Bob Sternfels

Bob Sternfels appears in Why AI will dwarf every tech revolution before it: robots, manufacturing, AR glasses from CES 2026 as the McKinsey guest. He says CEOs are increasingly focused on making their organizations move faster, and he uses McKinsey’s own internal AI adoption to show how agent systems can change staff mix and work output.

The episode says McKinsey saved 1.5 million hours in search and synthesis, had about 25,000 personalized agents for 40,000 humans, and expected agent-human parity by year end. Sternfels also warns that eliminating entry-level work too quickly can damage the future leadership pipeline, making the episode a useful addition to Agent Workforce Redesign and Workplace AI Readiness Gap.

Connections

• McKinsey, Agent Workforce Redesign, AI Organization Design, and Business-Led AI Transformation - internal AI transformation context.
• Enterprise AI Pilot Purgatory, AI Coworkers, and Digital Employees - enterprise adoption and agent-workforce concepts.
• AI Worker Literacy and Human Judgment Under AI - skills and judgment branch.