McKinsey Quarterly: turning executive judgment into organizational intelligence with AI in CEO leadership

By McKinsey & Company (Andy West and Sébastien Lacroix, global leaders of the Strategy and Corporate Finance practice) · Wed, 4 Nov 2026 17:31:00 +0000.

The email introduces a new McKinsey Quarterly article titled "Turning executive judgment into organizational intelligence: Leveraging AI in CEO leadership." The email's subtitle is "Codify how great leaders think."

The thesis highlighted in the email is that the judgment of the CEO and senior executives is one of the most valuable sources of knowledge in an organization. According to the text, AI can now codify that tacit wisdom and make it available to every member of the organization, something presented as possible "for the first time."

The email is only a brief notice with a link to the full article, so it includes no details on the study's methodology, specific cases, figures or recommendations. The content cannot be summarized more precisely without access to the original article.

The "Also Consider" section recommends two other related pieces: "When can AI make good decisions? The rise of AI corporate citizens" and "How the best CEOs are meeting the AI moment."

As industry context, the topic fits into the growing interest among consulting firms and senior management in using AI and agents to support strategic decision-making, although the email does not expand on this point.