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McKinsey’s latest article, The Big Rethink: An Agenda for Thriving in the Agentic Age, explores what happens when AI stops being a tool and starts acting as a participant. Agentic AI systems challenge us to rethink what leadership, distinctiveness, and even work might mean. McKinsey outlines six shifts leaders must make: - redefining the knowledge worker - e-evaluating competitive advantage - reimagining value creation - rewiring workflows - redesigning organisations - and relearning how to learn. But the real question, I think, is more personal: How will we lead when humans and AI begin to co-author outcomes? This feels it’s about evolving our models of trust, governance, and purpose. Those who can balance ambition with adaptability, and build cultures that learn faster than the change around them, will shape the next decade. https://lnkd.in/epzNEKaq #AgenticAI #DigitalTransformation #Leadership #AIAdoption #Strategy #McKinsey #Innovation #FutureOfWork #DigitalExperience #AIMaturity

What are the real priorities shaping leadership disruption right now? Across our events, conferences, and strategy workshops with clients around the world, we continue to see the same themes emerge. Leadership disruption in the near term rests on three interconnected priorities. ▪️AI readiness for all staff. ▪️Open and effective communication in hybrid work. ▪️Balancing rapid change with wellbeing. Our latest carousel shares practical insights on how organisations can build AI confidence, keep communication human, and match rapid change with resilience. #Leadership #Hybrid #Resilience #AI #Change

Day 1: The Future Belongs to the CIO ⚡🤖 The energy is electric here at Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo™ 2025 — thousands of CIOs and IT leaders gathered to shape what’s next in tech and business. Our opening keynote delivered by Gartner Analyst Alicia Mullery and Daryl Plummer provided a powerful reminder: ✨AI isn’t everything — but it’s touching everything. To truly lead, organizations must go beyond #AI readiness and build human readiness — empowering people, culture, and leadership to drive real transformation. 🧭CIOs are stepping into that role with trust and vision — now the most trusted executives after the CFO. The momentum is just getting started. And this is only Day 1. The conversations, insights, and connections ahead promise to shape the future of business and technology. 🔥 #GartnerSYM #AI #CIO #TechLeadership #DigitalTransformation #Innovation #Gartner

Europe is pushing for digital sovereignty... but Forrester predicts that by 2026, US hyperscalers will still dominate. For leaders, that means pragmatic strategy wins: balancing control with delivery speed. Forrester also forecasts a surge in generative AI adoption, widening the gap between consumer use and enterprise integration, while rising defence and infrastructure investments reshape the tech landscape. At Align Networks Group, we bring executive leaders together to translate these macro trends into actionable roadmaps, sharing best practices and building real momentum behind digital transformation. Let’s shape what 2026 looks like, together. #DigitalTransformation #Leadership #TechnologyStrategy #AI #Forrester #Growth #AlignNetworksGroup

AI is the cheapest and highest-leverage investment you will ever make in your career. This is the calculus I have been observing. For a cost between $20 to $200 per month, you can access tools that increase an individual's productivity by 3x, 5x, or even 10x. When that productivity is aggregated across an entire team, the results are astonishing. The market narrative is focused on how AI will augment the workforce. That is accurate, but it misses the point. The conversation should be about actively unleashing latent potential. But this potential remains dormant without a clear strategy. The decisions leaders make on AI today will have a dramatic impact on business performance over the next 3 to 24 months, and will set the foundation for the next decade. This is why I am hosting The AI Summit on November 14th in Sydney. It is designed for one purpose: to give you the playbook to unlock this latent productivity across your organisation. Early bird passes are now available. https://lnkd.in/gM9h-_bt #ArtificialIntelligence #BusinessStrategy #Productivity #Leadership #Investment

At the Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo in Orlando, our McKinsey Ops colleagues Rahul Shahani and Oana Cheta discussed why 80% of companies deploying AI still see no material EBIT impact. The reality is stark: the gap between digital leaders and laggards is widening, and early movers are pulling ahead fast. Success comes from redesigning end-to-end processes rather than isolated tasks, starting small with purpose, and ensuring humans and AI work seamlessly together. Organizations must focus on the right initiatives, build for reuse, govern from day one, and measure every deployment for real ROI. The race for AI-driven value is on. Which side of the gap will your organization be on? Learn more: https://mck.co/4qmndg3 #McKinseyOperations #AI #DigitalTransformation #Leadership #FutureOfWork #GartnerSYM

The most underrated leadership skill isn’t confidence. It’s humility. McKinsey & Company’s recent interview with Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian captures something every founder and executive should hear: saying “I don’t know” can be a company’s greatest advantage. Delta didn’t survive a century of volatility by predicting everything—it survived by building trust faster than uncertainty could erode it. Bastian’s team made that real through weekly communication during the pandemic, transparent profit sharing, and a redefinition of AI as “augmented intelligence”—technology that amplifies human empathy instead of replacing it. Mechanism: honesty becomes infrastructure. Consequence: coherence outperforms control. When vulnerability scales, it creates alignment. And when alignment scales, it becomes resilience. Ascendrix Lens Delta’s model proves that humility isn’t a soft skill—it’s a system design choice. The organizations that thrive won’t be those with perfect plans, but those with transparent reflexes. read more: https://lnkd.in/eeWmEsk9 #Leadership #BusinessStrategy #WorkplaceCulture #AI #McKinsey #DeltaAirlines

🚀 Agentic AI isn’t a side project—it’s a new operating system for business. McKinsey & Company and QuantumBlack, AI by McKinsey’s latest “Agentic Age” report makes one thing clear: CEOs who wait for “clarity” will lose to those who learn fast. Early lessons show four winning mindsets: 1️⃣ Reimagine what’s possible—move beyond task automation to rearchitected workflows. 2️⃣ Act with urgency—learning beats planning. 3️⃣ Tackle scale and governance early—build for trust and talent. 4️⃣ Turn everyone into an agent leader. At UpQuAI, we see the same pattern in Swiss and European enterprises: those embedding agentic systems today will define tomorrow’s competitive edge. 🔑 Question: Is your leadership team learning fast enough to lead in the agentic age? 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eY5XV8xc #AgenticAI #AITransformation #EnterpriseAutomation #UpQuAI

🚀 Are AI agents really worth it? McKinsey’s latest “Agentic Age” report says yes—and the numbers are striking. Early implementations show that AI agents can: ⚡ Accelerate delivery timelines by 40–50% 💰 Cut costs by 40%+ ✅ Improve output quality at the same time One example stands out: A leading universal bank faced a massive IT backlog and shortage of skilled developers. Starting with just three engineers, it built an AI agent factory—100 agents, supervised by five humans. Those agents handled the entire modernization life cycle, from reverse engineering to building new applications. The result? Time and labor costs cut by over 50%. 💡 McKinsey estimates that early agent use can drive 3–5% annual productivity gains company-wide—and as multi-agent systems evolve, that impact could exceed 10%+. At UpQuAI, we’re seeing the same pattern across Swiss and European enterprises: agentic systems don’t just optimize work—they redefine it. 👉 The question isn’t if agents are worth it. It’s how fast you can learn to lead with them. #AgenticAI #UpQuAI #McKinsey #EnterpriseAI #AITransformation #DigitalLeadership

Metropolis Healthcare’s Executive Chairperson Ameera Shah participated in an engaging panel discussion at The Economic Times #40UnderForty Awards, sharing her perspectives on “The Trailblazer’s Playbook: Leading in the New Age.” The discussion explored how leaders are navigating twin disruptions — the rise of AI reshaping work, ethics, and trust, and geopolitics redefining alliances, trade, and security. Ameera highlighted that while AI can drive insights and enhance productivity, true leadership lies in human judgment, empathy, and foresight. “AI can amplify efficiency and creativity, but it cannot replace the sensibility and intuition that define great leaders,” she said, emphasizing the importance of agility, scenario planning, and responsible innovation in a rapidly changing world. Moderated by Sonali Krishna, the panel, featuring Masaba Gupta, Geetika Mehta, and Shuva Mandal, also shared insights on how businesses can balance innovation with stability and purpose amid constant disruption. #Leadership #AI #Innovation #MetropolisLabs #ThoughtLeader #AmeeraShah #ET40Under40 #FutureOfWork #HealthcareLeadership