Episodes

  • FOA25: Asia's business news agenda in 2021

    FOA25: Asia's business news agenda in 2021
    Mar 2 2021
    2021 is being seen as a year of transition for businesses in Asia. As we begin to put the disruption of the pandemic behind, what are the trends that show we are transitioning to the next normal? In this episode, we discuss the changing ways of working, innovation in action, and the sustained sustainability imperative despite the pandemic. Join the conversation with media influencers Kevin Krolicki, Asia Regional Editor, Reuters; Ravi Velloor, Associate Editor, The Straits Times; and our host, Oliver Tonby, McKinsey's Asia Chairman, to explore business news themes in the year ahead.
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    23 mins
  • FOA23: Looking ahead 2021

    FOA23: Looking ahead 2021
    Jan 5 2021
    2020 has been a challenging year. With employees working from home, customers taking to digital channels at unprecedented rates, and news headlines signaling more unpredictability, many companies are finding their resilience tested like never before. As we reflect on our experiences and look to the new year, we discuss the growing gap between high and low performers, the opportunities for trade as nations shift supply chains, and which industries have observed impressive adaptations to new digital solutions in Asia. Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 35:35) >
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    36 mins
  • FOA22: The Asian Century Part 3

    FOA22: The Asian Century Part 3
    Dec 17 2020
    In part 1 of our discussion back in August 2019, the most important issues facing Asia were the ramping up of the US-China trade challenges, the North Korea-US nuclear deals, the Rohingya refugee crisis, and the many challenges ahead with the crisis in climate change. Today in 2020, a lot of these issues have shifted due to the influence of the global COVID-19 pandemic that has shut down countries, economies, businesses, and impacted tens of millions of lives and livelihoods. In this episode, which is part 3 of our conversation we continue our discussion on how Asia will lead in the middle of global competition, the impact of COVID-19 on the future of trade and the efficacy of some of the trading partnerships in place, politics of vaccine adoption and distribution, and climate challenges in Asia. Listen to Part 1 - https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/the-asian-century-has-arrived/id1480316959?i=1000450884753 Listen to Part 2 - https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/the-asian-century-part-2/id1480316959?i=1000502392230
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    41 mins
  • FOA21: The Asian Century Part 2

    FOA21: The Asian Century Part 2
    Dec 15 2020
    In part 1 of our discussion back in August 2019, the most important issues facing Asia were the ramping up of the US-China trade challenges, the North Korea-US nuclear deals, the Rohingya refugee crisis, and the many challenges ahead with the crisis in climate change. Today in 2020, a lot of these issues have shifted due to the influence of the global COVID-19 pandemic that has shut down countries, economies, businesses, and impacted tens of millions of lives and livelihoods. In this episode, which is part 2 of our conversation, we discuss how Asia will lead in the middle of global competition, the impact of COVID-19 on the future of trade and the efficacy of some of the big trading partnerships in place, politics of vaccine adoption and distribution, and the climate challenges in Asia. Listen to Part 1 - https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/future-of-asia/ id1480316959?i=1000450884753
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    53 mins
  • FOA20: Asia's technological opportunities to propel growth

    FOA20: Asia's technological opportunities to propel growth
    Dec 3 2020
    Asia has developed and deepened its technological capabilities and infrastructure rapidly, accounting for the largest share of global growth in many technology metrics. Over the past decade, Asia's populations have embraced technology more quickly and enthusiastically than in any other region of the world. In this episode, we discuss the state-of-play of technological advances in Asia, significant leapfrogging opportunities for Asia, and the gaps in core capabilities that corporates need to address to achieve success.
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    42 mins
  • FOA19: The future of sustainability: Asia's climate change imperative

    FOA19: The future of sustainability: Asia's climate change imperative
    Nov 25 2020
    The effects of the changing climate are already being felt: between 600 million and one billion people could be at risk of lethal heat waves by 2050. According to a recent McKinsey analysis, up to $4.7 trillion of GDP in Asia is at risk annually from loss of effective outdoor working hours because of increased heat and humidity. In this episode, we discuss the real impacts of climate change in different parts of Asia and how the region can lead in adaptation and mitigation efforts.
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    43 mins
  • FOA18: Can ASEAN maintain its growth trajectory in a post-COVID world?

    FOA18: Can ASEAN maintain its growth trajectory in a post-COVID world?
    Nov 20 2020
    A driving force in Asia after several decades of strong and sustained economic growth, members of ASEAN make up almost half of the world's best-performing developing economies. ASEAN is home to eight of 18 developing economies that averaged at least 3.5 percent annual per capita GDP growth over 50 years. In this episode, we discuss the opportunities and challenges for emerging ASEAN in a post-COVID world and what companies should do to thrive in this region.
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    44 mins
  • FOA17: Building agile organizations for the next normal

    FOA17: Building agile organizations for the next normal
    Oct 12 2020
    For many companies, COVID-19 has challenged their operating and business models. Agile organizations have proven to be more resilient than the average company, and are thus better suited to respond to economic shocks posed by the pandemic. In this episode, we explore how large companies adapted their operating models in the midst of the crisis, and what companies can do to get a head-start going into the next normal.
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    38 mins