say their organisation will harness AI to successfully differentiate itself from both new and existing competitors
McKinsey’ s survey shows first movers are nearly
as the slowest movers are to take a through-cycle approach to growth
who aspire to be AI first movers say their organisations are currently first movers in general aimagazine. com 17
AI’ S FIRST MOVES
Source: Why accelerated resource allocation matters in the age of AI, Laura LaBerge, Matt Banholzer and Tim Koller with Jacob Marcus( McKinsey & Company, 2026)
THREE
IN FIVE
RESPONDENTS
say their organisation will harness AI to successfully differentiate itself from both new and existing competitors
McKinsey’ s survey shows first movers are nearly
FOUR
TIMES
AS LIKELY
as the slowest movers are to take a through-cycle approach to growth
FEWER THAN
HALF
OF RESPONDENTS
who aspire to be AI first movers say their organisations are currently first movers in general aimagazine. com 17