McKinsey and company

also referred to as: mckinsey

includes McKinsey Global Institute

4 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 14, 2026 by Bob Sternfels · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2026 · across every show →

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Jan 14, 2026 bullish
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Sternfels: McKinsey will grow client-facing consulting headcount 25% next year
“We're growing that body at 25% next year.”
Bob Sternfels Jan 14, 2026 ▶ 18:16 Why AI will dwarf every tech revolution before it: robots, manufacturing, AR glasses from CES 2026
Jan 14, 2026 neutral
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Sternfels: McKinsey mistakenly predicted in the 1980s that cell phones would fail
“One of the things, unfortunately, great failures that we had was we did a project and it was published a while ago for AT&T in the mid eighties that said these things were never going to take off. Cell phones were never going to really get going.”
Bob Sternfels Jan 14, 2026 ▶ 41:09 Why AI will dwarf every tech revolution before it: robots, manufacturing, AR glasses from CES 2026
Jan 14, 2026 neutral
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McKinsey cut non-client-facing staff 25% while increasing output 10% with AI
“At the same time though, about half our firm are non-client facing folks. We're down 25% in that group with 10% increase in output.”
Bob Sternfels Jan 14, 2026 ▶ 18:58 Why AI will dwarf every tech revolution before it: robots, manufacturing, AR glasses from CES 2026
Mar 27, 2026 bearish
Assertion Partly supported
Sacks: McKinsey studies show 95% of enterprise AI pilots fail
“There's McKinsey studies showing that like, 95% of enterprise pilots aren't successful.”
David Sacks Mar 27, 2026 ▶ 28:32 Anthropic's Generational Run, OpenAI Panics, AI Moats, Meta Loses Major Lawsuits
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