Rewired (mckinsey's Playbook On How Leading Companies Win With Technology And Ai)

The world’s most influential management consulting firm, McKinsey & Company, updates and expands its essential guide to AI transformation

In the newly revised second edition of Rewired: The McKinsey Playbook on How Leading Companies Win with Technology and AI, five experienced McKinsey leaders deliver an essential and incisive update to their widely read guide to planning and implementing successful Tech & AI transformations.

The book walks you through the six capabilities every company must develop to succeed with Tech & AI: transformation roadmapping that targets real value, a talent bench of highly skilled experts, an operating model that allows you to move at pace, a distributed technology environment that is flexible, data embedded throughout your organization, and adoption and scaling that enable solutions to realize meaningful gains.

This new edition offers brand new insights into  cutting-edge AI solutions―and what it takes to implement them―as well as the new economics of Tech & AI transformations. You’ll also discover how to build up the “tech muscles” of your AI transformation leaders, how to develop effective human-AI collaboration models, how to revolutionize software develop with AI agents, and how to industrialize AI so it can safely and effectively scale.

Inside the book:

• More than 30 real-world case studies and examples of large, established companies that have successfully navigated these sorts of transformations, with deep dives into Toyota, DBS Bank, Freeport-McMoRan, and LATAM Airlines
• Comprehensive “how-to” transformation guides and frameworks you can put into practice immediately, including 100 detailed exhibits
• Deep dives into the role of leadership at the C-suite and domain levels, as well as practical tips for navigating and avoiding the pitfalls that slow down most transformations

Perfect for the C-suite, managers, executives, board members, and other business leaders, Rewired is a must-read playbook for professionals ready to roll up their sleeves and do the hard work necessary to reimagine their company and generate transformational value.

Introduction

Your Guide to Rewired 1

Your Transformation Manifesto 12

Section One Creating the Transformation Roadmap 19

Chapter 1 Inspired, Aligned, And Ready to Go: Working with Your Top Team. Expanded 25

Chapter 2 The Economics of Tech & Ai Transformations. New 39

Chapter 3 Focus on Business Domains, Not Use Cases. Expanded 49

Chapter 4 Have Business Leaders Lead the Reimagination of Their Domain. Expanded 63

Chapter 5 Reimagining Workflows with Agentic Ai. New 79

Chapter 6 You''re Only as Good as the Capabilities You Build. 97

Chapter 7 The Ultimate Corporate Team Sport. Expanded 111

Section Two Building Your Talent Bench 125

Chapter 8 Building The Tech Muscle of Your Business Leaders. New 131

Chapter 9 The Big It Talent ''Surgery.'' Expanded 141

Chapter 10 Creating An Environment Where Tech Talent Thrives. 159

Chapter 11 Rethinking Your Talent Model For An Agentic World. New 175

Section Three An Operating Model That Outruns The Competition 193

Chapter 12 Go Team! The Ground Floor Of Your Operating Model. Expanded 199

Chapter 13 The Revolutionary Idea: Embedding Engineering Talent In The Business. New 217

Chapter 14 The Blueprint For A Faster Enterprise. New 237

Chapter 15 Making The Transition In A Controlled Way. New 257

Chapter 16 Building A New Business? There''s An Operating Model For That. New 265

Section Four Technology For Speed And Distributed Innovation 278