McKinsey Academy is our entity at the firm for building our clients’ capabilities.
Talk about the McKinsey Academy and what drew you to that.Įlizabeth Young McNally: Sure. Google Podcasts Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher RSS Listen to previous episodes McKinsey Academy and capability buildingĭiane Brady: Liz, let’s go to you. We want to make sure that we offer our colleagues a mix of internally created programs for that very McKinsey-specific content, as well as the best of external content on skills that we don’t really need to reinvent the wheel on. Over the past few years, there’s been just an explosion of external content available on sites like Coursera and Udemy and LinkedIn.
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But, on the other hand, if we’re trying to teach people how to code in Python or the fundamentals of machine learning and artificial intelligence, there’s actually a lot of great material out there. It’s something we have to build for ourselves, for our own people. A skill like how to lead a McKinsey project team or how to solve problems in a very McKinsey-specific way, that’s not something that we can just source from the outside world.
But we try to get the best of what’s offered externally and combine that with things that we create ourselves for our own people. Matthew Smith: Well, I wouldn’t say we crowdsource. Before I go on to Liz, it sounds a little like you crowdsource programs. We’ve been doing a lot over this past year in particular to pivot much of what we do to digital and distance formats.ĭiane Brady: I know from remote schooling that it’s a challenge to transfer to a digital environment. In this very abnormal environment that we’re in now, where obviously many people are not able to go to in-person programs or attend live learning sessions, we’ve also been working very hard to ensure that all of our offerings are fit for the moment that we’re in. That involves deeply understanding what the needs of our people are in terms of the capabilities they need to be successful, not only within McKinsey but also in their broader careers.Īnd then I turn that into a set of offerings that they can take advantage of-like leadership-development programs, internal and external courses-and make sure that we’re meeting those needs. What that means is I look after the learning and development of all of our 30,000-plus colleagues globally. Matthew Smith: I am the chief learning officer here at McKinsey. Diane Brady: Let’s start by talking a little bit about where you sit in this universe.
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