Sean Brown said the Inside the Strategy Room library holds more than 320 episodes.
“our entire library of more than 320 episodes.”
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- 30 Oct 2026328. Driving agentic transformation: How AI is rewriting the playbook on large-scale change44m
- 16 Oct 2026326. M&A heading into Q4: How AI is reshaping value creation47m
- 9 Oct 2026325. Addressing AI Frontier Lab model risks and opportunities50m
- 2 Oct 2026324. How strategy creates value: The four foundations that drive long-term performance51m
- 4 Sep 2026320. The digital twin: Reimagining non-financial risk management44m
- 2 Jul 2026310. The CEO's role in transformation51m
- 14 May 2026303. How finance leaders are driving value with AI51m
- 30 Apr 2026301. Using generative AI to conduct outside-in diligence49m
- 23 Apr 2026300. The CEO’s agenda for thriving in the agentic age53m
- 2 Apr 2026297. Boards in the age of AI46m
- 19 Mar 2026295. AI, strategy, and the future of work: What business leaders need to know35m
- 29 Jan 2026288. Securing agentic AI: A playbook54m
- 6 Nov 2025276. From strategy to performance: Building a new operating model for a new world34m
- 31 Jul 2025262. Workday’s CEO on driving growth and transformation in the age of AI29m
- 20 Mar 2025243. A road map to successful transformation45m
- 27 Feb 2025240. Improving strategy with AI40m
- 16 Jan 2025What an AI-powered finance function of the future looks like28m
- 28 Nov 2024227. Retired CIA Director John Brennan: Why modernization is ‘never over’48m
Sean Brown says the book Valuation, co-authored by Tim Koller, is about 800 pages, in its eighth edition, and has sold more than a million copies.
“Tim, you know, you're one of the authors of valuation. It's 800 page book now in its eighth edition with more than a million copies sold.”
Andy West is a McKinsey senior partner in Boston who co-leads the firm's global strategy and corporate finance practice.
“Andy is a senior partner based in our Boston office and co-leads our strategy and corporate finance practice globally.”
Kurt Strovink co-authored the New York Times bestseller A CEO for All Seasons and the national bestseller The Journey of Leadership.
“Kurt is the co-author of the New York Times bestseller, a CEO for all seasons, as well as the national bestseller, The Journey of Leadership.”
Kurt Strovink serves on McKinsey's shareholders council and leads its global CEO services practice.
“He currently serves on our shareholders council and also leads our global CEO services practice.”
Inside the Strategy Room has a library of more than 300 episodes, released weekly.
“our entire library of more than 300 episodes.”
In McKinsey's annual CFO surveys, the share of respondents reporting AI investment in their finance function was 24% in 2023, 50% in 2024 and 65% in 2025, according to Davide Grande.
“In 2023, 24% of our participants said yes. In 2024, it was 50%, in 2025, 65%.”
Davide Grande said that the share of surveyed CFOs actively using AI in finance rather than piloting it rose from 6% in 2024 to 51% in 2025.
“In 2024, 6% were active user, in 2025, 51%. So seven times increase in finance department.”
Davide Grande advised that every euro invested in AI should return ten times the investment.
“The most important part of this, I think, is whenever you do AI, be obsessed with value creation. Every euro invested in AI must return ten times the investment.”
Davide Grande said AI can move mergers and acquisitions from manual, time-consuming research to a programmatic approach that quickly identifies acquisition targets.
“In M A, we'll move from a contingent approach with manual time-consuming research to a programmatic approach where you can basically instantly find the best targets for M A”
The McKinsey article describes four AI archetypes: pragmatic adopters, functional reinventors, business pioneers and internal transformers.
“four archetypes are mentioned the pragmatic adopters, functional reinventors, business pioneers and internal transformers.”
Sean Brown explained that MCP stands for Model Context Protocol and lets large language models and agents connect to external tools, data and systems.
“MCP stands for Model Context Protocol. It basically enables large language models and agents to connect to external tools and data and sources and systems.”
Charlie Lewis is a thirteen-year veteran and reserve officer in the U.S. Army and an assistant professor and researcher at West Point.
“He's a thirteen-year veteran and reserve officer in the U.S. Army, and serves as an assistant professor and researcher at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.”
Rich Isenberg is a former chief information security officer and a partner in McKinsey's Atlanta office.
“A former chief information security officer or CISO, Rich brings his extensive knowledge of operations, vulnerabilities, and remedies across multiple industries”
Carl Eschenbach became sole CEO of Workday in February 2024 after serving as co-CEO with co-founder Aneel Bhusri since late 2022.
“Carl was appointed CEO of Workday in February 2024 after having worked alongside co-founder Aneel Bhusri in the role of co-CEO since late 2022.”
Workday was formed about 20 years ago and disrupted the HR and finance software market with cloud-based management solutions.
“formed some 20 years ago and that went on to successfully disrupt the HR and finance market with its cloud-based management solutions.”
Kevin Carmody helped start McKinsey's transformation practice more than 15 years before this episode.
“So Kevin, you helped start our transformation practice more than 15 years ago.”
Andrea Tricoli is an associate partner in McKinsey's Strategy and Corporate Finance Practice, based in London.
“Andrea Tricoli is an associate partner in our strategy and corporate finance practice and based in London.”
Bruce Delteil is managing partner of McKinsey's Vietnam office and leads its Strategy Practice in Asia.
“Bruce Delteil is the managing partner of our Vietnam office and leads our strategy practice in Asia.”
Inside the Strategy Room had a library of more than 230 episodes at the time of this recording.
“where you can also access our entire library of more than 230 episodes.”
Sean Brown introduces Sarah Friar as a former leader at Salesforce, Square and Nextdoor who is now OpenAI's CFO.
“Sarah has held leadership roles at Salesforce, Square and Nextdoor, and she's now at the forefront of using generative AI to shape the finance function of the future.”