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Playlist by At the EdgeIn conversation with leaders and experts, McKinsey's At the Edge podcast demystifies cutting-edge technologies and shares strategies on how companies can capture big opportunities.13 clip(s) in playlist
What an AI-powered finance function of the future looks like
On this episode of the At the Edge podcast, OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar joins McKinsey senior partner Lareina Yee to talk about how to lead through this era of intense technological adaptation and what it means for the future of the finance function and business leadership.
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Keeping artificial intelligence real
Companies are entering a new phase with generative AI (gen AI), as they realistically ponder how to deploy the potent technology responsibly and profitably. The answer, says Navrina Singh, founder and CEO of Credo AI and today’s guest on this episode of the At the Edge podcast, is proper governance…
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Technology alone is never enough for true productivity
Technology continues to change how we work, and gen AI is the latest, greatest disruptor. But real productivity happens only when companies holistically rethink how they do business. In this episode of the At the Edge podcast, economist and Stanford professor Erik Brynjolfsson speaks with McKinsey’…
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Approaching generative AI with a beginner’s mindset
Applying a growth mindset is the best way for businesses to approach the rapid changes born of generative AI (gen AI), says Clara Shih, CEO of Salesforce AI and today’s guest on this episode of the At the Edge podcast. Shih speaks with McKinsey senior partner Lareina Yee about the transformative po…
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Embrace gen AI with eyes wide open
Although the relentless rise of generative AI (gen AI) has many fearing for the loss of their livelihoods to machines, former Fortune CEO Alan Murray argues that it may actually end up benefiting management and workers alike. In this episode of the At the Edge podcast, former Fortune CEO and editor…
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Gen AI: A cognitive industrial revolution
The advent of steam power in the late 18th century utterly transformed manufacturing, transportation, and construction. A new kind of upheaval is already underway, one that will energize all language-based capabilities including communication, reasoning, analysis, sales, and marketing. In this epis…
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Why on earth should business care about space?
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 31:27) > The volume of information available from space is unprecedented. McKinsey experts Ryan Brukardt and Jesse Klempner join host and McKinsey partner, Mina Alaghband to share the incredible ways in which the space-for-e…
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Laying the foundations for a space economy
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 15:33) > GPS. Weather reports. Lightning-fast communication. Over the past two-ish decades, these kinds of unprecedented innovations are commonplace to millions of humans – and all of them are bolstered by space technology. …
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Space: Building a digital infrastructure above the sky
Read more > Listen to the podcast (duration: 21:44) > Over ten thousand satellites have launched since the beginning of the space age in 1957. It’s expected that tens of thousands will blast off in just the next few years. Space technology is growing fast, and one of t…
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Innovative and practical applications of the metaverse
The immersive experience of the metaverse allows for massive shifts in education, training, and medicine. McKinsey expert Richard Ward speaks with partner Mina Alaghband to share myriad ways in which metaverse technology has been implemented positively and ways in which it could be implemented …
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