Today’s technology demands lightning-fast changes. But speed without purpose is not progress. In Fast Times, McKinsey leaders cut through the hype to provide a readable inside look into what digital winners do best: set direction, learn, and adapt faster than anyone else.
For executives frustrated with their pace of change, Fast Times digs into the root questions that shine a light on the issues that keep companies like yours from setting direction, learning, and adapting:
- Do you really know how your company is performing?
- How do you make it safe for people to experiment so you can build a proactive culture?
- How do you balance fast execution with deliberate decision-making?
- Are your training programs up to the challenge of reskilling the talent you need tomorrow?
- Do your IT people have the skills needed to build the tech that’s needed and incorporate cybersecurity?
The experts at McKinsey & Company draw from decades of experience and detailed analysis to highlight what matters most in order to become a digital winner. With illuminating sidebars and real-life scenarios, Fast Times is an invaluable shortcut to setting direction, learning, and adapting to win..
Author
Arun Arora, partner at McKinsey & Company, has more than twenty-five years of experience managing operations for US-based and multinational companies and has held various operational and leadership positions with industry leaders including Apple, Sun Microsystems, 3M, Groupon, Staples, and Sears.
He has extensive expertise in digital, retail, and omnichannel environments. As former president and 16B officer of Sears Holding Corporation's home-appliance and home-services businesses, Arora launched the eCommerce as well as 95/5 initiative, which defined the service standard for the industry.
At Staples, he served as senior vice president and general manager of global e-commerce and ran Staples.com and mobile properties for Staples--the second largest behind Amazon.
As head of global risk and operations at Groupon, he helped scale the business globally while doing so profitably.