsey & Company are pleased to announce Resilience for sustainable inclusive growth, a white paper advanced by Borge Brende, president of the Forum, and Bob Sternfels, McKinsey’s global managing partner. This paper provides the context and objectives of the Resilience Consortium, a new public-private leadership ...
According to McKinsey, these are the 10 top technologies attracting the attention and funds of investors and technologists. They are also the ones most likely to feature prominently in the changing face of the modern workplace. Understanding the impact these tech trends will have on organizations and on the people whose jobs will be affected ...
This report by the World Economic Forum and McKinsey & Company shows that lower costs and improved access to space-enabled technologies such as communications; positioning, navigation and timing; and Earth observation services could take the global space economy to $1.8 trillion by 2035, up from $630 billion in 2023.
While longer life expectancies for men and women have been a societal success story, this is not the full picture. Despite living longer than men, women spend 25% more of their lives in poor health. Health burdens have a heavy impact on women’s lives, with ripple effects for broader society. To address these issues, the World Economic Forum and the McKinsey Health Institute have released a ...
Post-pandemic, most employees want to work from home three days a week, a new McKinsey & Company report shows. More than 25% said that they would consider switching employers if their organization returns to fully on-site work. Mental health is a top priority. The world is facing a ‘double-disruption’ scenario, with automation and COVID-19 ...
A survey of US consumers by McKinsey & Company gives a more detailed breakdown of the shift to digital shopping channels and the kinds of purchases consumers are making. The survey found a 15-30% overall growth in consumers who made purchases online across a broad range of product categories. Many of the categories see a double-digit percentage ...
The study also emphasizes the top three skill sets McKinsey says workers will need to develop between now and 2030 if they do not want to be “left behind”. Automation’s winners and losers. The report places work skills into five distinct categories: physical and manual; basic cognitive; higher cognitive; social and emotional; and ...
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The Future of Jobs Report 2023. Download PDF. The Future of Jobs Report 2023 explores how jobs and skills will evolve over the next five years. This fourth edition of the series continues the analysis of employer expectations to provide new insights on how socio-economic and technology trends will shape the workplace of the future.