McKinsey Consultants Reduce PowerPoint Reliance with AI-Assisted Tools
McKinsey has seen a sharp drop in PowerPoint usage as consultants adopt AI tools for project management and analysis. A McKinsey engagement manager created an AI-assisted website that serves as a centralized project hub, replacing traditional slide decks for team coordination. The shift reflects broader changes in how consulting firms are integrating AI into their workflows.
McKinsey's Global Leader for technology and AI, Kate Smaje, told Business Insider that PowerPoint usage has dropped significantly within recent months as employees increasingly use AI tools for their work. One engagement manager, Louis-Charles Généreux, developed an AI-assisted website called a "client visualization hub" to manage a project involving 70 people, replacing the traditional approach of circulating PowerPoint decks via email. The website, built using McKinsey's internal Platform McKinsey and hosted on Cloudflare, provides real-time updates, improved searchability, and version control—addressing longstanding problems with slide-based project management such as multiple conflicting versions and difficulty locating information. The system uses AI to generate weekly podcast-style summaries and memos, keeping all stakeholders informed with a single source of truth. While PowerPoint has not disappeared entirely, it is now primarily used as a final output format rather than a working tool, with the actual analytical work increasingly happening within AI-powered systems.
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McKinsey consultants are using AI to end their dependence on PowerPoint
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