Successful digital transformations may not be as elusive as you think. Kate Smaje and Rodney Zemmel, global leaders in McKinsey’s Digital practice, join McKinsey Global Publishing’s Lucia Rahilly to explore what digital success looks like—and what stands in the way.

Then, in an Author Talks excerpt, Amy Webb, futurist and author of the new book, The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology, describes how synthetic biology could open the door to “bespoke” children, significantly longer life spans, and subterranean societies.

Author Talks: https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-on-books/author-talks
The Genesis Machine: Our Quest to Rewrite Life in the Age of Synthetic Biology: https://amywebb.io/books

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