Governments and health systems across Asia aspire to shift toward proactive, preventive care. Yet historically, prevention budgets and policies haven’t matched the rhetoric, leaving reactive treatment models dominant.

Today, a new era of change is emerging — from public health initiatives and infrastructure planning to pharmaceutical and wearable-driven innovation — signaling that prevention and treatment are on track to converge for better outcomes. Can Asia become the first region to truly integrate prevention and innovation at scale?

In this episode, host Debbi Cheong is joined by Hemant Ahlawat, Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company in Zurich, and Panco Georgiev, Senior Partner in Dubai.

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Narayana Murthy, founder of Indian technology services and consulting giant, Infosys, discusses the vital role that respect and compassion play for him in being a successful business lead

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Frontier technologies present exciting possibilities for organizations, but their full potential needs to be unlocked. The challenge? Turning cutting-edge breakthroughs like agentic AI, advanced semiconductors, and robotics into real business impact while managing talent gaps, organizational change, and the complexities of rapid technological advancement.

In this episode of the McKinsey Future of Asia Podcast, host Debbi Cheong is joined by Lareina Yee (Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company), Michael Chui (Senior Fellow, QuantumBlack, a McKinsey company), and Vinayak HV (Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company). They explore how Asia's unique energy landscape, demographics, and innovation ecosystems are positioning the region as a global leader in technology adoption and transformation.

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