McKinsey Finds Only 37% Of Firms See AI Lift EBIT Despite Agents Spread

The Common Question

Why aren't AI productivity gains showing up in company financial results?

The Lesson in This Case

Four in five employees report productivity gains from AI, yet only 37% of organizations say the technology has made a measurable positive contribution to EBIT – a disconnect that has barely moved in a year. The companies closing that gap share a common trait: they are redesigning workflows around AI rather than layering tools onto existing processes, and that group represents just 6% of respondents. Senior leaders approving larger AI budgets this year should treat flat enterprise-wide financial returns as a diagnostic, not a patience problem – the constraint is organizational design, not the technology itself.

Originally reported by HPCwire. Read the full story here.