The McKinsey article urges CEOs to lead an organizational transformation into the Agentic Age by reimagining workflows around autonomous AI agents, moving beyond simple task augmentation. Leaders must act with urgency and set bold goals to transition from AI experimentation to strategic, scalable implementation. This shift requires a focus on rearchitecting entire business processes around agent-first systems, not just plugging agents into existing work. The roadmap spans two to three years and includes building foundational understanding in the first year, then scaling impact to P&L results in year two. Crucial decisions involve addressing talent, governance, and technology, since every employee must evolve from using AI tools to being an agent leader who supervises the work of AI systems. Ultimately, the goal is to reinvent the business modeland achieve a competitive advantage by creating a system where humans and AI agents collaborate seamlessly.
