Rewiring for AI: From ambition to advantage

About this episode

The episode discusses how organizations can effectively implement AI to achieve results at speed and scale.

As generative and agentic AI reshape how work gets done, the real divide isn’t who has the best ideas—it’s who can turn them into real results at speed and scale. In this webinar, McKinsey Global Editorial Director Lucia Rahilly speaks with Senior Partners  Kate Smaje  and  Robert Levin  about the updated  Rewired  playbook—and why winning with AI now depends less on ambition and more on building the organizational capabilities to deliver. The McKinsey Podcast  is cohosted by Lucia Rahilly and Roberta Fusaro. This conversation has been adapted from our  McKinsey Live series. Theme music composed, performed, and produced by Joy Ngiaw. See www.mckinsey.com/privacy-policy for privacy information

People in this episode

Host: Lucia Rahilly

Guests: Kate Smaje, Robert Levin

Topics covered

• AI
• organizational capabilities
• business strategy
• generative AI
• work transformation

Keywords

• AI
• organizational capabilities
• business strategy
• generative AI
• work transformation

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Organizations: McKinsey & Company

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