Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 355, an interview with the author of REWIRED: The McKinsey Guide to Outcompeting in the Age of Digital and AI, Kate Smaje. The book REWIRED delivers a road-tested, how-to manual that Mckinsey consultants use to help companies build the capabilities to outcompete in the age of digital and AI. It reveals the learnings from large companies around the globe for succeeding at the six core elements of a digital transformation—strategy, talent, operating model, technology, data, and adoption and scaling capabilities. 

Kate Smaje is a senior partner in McKinsey’s London office. She co-leads the McKinsey Digital practice globally and is a member of McKinsey’s Shareholders Council, the firm’s board of directors. She works with senior executives to deploy the power of data, digital culture and capabilities, and modernized core technology. She also has firsthand experience as a chief technology officer across core technology, digital product management and innovation, and cybersecurity work. In addition to her work with McKinsey, Kate is a trustee of Tommy’s, the children’s charity.

Get Kate’s book here:

REWIRED: The McKinsey Guide to Outcompeting in the Age of Digital and AI. Eric Lamarre, Kate Smaje, Rodney Zemmel. https://www.amazon.com/Rewired-McKinsey-Guide-Outcompeting-Digital/dp/1394207115#:~:text=This%20book%20is%20your%20how,teams%2C%20and%20scale%20the%20value.

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