"The state of AI" by McKinsey

Imagine this:
Hannah, a manager at a global company, recalls the days when AI was still a pilot project in one department. A chatbot here, an automation there. Nothing too disruptive.

Fast forward to 2025: things look very different. Her company has now:
📌 created an AI center of excellence,
📌 hired AI compliance and ethics specialists, and
📌 redesigned entire workflows to integrate generative AI into daily operations.

And Hannah? She notices her team spends less time on repetitive reviews and more time on strategic work. However, she also recognizes the challenges – while 27% of companies review all AI outputs, many review fewer than 20%, which risks creating blind spots in quality and compliance.

According to McKinsey’s report, “The state of AI” 👉 https://lnkd.in/eADN79Cd 

🔹Organizations are not just using AI – they’re rewiring themselves around it.
🔹New roles like AI ethics specialists (6%) and compliance experts (13%) are emerging.
🔹 And while reskilling is on the rise, only a fraction of employees have been retrained so far.

👉 The lesson?
AI isn’t simply another tool in the toolbox. It’s a force that reshapes how teams are built, how work flows, and how value is created.

The real story of AI is not about algorithms – it’s about people, culture, and the courage to reimagine how organizations work.

This post is part of the project “People and Algorithms in Organisations: Competences to Work in the Digital Environment” (DIGIT_People and algorithms) funded by the NAWA – Narodowa Agencja Wymiany Akademickiej (Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange).

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