{"id":6859,"date":"2026-05-21T16:22:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=6859"},"modified":"2026-05-21T16:22:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T16:22:16","slug":"mckinsey-partner-says-up-to-50-of-work-hours-could-be-transformed-within-the-next-5-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stock999.top\/?p=6859","title":{"rendered":"McKinsey partner says up to 50% of work hours could be transformed within the next 5 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the past few years, AI tools have entered the rank-and-file mainstream\u2014and now, being skilled with the tech is increasingly a prerequisite for employees. AI fluency is quickly becoming table stakes; Anu Madgavkar, a partner at the McKinsey Global Institute, predicts that up to half of professionals\u2019 working lives could be transformed by advanced tech by the turn of the decade.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a ton of research that suggests anything from 30% to 50% of a person\u2019s work hours and work activities could transform and change in the coming three to five years,\u201d Madgavkar recently said during the \u201cWhat Do We Mean By \u2018AI Fluency?\u2019\u201d panel hosted by McKinsey at Fortune\u2019s Workplace Innovation Summit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

AI fluency has become a hot topic among employers, as described by a McKinsey partner as workers\u2019 ability to leverage tools in their professional tasks. And the management consulting firm has found that the efficiencies are already here; today\u2019s technology can theoretically automate activities that account for about 57% of U.S. work hours, according to a 2025 McKinsey report. AI agents can currently automate tasks that account for 44% of Americans\u2019 work hours, and robots can even take on 13% of the time employees clock in. And no career is immune to a revamp: McKinsey found that every job will require skill changes by 2030.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything about how we transform, and how we work with tools that are embedded with AI capabilities, is what AI tools [are] all about,\u201d Madgavkar continued. \u201cIt\u2019s not about any specific software package tool capability\u2014It\u2019s a new way of working.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, that doesn\u2019t mean workers are headed for irrelevance. McKinsey\u2019s 2025 research also found that it won\u2019t push human skills out of the picture, predicting that about 70% of current workforce skills can be applied to both automatable and non-automatable tasks. And other leaders maintain that a part of being AI fluent means being able to distinguish the right time to use it\u2014humans need their intuition in this new transformation.<\/p>\n

\u201c[AI is] embedded in everything that we do. So going and taking a training on a particular tool, that\u2019s very short-lived,\u201d Yelena Naginsky, talent and performance lead at Google DeepMind, also said during the summit panel. \u201cYou need to understand what\u2019s the problem you\u2019re trying to solve. Will this be the right tool for you?\u2026We don\u2019t need more content.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scott Helmes, chief people officer at the cloud-based HR platform Gusto, echoes the leaders at McKinsey and Google DeepMind in his assessment of AI fluency. And it\u2019s becoming a powerful lever in both humans\u2019 personal and professional lives. He noted that this tech revolution feels markedly different from others in terms of the pace of innovation; Helmes said that over the last 12 to 18 months, the trajectory of tech has changed dramatically. Applying the tools to workflows can be a huge win for the user experience of businesses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cAI fluency isn\u2019t tool use\u2014which tool, when to use it, why to use it,\u201d the CPO explained during the session. \u201cIt\u2019s how is [AI] transforming and amplifying your ability to drive impact for your customer through the use of the tooling.\u201d<\/p>\n

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