Issue Organizations lose clarity about what their core actually is as they grow
Summary
McKinsey identifies the first barrier to focus as organizations no longer knowing what constitutes their core once they become large and diverse, and argues leading companies counter this by rotating portfolios and repeatedly asking whether they are the best owner of each business.
Classification
Main topicMacroeconomy & Finance
Region menusGlobal
Impactscope:global
Time horizon0-3 years (2026-07-26)
Last updated2026-07-29 04:49:52
Evidence 1
- The State of Organizations 2026 McKinsey & Company page=45;section=Economic disruption: Focusing on the core - Doing the right thing with more intensity / Issues to address 2026-02 accessed 2026-07-26
Constituent trends 1
Directly linked signals 1
Relation types: constitutes · direct_urgent
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