📍 In-person, near Farringdon and Barbican

Join us for fireside chat and Q&A session with Kate Smaje, Senior Partner, and Global Leader, Technology and AI at McKinsey & Company, focused on the real commercial impact of AI.

This session will move beyond hype to explore how AI is actually reshaping growth, productivity and competitive advantage across sectors. Kate will share candid perspectives from the front line of advising global organisations on how leaders are translating AI ambition into measurable business outcomes.

The conversation will cover:

Where AI is delivering tangible commercial value today, and where it isn’t
What differentiates organisations that scale AI successfully from those that stall
How leadership teams should think about operating models, talent and decision-making in an AI-enabled world
The implications for strategy, transformation and long-term value creation

Live Q&A with Kate

Following the conversation, there will be a Q&A session where attendees can put their own questions directly to Kate, a rare opportunity to get unfiltered insights on the challenges senior leaders are actually grappling with as they deploy AI at scale.

After the fireside chat, stay for drinks, nibbles and informal networking with senior industry peers.

About the speaker

Kate leads McKinsey’s holistic technology approach, advising organisations across all sectors on embracing and implementing technology and human change to create lasting value. In addition, she oversees the development of the technology tooling that empowers McKinsey’s own Firm members and enables teams to bring distinctive, tech-enabled solutions to clients.

As a recognised thought-leader and advisor to Fortune 500 and C-suite leaders, Kate specialises in digital and AI transformation, guiding leadership teams and individuals on becoming AI-native, fostering the necessary mindsets, capabilities, and understanding for successful and sustainable change. Kate codified her learnings over the past decades as a co-author of the Wall Street Journal best-seller, "Rewired: The McKinsey Guide to Outcompeting in the Age of Digital and AI.”

Designed for senior leaders

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Fireside Chat with Kate Smaje, McKinsey's global lead on AI and technology