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class="mck-o-container--wrapped mck-o-container--mobile-spacing"><div class="mdc-o-container__body Profile_mck-c-profile__wrapper__BqMov"><div class="Profile_mck-c-profile__container-main__rUO05"><h2 data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_8032924 mdc-c-heading--title___5qyOB_8032924 mdc-c-heading--border___K8dj3_8032924"></h2><div class="mdc-o-content-body Profile_mck-c-profile__content-body__r8B5S"><p>Gregor leads McKinsey’s organization-design work in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He draws on more than 12 years of consulting experience focused on helping clients achieve optimal organization design while also pursing successful transformational change. While Gregor has particularly deep experience working with financial-services companies, he has applied his expertise across industries.</p> <p>When approaching organization-design challenges, Gregor brings a passion for helping companies become more agile. When organizations can make the right decisions more quickly, the result is improved overall performance. As part of that process, he employs bespoke analytical methods; for example, Gregor codeveloped McKinsey’s <a href="/solutions/orgsolutions/overview/orglab">OrgLab</a>, a web-based application for diagnosing and designing organizational structures.</p> <p>Examples of his recent client work include the following:</p> <ul> <li>conducting a spans and layers optimization and comprehensive organization redesign for a global bank, looking across more than 100,000 employees</li> <li>leading a comprehensive organizational redesign for a global pharmaceutical company, focused on simplification and innovation</li> <li>directing an enterprise-wide agile transformation of a global payments company that included developing a new operating model and leading change management</li> <li>helping a global gaming company develop a new operating model focused around cross-functional teams and global talent pools</li> <li>leading a diagnostic for a national central bank that resulted in a portfolio of targeted interventions to drive culture change</li> <li>developing a transformational change program with focus on performance and health for a national life-insurance company</li> </ul> <p>Keenly interested in helping executives lead and sustain change, Gregor is core faculty at McKinsey’s <a href="/sitecore/service/notfound.aspx?item=web%3a%7b13a47e3f-39eb-4f49-acbd-412de1ef7e07%7d%40en">Organization Agility Forum</a>, a training and immersion program for leaders involved in agile organization-design efforts.</p> <p>Before joining McKinsey, originally in the New York office, Gregor worked at a professional-services firm in London as a strategy consultant advising clients in financial services, the public sector, and the telecommunications industry. He served as a visiting fellow at Harvard Business School and is fluent in German and English.</p></div><div class="Profile_mck-c-profile__area-a__YIGXu container-placeholder mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-gutter-lg"></div></div><div class="Profile_mck-c-profile__sidebar-wrapper__E52KM"><div class="container-sidebar mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-gutter-xxl"><button data-component="mdc-c-button" aria-label="" type="button" id="button_id" class="mdc-c-button___U4iY2_8032924 mdc-c-button--primary___Ed-lT_8032924 mdc-c-button--size-large___jwpUy_8032924" data-layer-event-prefix="Exit Link" data-layer-action="click" data-layer-category="social" data-layer-subcategory="partner" data-layer-subcategory2="email" data-layer-text="Share this profile on email"><span data-component="mdc-c-icon" class="mdc-c-icon___oi7ef_8032924 mck-email-icon Profile_mck-c-profile__contact-icon__Xw5Jp"></span></button><div class="mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-gutter-xxl" data-layer-region="profile-expertise"><div><h2 data-component="mdc-c-heading" class="mdc-c-heading___0fM1W_8032924 mdc-c-heading--title___5qyOB_8032924 mdc-c-heading--border___K8dj3_8032924"></h2><div><ul class="List_mck-c-list___Lb7q"><li><a data-component="mdc-c-link" href="/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/how-we-help-clients" class="mdc-c-link___lBbY1_8032924"><span data-component="mdc-c-icon" class="mdc-c-icon___oi7ef_8032924 mdc-c-icon--size-xs___g8-q5_8032924 mck-arrow-right-icon"></span><span class="mdc-c-link__label___Pfqtd_8032924">People & Organizational Performance</span></a></li><li><a data-component="mdc-c-link" href="/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/how-we-help-clients/culture-and-change" class="mdc-c-link___lBbY1_8032924"><span data-component="mdc-c-icon" class="mdc-c-icon___oi7ef_8032924 mdc-c-icon--size-xs___g8-q5_8032924 mck-arrow-right-icon"></span><span class="mdc-c-link__label___Pfqtd_8032924">Culture & Change</span></a></li><li><a data-component="mdc-c-link" href="/industries/financial-services/how-we-help-clients" class="mdc-c-link___lBbY1_8032924"><span data-component="mdc-c-icon" class="mdc-c-icon___oi7ef_8032924 mdc-c-icon--size-xs___g8-q5_8032924 mck-arrow-right-icon"></span><span class="mdc-c-link__label___Pfqtd_8032924">Financial Services</span></a></li><li><a data-component="mdc-c-link" href="/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/how-we-help-clients/organization-design" class="mdc-c-link___lBbY1_8032924"><span data-component="mdc-c-icon" class="mdc-c-icon___oi7ef_8032924 mdc-c-icon--size-xs___g8-q5_8032924 mck-arrow-right-icon"></span><span class="mdc-c-link__label___Pfqtd_8032924">Organization Design</span></a></li><li><a data-component="mdc-c-link" href="/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/how-we-help-clients/enterprise-agility" class="mdc-c-link___lBbY1_8032924"><span data-component="mdc-c-icon" class="mdc-c-icon___oi7ef_8032924 mdc-c-icon--size-xs___g8-q5_8032924 mck-arrow-right-icon"></span><span class="mdc-c-link__label___Pfqtd_8032924">Enterprise Agility</span></a></li></ul></div></div></div></div></div><div class="mdc-o-content-body Profile_mck-c-profile__content-body__r8B5S Profile_mck-c-profile__additional-body__hv_Ft"><h3>Published work</h3> <p>“<a href="/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/the-organization-blog/using-skill-gap-assessments-to-help-future-proof-your-organization">Using skill gap assessments to help future-proof your organization</a>,” blog entry, McKinsey & Company, May 2022</p> <p>“<a href="/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/how-covid-19-is-redefining-the-next-normal-operating-model">How COVID-19 is redefining the next-normal operating model</a>,” <em>McKinsey Quarterly</em>, December 2020</p> <p>“<a href="/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/the-organization-blog/emerging-faster-and-stronger-building-blocks-of-the-new-normal-operating-model">Emerging faster and stronger – building blocks of the 'new normal' operating model</a>,” blog entry, McKinsey & Company, July 2020</p> <p>“<a href="/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/the-organization-blog/emerging-faster-and-stronger-organizing-to-win-the-upturn">Emerging faster and stronger – organizing to win the upturn</a>,” blog entry, McKinsey & Company, July 2020</p> <p>“<a href="/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/want-a-better-decision-plan-a-better-meeting">Want a better decision? Plan a better meeting</a>,” <em>McKinsey Quarterly</em>, May 2019</p> <p>“<a href="/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/three-keys-to-faster-better-decisions">Three keys to faster, better decisions</a>,” <em>McKinsey Quarterly</em>, May 2019</p> <p>“<a href="/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/the-organization-blog/keys-to-unlocking-great-decision-making">Keys to unlocking great decision-making</a>,” blog entry, McKinsey & Company, April 2018</p> <h3>Past Experience</h3> <p><strong>Booz & Company</strong><br /> Lead associate</p> <h3>Education</h3> <p><strong>London School of Economics and Political Science</strong><br /> PhD, organizational psychology</p> <p><strong>Justus Liebig University, Giessen</strong><br /> MSc, psychology</p></div></div><div class="mdc-u-grid mdc-u-grid-gutter-xl mdc-u-mt-5"></div></div></div></main></div><script id="__NEXT_DATA__" type="application/json">{"props":{"pageProps":{"locale":"en","dictionary":{},"sitecoreContext":{"route":{"name":"Gregor Jost","displayName":"Gregor Jost","fields":null,"databaseName":"web","deviceId":"fe5d7fdf-89c0-4d99-9aa3-b5fbd009c9f3","itemId":"faafeae7-c08f-4fbb-833d-cd3143e3ec12","itemLanguage":"en","itemVersion":4,"layoutId":"ae753eb4-a035-40b4-83bf-4b4438df6742","templateId":"882cb5bd-9600-43d9-9d6b-de8134d4a7eb","templateName":"Profile","placeholders":{"jss-main":[{"uid":"8babdffb-0cfb-45a5-8364-eb32fa63d241","componentName":"Profile","dataSource":"","fields":{"data":{"profile":{"id":"FAAFEAE7C08F4FBB833DCD3143E3EC12","name":"Gregor Jost","engTitle":"Gregor Jost","displayName":"Gregor Jost","url":"/sitecore/content/McKinsey/Home/Our People/Gregor Jost","template":{"name":"Profile"},"title":{"jsonValue":{"value":"Gregor Jost"}},"background":{"jsonValue":{"value":"\u003ch3\u003ePublished work\u003c/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;\u003ca href=\"/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/the-organization-blog/using-skill-gap-assessments-to-help-future-proof-your-organization\"\u003eUsing skill gap assessments to help future-proof your organization\u003c/a\u003e,\u0026rdquo; blog entry, McKinsey \u0026amp; Company, May 2022\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;\u003ca href=\"/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/how-covid-19-is-redefining-the-next-normal-operating-model\"\u003eHow COVID-19 is redefining the next-normal operating model\u003c/a\u003e,\u0026rdquo; \u003cem\u003eMcKinsey Quarterly\u003c/em\u003e, December 2020\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;\u003ca href=\"/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/the-organization-blog/emerging-faster-and-stronger-building-blocks-of-the-new-normal-operating-model\"\u003eEmerging faster and stronger \u0026ndash; building blocks of the 'new normal' operating model\u003c/a\u003e,\u0026rdquo; blog entry, McKinsey \u0026amp; Company, July 2020\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;\u003ca href=\"/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/the-organization-blog/emerging-faster-and-stronger-organizing-to-win-the-upturn\"\u003eEmerging faster and stronger \u0026ndash; organizing to win the upturn\u003c/a\u003e,\u0026rdquo; blog entry, McKinsey \u0026amp; Company, July 2020\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026ldquo;\u003ca href=\"/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/want-a-better-decision-plan-a-better-meeting\"\u003eWant a better decision? 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He draws on more than 12 years of consulting experience focused on helping clients achieve optimal organization design while also pursing successful transformational change. While Gregor has particularly deep experience working with financial-services companies, he has applied his expertise across industries.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen approaching organization-design challenges, Gregor brings a passion for helping companies become more agile. When organizations can make the right decisions more quickly, the result is improved overall performance. 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