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McKinsey survey: 88% use AI, 21% redesigned workflows

McKinsey's 2025 global AI survey finds 88% of organisations use AI in at least one function, up from 78% a year earlier.

  • AI ROI
  • Org redesign
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01What happened

Yet only 39% report EBIT impact at group level, and just 21% have fundamentally redesigned at least some workflows.

About two-thirds have not begun scaling AI across the enterprise; the 6% it classes as high performers are those where AI contributes more than 5% of EBIT.

02By the numbers

88%
use AI in at least one function
21%
have fundamentally redesigned workflows
6%
high performers, AI contributing over 5% of EBIT

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