EdTech Insight – Gen AI: A cognitive industrial revolution

by EdTechMate | Jun 7, 2024 | McKinsey, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points This episode of the At the Edge podcast features a discussion with Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn cofounder and venture capitalist, about the generative AI revolution. Hoffman underscores the AI’s potential to enhance human linguistic...

EdTech Insight – From AI to Impact: Capabilities powering Lighthouses’ 4IR adoption

by EdTechMate | Jun 6, 2024 | McKinsey, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points The culmination of McKinsey’s series for the Global Lighthouse Network’s white paper accentuates the pivotal role of AI in propelling the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) from conceptual learning to practical...

EdTech Insight – Author Talks: Can thinking like an artist improve your decisions?

by EdTechMate | Jun 6, 2024 | McKinsey, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points In a recent conversation for McKinsey Global Publishing’s “Author Talks,” Elspeth Kirkman, Chief Program Officer at Nesta, shared insights from her new book “Decisionscape: How Thinking Like an Artist Can...

EdTech Insight – Productivity growth matters more than ever in a changing geoeconomic era

by EdTechMate | Jun 6, 2024 | McKinsey, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points Recent research by the McKinsey Global Institute underscores a global productivity rise, with median productivity increasing sixfold over 25 years. This boost is unevenly distributed, with Asia, particularly China and India, leading...

EdTech Insight – Charting a new course: The untapped potential of American shipyards

by EdTechMate | Jun 5, 2024 | McKinsey, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points The American shipbuilding sector is at a pivotal juncture with increasing demand from the US Navy and the AUKUS nuclear submarine partnership but faces a marked decline in production capabilities. Strategies for revitalization include...

EdTech Insight – Keep calm and allocate capital: Six process improvements

by EdTechMate | Jun 5, 2024 | McKinsey, News & Insights

Executive Summary and Main Points The above content addresses key process improvements for strategic resource allocation in large corporations. It outlines a six-step methodology to enhance alignment of resources with corporate strategy, thereby facilitating more...