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"High performers are generating more than 5% of EBIT from AI"
McKinsey 2025
With cost management top of the agenda for 2026, senior executives are looking at AI as a positive opportunity to rethink and restructure their teams. The best in class have fundamentally redesigned the way they operate, achieving a 35% boost in productivity (EY, 2025).
But there’s an elephant in the room; when you scale AI, you have to resolve a number of thorny questions. Do you reskill or re-hire? Do you have an outcome driven business case? How will transformation impact your personal brand? Who will you partner with?
With only 39% of AI initiatives currently delivering any EBIT impact [McKinsey 2025], it’s clear the road ahead is not smooth sailing. Join us as we unpick the issues and identify the best path forward.
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The share of employees who feel positive about GenAI rises from 15% to 55% with strong leadership support (BCG 2025)
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Less than a third of organisations say they're fully equipped to control and secure agentic AI systems
(Cisco 2025)
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