McKinsey: from adoption to impact in AI transformation

By McKinsey & Company.

McKinsey Quarterly has published a new article titled "From adoption to impact: Three horizons of AI transformation," sent by Alexis Krivkovich and Ulf Schrader, global leaders of McKinsey's People & Organizational Performance practice.

The email notes that most organizations are still in an early stage of their journey with artificial intelligence. According to a new global survey mentioned in the message, the article explores how companies can progress from individual adoption of AI tools to capturing value at an enterprise-wide scale.

The central framework proposed by the piece is structured around three horizons: enablement, automation and reinvention, which would represent progressive stages of maturity in AI-driven business transformation.

The body of the email is brief and functions mainly as a promotional link to the full McKinsey Quarterly article, without developing in the email text itself any concrete data, survey figures or specific company examples. Two other McKinsey pieces are also mentioned as related reading: "The state of AI in 2025: Agents, innovation, and transformation" and "Rewired takes: Practical people lessons for scaling AI adoption," both focused on the adoption of AI agents and managing organizational change around AI.

Since the body of the email does not include the full text of the article (only the headline, a brief description and links), it is not possible to offer further detail without speculating about content not present in the message.