McKinsey and Its 25,000 AI Agents: Hybrid Workforce or PR Operation?
A Figure That Demands Clarification McKinsey claims "60,000 employees," including "25,000 AI agents." This formulation, reported by LeMagIT (study: "McKinsey: 60,000 employees, including 25,000 AI agents"), doesn't merely describe technological adoption. It stages a change in scale and status of AI within the organization. Speaking of "agents" as a segment of "employees" shifts AI from...
Is AI Breaking Down the Consulting Pyramid?
For decades, major consulting firms have operated according to an almost immutable mechanism. A few partners would sell high-value strategic projects. Behind them, an army of juniors produced analyses, benchmarks, PowerPoint slides, and Excel models under extremely tight deadlines. This pyramidal model constituted the economic engine of firms like McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group,...