Top interviews of 2007 (The McKinsey Quarterly)
Interviews are among the Quarterly’s most popular features. Our top interviews during the past year spanned a wide range of topics, including strategic planning, technology management, organizational change, marketing, and green investment.
Read these interviews now in case you missed them in 2007.
1. STRATEGY | Investing in sustainability: An interview with Al Gore and David Blood
The former vice president and his partner in an investment-management firm argue that sustainability investing is essential to creating long-term shareholder value.
2. STRATEGY | Strategy’s strategist: An interview with Richard Rumelt
A giant in the field of strategy ruminates on strategic planning, diversification and focus, and the role of the CEO.
3. GOVERNANCE | Crafting a message that sticks: An interview with Chip Heath
The key to effective communication: make it simple, make it concrete, and make it surprising.
4. ORGANIZATION | Innovative management: A conversation with Gary Hamel and Lowell Bryan
Forward-looking executives must respond to the growing need for a new managerial model.
5. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | Focusing on the customer: An interview with the head of Merrill Lynch’s operations and IT
Merrill Lynch has combined operations with IT in a single unit. Diane Schueneman, the head of the company’s Global Infrastructure Solutions, explains how she is changing both to focus on the customer.
6. HIGH TECH | Coaching innovation: An interview with Intuit’s Bill Campbell
A veteran Silicon Valley CEO and mentor of CEOs talks about his years in high tech. (Premium)
7. ECONOMIC STUDIES | Promoting growth and social progress: An interview with the president of Chile
Michelle Bachelet discusses her views on the roots of political upheaval in Latin America, and the link between economic development and the fight against poverty.
8. FINANCIAL SERVICES | Integrating diverse IT systems: An interview with the CIO of Credit Suisse
Tom Sanzone explains how his broad authority within the company helps keep IT aligned with the business strategy. (Premium)
9. MARKETING | Confronting proliferation … in mobile communications: An interview with Nokia’s senior marketer
Keith Pardy discusses the challenges of maintaining a strong global presence while keeping pace with the explosion of products and marketing channels.
10. ORGANIZATION | Leading change: An interview with the CEO of Deere & Company
Bob Lane details the steps his company took to engage the whole organization in an operational and cultural transformation.
