While AI continues to influence the way we work in exciting new ways, it is crucial for organizations to apply guardrails to keep it safe. On this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, McKinsey senior partners Alexander Sukharevsky and Lareina Yee dig into McKinsey’s latest report, with editorial director Roberta Fusaro.

In our second segment, how do you muster the courage to speak up at work? Senior partner Sherina Ebrahim has two tips.

While AI continues to influence the way we work in exciting new ways, it is crucial for organizations to apply guardrails to keep it safe. On this episode of <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-podcast">The McKinsey Podcast</a>, McKinsey senior partners <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/alexander-sukharevsky">Alexander Sukharevsky</a> and <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/lareina-yee">Lareina Yee</a> dig into McKinsey’s <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/quantumblack/our-insights/the-state-of-ai">latest report</a>, with editorial director Roberta Fusaro.
In our second segment, how do you muster the courage to speak up at work? Senior partner Sherina Ebrahim has two tips.

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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.

The key to accelerating AI development? Pragmatism plus imagination

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.

As generative and agentic AI&nbsp;reshape how work gets done, the real divide isn&rsquo;t who has the best ideas&mdash;it&rsquo;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&nbsp;<a href="https://preview.mckinsey.com/our-people/kate-smaje">Kate Smaje</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://preview.mckinsey.com/our-people/robert-levin">Robert Levin</a>&nbsp;about the updated&nbsp;Rewired&nbsp;playbook&mdash;and why winning with AI now depends less on ambition and more on building the organizational capabilities to deliver.
<a href="https://preview.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-podcast">The McKinsey Podcast</a>&nbsp;is cohosted by Lucia Rahilly and Roberta Fusaro.
This conversation has been adapted from our&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-live">McKinsey Live</a> series.
Theme music composed, performed, and produced by Joy Ngiaw.

Rewiring for AI: From ambition to advantage

Most leaders herald the promise of AI, but many employees see it as a looming threat—a modern echo of Annie Oakley’s classic lines: “Anything you can do, I can do better. I can do anything better than you.” What does it take, then, to lead constructive partnerships between humans and AI agents at work? In this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, McKinsey Senior Partner Alexis Krivkovich and McKinsey Global Institute Partner Anu Madgavkar speak with Global Editorial Director Lucia Rahilly about new research on what AI can and can’t do, where humans will continue to add value, and what needs to happen to help all of us work side-by-side with agents and robots successfully.

Theme music composed, performed, and produced by Joy Ngiaw.

Most leaders herald the promise of AI, but many employees see it as a looming threat&mdash;a modern echo of Annie Oakley&rsquo;s classic lines: &ldquo;Anything you can do, I can do better. I can do anything better than you.&rdquo; What does it take, then, to lead constructive partnerships between humans and AI agents at work? In this episode of <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/mckinsey-podcast">The McKinsey Podcast</a>, McKinsey Senior Partner <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/alexis-krivkovich">Alexis Krivkovich</a> and McKinsey Global Institute Partner <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/anu-madgavkar">Anu Madgavkar</a> speak with Global Editorial Director Lucia Rahilly about new research on what AI can and can&rsquo;t do, where humans will continue to add value, and what needs to happen to help all of us work side-by-side with agents and robots successfully.
Theme music composed, performed, and produced by Joy Ngiaw.

The rise of the human–AI workforce

People often expect their leaders to have all the answers; David Novak built his career by challenging that assumption. On this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, the former CEO and cofounder of Yum! Brands and current chair of Versant speaks with Eric Kutcher, McKinsey’s chair of North America, about the experiences that shaped his leadership—from engaging with front-line franchisees to managing a very public product flop—and how other leaders can learn from them.

Theme music composed, performed, and produced by Joy Ngiaw.

People often expect their leaders to have all the answers; David Novak built his career by challenging that assumption. On this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, the former CEO and cofounder of Yum! Brands and current chair of Versant speaks with <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/our-people/eric-kutcher">Eric Kutcher</a>, McKinsey&rsquo;s chair of North America, about the experiences that shaped his leadership&mdash;from engaging with front-line franchisees to managing a very public product flop&mdash;and how other leaders can learn from them.
Theme music composed, performed, and produced by Joy Ngiaw.

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