Rewiring for AI: From ambition to advantage

I think we're less interested in the number of successful MVPs. We're more interested in how many of these end-to-end workflows have fully scaled across the entire footprint of a company where it's relevant. That's McKinsey partner Rob Levin talking about why leaders should focus on company-wide processes instead of isolated pilots when it comes to AI transformation. He joins me and Kate Smage, McKinsey's global leader for tech and AI, to discuss their new edition of their best-selling book, Rewired, which is all about how companies can outperform in the age of AI. This is the McKinsey Podcast, where we help you make sense out of the world's

toughest business challenges. I'm your host for today, Lucia Rahili. Okay, let's get rolling. First, congratulations to both of you on the book. Again, the first edition of Rewired was a

bestseller and offered leaders a really thoughtful framework for how companies could empower themselves with tech and AI. Why a second edition? And Rob, let's start with you. We like to say that the, you know, the world didn't give us the choice since um most of the world saw Chat GPT for the first time three and a half years ago, you know, technology has changed. as AI moved from machine learning into generative AI, agentic AI, this new capability to actually automate end-to-end workflows.

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