Signal About 75% of current roles will need reshaping as AI embeds across workflows

Summary

McKinsey research on the agentic organization finds roughly three-quarters of current roles will need reshaping with new skill mixes combining greater technological fluency with stronger social, emotional, and higher-cognitive capabilities.

Classification

Main topicLabor & Future of Work

Secondary topicsEducation & Generations AI & Computing

Region menusGlobal

Impactscope:global

Time horizon4-10 years (2026-07-26)

Last updated2026-07-29 04:49:52

Evidence 1

The State of Organizations 2026 McKinsey & Company page=17;section=Technology disruption: Humans and AI agents - Building a new world of collaboration 2026-02 accessed 2026-07-26

Part of trends 1

TrendShift 2: work is redesigned around human-agent collaboration rather than agent insertion14 signals

Directly linked issues 0

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Relation types: supports

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