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 at an early stage of their artificial intelligence journey. Drawing on a new global survey cited in the mailing, the article explores how companies can move from individual adoption of AI tools to capturing value at enterprise scale.

The piece's core framework is built around three horizons: enablement, automation and reinvention. These represent progressive stages of maturity in AI-driven business transformation.

The body of the email is brief and serves mainly as a promotional link to the full McKinsey Quarterly article. The email text itself provides no hard data, survey figures or specific company examples. It also lists two other McKinsey pieces as related reading: "The state of AI in 2025: Agents, innovation, and transformation" and "Rewired takes: Practical people lessons for scaling AI adoption". Both focus on adopting AI agents and managing organizational change around AI.

Because the email doesn't include the full article (only the headline, a short description and links), no further detail can be given without speculating about content that isn't in the message.