This is a special episode of The McKinsey Podcastcovering last week’s meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. McKinsey Senior Partners Becca Coggins and Shelley Stewart III speak with Global Editorial Director Lucia Rahilly about what was top of mind for CEOs—from geopolitics to leading through the AI moment to the faster-than-expected arrival of humanoid robots at scale.

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This is a special episode of <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-podcast">The McKinsey Podcast</a> covering last week&rsquo;s meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos. McKinsey Senior Partners <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/becca-coggins">Becca Coggins</a> and <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/shelley-stewart">Shelley Stewart III</a> speak with Global Editorial Director Lucia Rahilly about what was top of mind for CEOs&mdash;from geopolitics to leading through the AI moment to the faster-than-expected arrival of humanoid robots at scale.
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The McKinsey Podcast, our new flagship podcast series, takes you inside our global firm, and features conversations with experts on issues that matter most in business and management. McKinsey & Company is a management-consulting firm that helps businesses, governments, and not-for-profit organizations realize their most important goals. Topics covered in this series include strategy, technology, leadership, marketing, operations, organization, and the role of business in society.

The McKinsey Podcast features conversations with experts from global management-consulting firm McKinsey & Company, focusing on the issues that matter most in business and management.

The McKinsey Podcast

Our flagship series The McKinsey Podcast takes you inside our global firm, and features conversations with experts on issues that matter most in business and management. McKinsey & Company is a management-consulting firm that helps businesses, governments, and not-for-profit organizations realize their most important goals. Topics covered in this series include strategy, technology, leadership, marketing, operations, organization, and the role of business in society.

Our flagship series The McKinsey Podcast takes you inside our global firm, and features conversations with experts on issues that matter most in business and management. McKinsey &amp; Company is a management-consulting firm that helps businesses, governments, and not-for-profit organizations realize their most important goals. Topics covered in this series include strategy, technology, leadership, marketing, operations, organization, and the role of business in society.

Special episode: 2026 Davos highlights

AI has yet to deliver the ROI many leaders expected. What are they getting wrong? “This is probably the biggest, most complex transformation we’ve seen—but it’s 80 percent business transformation and 20 percent tech,” according to McKinsey’s North America Chair Eric Kutcher. “That’s different from how most people have thought about it.” On this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, Eric speaks with Global Editorial Director Lucia Rahilly about how CEOs can deliver on AI’s revolutionary potential—and meet this “legacy moment” successfully.

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AI has yet to deliver the ROI many leaders expected. What are they getting wrong? &ldquo;This is probably the biggest, most complex transformation we&rsquo;ve seen&mdash;but it&rsquo;s 80 percent business transformation and 20 percent tech,&rdquo; according to McKinsey&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/eric-kutcher">North America Chair Eric Kutcher</a>. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s different from how most people have thought about it.&rdquo; On this episode of <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-podcast">The McKinsey Podcast</a>, Eric speaks with Global Editorial Director Lucia Rahilly about how CEOs can deliver on AI&rsquo;s revolutionary potential&mdash;and meet this &ldquo;legacy moment&rdquo; successfully.
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How the best CEOs are meeting the AI moment

McKinsey’s Bill Wiseman, Bob Sternfels, Martin Kellner, and Steffen Fuchs were on the ground at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. In this special episode of The McKinsey Podcast, they tell us about the tools and themes that most resonated with them—breakthrough AI applications, advances in mobility, and more.

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McKinsey&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/bill-wiseman" data-outlook-id="844a26c6-56e5-445d-879d-a7ed183e34ee">Bill Wiseman</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/bob-sternfels" data-outlook-id="c164bfb8-dbd0-4c89-8058-78f029203f62">Bob Sternfels</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/martin-kellner" data-outlook-id="7b09fb6f-bd9e-4193-b1ce-710c18f2f332">Martin Kellner</a>, and&nbsp;<a href="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmckinsey.com%2Four-people%2Fsteffen-fuchs&amp;data=05%7C02%7CLaurel_Moglen%40mckinsey.com%7Cdf33e4cfb6464ecf79ae08de4fa3b88e%7Ccc8936bc93824fff87cb6f55999549e7%7C0%7C0%7C639035761748268305%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=DnJwZp%2FFVsDxE3f98MIW6c1FMGI8fcyIqFuYZ0uOs0U%3D&amp;reserved=0" data-outlook-id="23477c89-e9fa-43f7-9d2c-4ba078ad7dcd">Steffen Fuchs</a>&nbsp;were&nbsp;on the ground at this year&rsquo;s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. In this special episode of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-podcast">The McKinsey Podcast</a>, they tell us about the tools and themes that most resonated with them&mdash;breakthrough AI applications, advances in mobility, and more.
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 Special episode: McKinsey at CES 2026 

Think about your org chart. Now imagine it features both your current colleagues—humans, if you’re like most of us—and AI agents. That’s not science fiction; it’s happening. And it’s happening relatively quickly, according to McKinsey Senior Partner Jorge Amar. In this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, originally broadcast on McKinsey Talks Talent, Jorge joins McKinsey talent leaders Brooke Weddle and Bryan Hancock and Global Editorial Director Lucia Rahilly to talk about what these AI agents are, how they’re being used, and how leaders can prepare now for the workforce of the not-too-distant future.

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Think about your&nbsp;org chart. Now imagine it features both your current colleagues&mdash;humans, if you&rsquo;re like most of us&mdash;and AI agents. That&rsquo;s not science fiction; it&rsquo;s happening. And it&rsquo;s happening relatively quickly, according to McKinsey Senior Partner&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/jorge-amar">Jorge Amar</a>. In this episode of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-podcast">The McKinsey Podcast</a>, originally broadcast on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/mckinsey-talks-talent-podcast">McKinsey Talks Talent</a>, Jorge joins McKinsey talent leaders&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/brooke-weddle">Brooke Weddle</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/bryan-hancock">Bryan Hancock</a> and Global Editorial Director Lucia Rahilly to talk about what these AI agents are, how they&rsquo;re being used, and how leaders can prepare now for the workforce of the not-too-distant future.
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Special episode: 2026 Davos highlights

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