How McKinsey Plans to Survive AI (and Reinvent Consulting)

How does a storied consulting firm reflect on its history while forging a path ahead in uncertain times? In this episode of HBR IdeaCast, McKinsey Global Managing Partner Bob Sternfels speaks with host Adi Ignatius about the controversies that have ignited change at the large consulting firm, how exactly they are reorganizing human talent in an age of AI, and what business models he thinks will be most successful as the industry shifts. #McKinsey #Consulting #artificialintelligence #AI Books, tools, and more: store.hbr.org Follow us: https://hbr.org/   / harvard-business-review     / hbr     / harvardbiz     / harvard_business_review   Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #YourCareer #Career #Job #Work #Business #Harvard #HarvardBusinessSchool Copyright © 2026 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved.

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