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Designing an end-to-end technology workforce for the AI-first era

CIOs are rebuilding teams from scratch for the agentic AI age. Here's what your org chart should look like.

Reporting by McKinsey Insights 1 min brief
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Why it matters

As agentic AI becomes operational reality, enterprise leaders must fundamentally restructure hiring, skill development, and vendor partnerships—not iterate on existing models. This is strategic guidance for CTOs and tech leaders navigating workforce transformation.

The key facts

5 to know

  1. Focus on agentic AI workforce design

  2. Requires rethinking hiring practices

  3. Internal capability building critical

  4. Vendor strategy negotiation emphasized

  5. McKinsey advisory perspective on AI-first organizational structure

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Publisher excerpt: CIOs are rebuilding their teams for the agentic AI age. This requires rethinking how to hire, build internal capabilities, and negotiate vendor strategies to speed innovation.
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