‘Armies of analysts’ | McKinsey tells junior staff: Stop creating PowerPoints, AI can do that

A little less time on slick slide transitions, a little more time on meaningful engagement with clients…

McKinsey has urged its junior analysts to use a proprietary AI tool to create PowerPoint presentations and reinvest time saved on more “valuable work,” a Bloomberg report has revealed.

Kate Smaje, Global Leader of Technology and AI at McKinsey, discussed the call to action in an interview published on Monday.

Smaje said that consulting giant's in-house AI platform, known internally as Lilli, could be used to create and modify presentations, freeing junior analysts to spend more time on client engagement.