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The McKinsey Podcast · 2026-01-01 · 19 min · 3,536 words

Don’t get stuck in a rut—update how you operate

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Happy holidays to you from us here at McKinsey. Today we've got one of our most popular interviews from 2025. We'll be back January 8th with new episodes. This is the McKinsey Podcast, where we help you make sense out of our world's toughest business challenges. Welcome to the show.

I'm Lucia Rahili and I'm Roberta Fassaro. Hey Lucia. Hey Roberta. What do we have on McKinsey.com this week? Well, the US has a big birthday next year.

It's the semi-quin centennial, 250 years old. In honor of that, we've published seven articles that aim to help America's leaders chart their course within the world's longest-lived constitutional democracy. And also, very timely, is the latest in our series on tariffs and their economic impact on business and global trade. And a reminder, there are links to all of these articles in our show notes. And of course, you can always find them on McKinsey.com.

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