Economies around the globe are making progress on AI. What differentiates the front-runners is how quickly they move from commitment to action.
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September 30, 2026
In BCG’s 2026 Applied AI Index, almost half of companies now generate value from AI. As agentic AI spreads, these companies have critical lessons for others.
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June 3, 2026
Our fourth annual global survey reveals that AI is changing jobs faster than companies are redesigning operations to keep up—and strategic clarity is crucial to long-term success.
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January 15, 2026
Nearly three-quarters of CEOs are their company’s chief decision maker on AI. Most of them remain bullish on the technology.
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May 27, 2026
CEOs don’t see AI as a major source of stress. But as the focus shifts from AI adoption to accountability, the pressure will build.
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June 26, 2025
Frontline employees have hit a “silicon ceiling,” with only half of them regularly using artificial intelligence tools, according to BCG’s global AI at Work survey. What can be done?
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AI Transformation Across Industries
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November 10, 2026
By redesigning for AI, players can unlock significant benefits that go beyond automation.
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August 25, 2026
Six common misconceptions about AI-driven IT modernization can undermine value, increase risk, and slow progress. Here’s what leaders should do instead.
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June 18, 2026
AI can fundamentally transform how retail banks operate, but only if they fundamentally rewire how work is done.
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June 17, 2026
Within two to five years, AI agents will execute and optimize finance workflows in real time, transforming the CFO from producer of numbers to architect of value.
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June 15, 2026
AI agents can drive cost reductions of 60% or more, but only if processes are redesigned end-to-end.
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Agentic AI
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August 12, 2026
Agentic AI transforms the COO from a technical expert into an enterprise-wide orchestrator.
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August 14, 2026
AI agents are scaling faster than enterprise governance, making centralized control critical for organizations seeking to accelerate AI adoption without increasing risk.
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July 20, 2026
Scaling agentic AI in a regulated business calls for a common enterprise platform that balances innovation with governance.
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July 16, 2026
As AI agents increasingly shape how customers discover, evaluate, and buy products, CMOs have a unique opportunity to make AI-driven marketing a driver of growth.
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July 7, 2026
Most AI investment today targets productivity and process improvements. A new class of AI agents can revolutionize strategic decision making for executive committees.
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July 8, 2026
Most CTOs and CIOs are still asking what agentic AI can do. Leaders are rethinking how the business operates.
Cybersecurity, AI Risks, and Responsible AI
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September 22, 2026
Even when AI agents follow their instructions and stay within their permissions, they can still cause harm. To ensure agents reach the right goal by the right means, companies need to govern both purpose and conduct.
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June 11, 2026
As agentic systems turbocharge the pace of financial fraud and scams, banks must leverage AI to ready their defenses.
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June 8, 2026
Agentic AI is rapidly shifting how data is created, accessed, and acted upon across the enterprise. What’s required is a fundamental reframing of data risk itself.
Article
July 7, 2026
Most AI investment today targets productivity and process improvements. A new class of AI agents can revolutionize strategic decision making for executive committees.
Article
April 29, 2026
As Anthropic’s Claude Mythos demonstrates, organizations need to fundamentally change how they do security. This AI model uses advanced reasoning to find vulnerabilities in firewalls and other infrastructure that have escaped detection for decades.
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December 18, 2025
Bad actors are increasing their use of AI in cyber attacks faster than companies are responding. A global survey of senior leaders reveals the size of the gap.
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The Human-AI Advantage
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June 17, 2026
AI brings efficiencies, but overreliance can cause cognitive skills within organizations to erode. Leaders should act now to protect human capabilities.
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June 17, 2026
As AI agents grow more autonomous, companies must deliberately embed their purpose, values, and culture into every interaction—or risk scaling sameness.
Article
June 10, 2026
Achieving meaningful impact from an AI transformation requires more than just providing employees with knowledge about the technology. While AI investment is accelerating across industries, many companies report little to no ROI. The answer is translating new capabilities into performance.
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May 19, 2026
When AI transformations fail, it’s usually because of human factors. Seven principles from behavioral science explain the difference between efforts that succeed and those that don’t.
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April 23, 2026
Becoming AI-first is an organizational challenge, not a technical one. Through two real-world transformation case studies, we show what it takes to become AI-first.
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February 4, 2026
Companies that are realizing the most value from AI also have the most ambitious upskilling programs—and put the resources in place to support them.
Physical AI
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May 12, 2026
Physical AI is becoming more flexible and capable, making robotics more deployable across industries and supply chains. Is your automation strategy keeping pace?
Article
April 14, 2026
Progress is real, but so is the uncertainty. A five-level framework helps leaders distinguish proven capabilities from emerging bets and sequence investments with discipline.
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March 12, 2026
Making Physical AI Work in the Real World
Qualcomm’s Nakul Duggal and BCG’s Jaison Justin outline how AI-powered robotics can enhance workflows, increase efficiency, and support frontline teams in complex environments.
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May 12, 2026
World models and spatial intelligence are enabling new ways to understand physical space, say BCG’s Dylan Bolden and Dr. Fei-Fei Li of Stanford University and World Labs.
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You Are Not Hallucinating
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May 27, 2026
To lead in the next industrial era, CEOs must treat physical and agentic AI as strategic assets—not costs.
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April 16, 2026
If it feels like work is changing, it’s because it is.
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September 22, 2025
Massive data spending does not equal AI business impact. BCG’s Vlad Lukic explains why many investments miss and how leaders can flip data and AI into competitive advantage.
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August 15, 2025
To preserve their brand’s character in an oversaturated market, CMOs must blend human creativity with AI’s power to scale.
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June 10, 2025
An AI-first consultant, who happens to have a PhD in astrophysics, shares what he has learned from querying GenAI chatbots up to 100 times a day.
AI Today: On the Ground with BCG
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July 14, 2026
The Consumer Goods and Retail Companies Getting AI Right
Only 45% of retailers are seeing scalable results from AI investment. OpenAI’s Nicolai Skabo and BCG’s Nicolas De Bellefonds share key lessons from them.
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July 13, 2026
How Frontier Firms Are Scaling AI
Microsoft's Keith Mercier and BCG's Mai-Britt Poulsen explore why leadership alignment, clear governance, and bold reinvention separate AI leaders from companies still stuck in experimentation.
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June 30, 2026
AI Adoption Starts with People
Lenore Lang of Salesforce and BCG’s Bryan Gauch discuss why leadership support, employee curiosity, and high-value use cases are key to successful agentic AI adoption.
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June 30, 2026
The CMO-CIO Relationship Is Key to Delivering on AI
CMOs are realizing data aggregation is critical to achieving their AI goals. Desiree Motamedi of Salesforce and BCG’s Jessica Apotheker say CIOs can offer solutions.
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June 16, 2026
Closing the Gap Between AI Capability and Business Value
Anthropic’s Tobias Harrison-Noonan and BCG’s Tom Martin discuss scaling applied AI adoption, ecosystem partnerships, and the future of autonomous agents.
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