S1E1: Deciphering Asia's 2021 business agenda: McKinsey Future of Asia Podcast

McKinsey Future of Asia Podcast: Deciphering Asia's 2021 business agenda 40 mins Synopsis: Permission granted to The Straits Times to reproduce this podcast by McKinsey & Company. This podcast episode looks at Asia's 2021 business news agenda. Oliver Tonby - chairman of McKinsey & Company in Asia - hosts Kevin Krolicki, the Asia regional editor for Reuters and Ravi Velloor, an associate editor with The Straits Times. They look back at the remote and Work-From-Home revolution of 2020 and look ahead to 2021 discussing the following topics: The big agenda events and how they will turn out - the Tokyo Olympics and the World Economic Forum that has been delayed to be held in Singapore (Aug 17-20)  (5:21) US-China relations, reordering of supply chains, and the interest rate cycle (7:26) Ongoing technology revolution and trends in Asia (18:43) Climate risk, sustainability, inequality and how Asia is shaping up in these areas (27:39) Produced by: McKinsey & Company Edited by: McKinsey & Company Permission granted to The Straits Times to reproduce this podcast by McKinsey & Company. Discover ST & BT podcasts: Channel: https://str.sg/JWVR Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2Lu4rPP Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2PwZCYU Google podcasts: http://str.sg/googlestbt Websites: http://str.sg/stbtpodcasts https://bt.sg/moneyhacks Feedback to: [email protected] See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.