Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The next industrial breakthrough will be defined by how people and AI work together.

As part of our film series, this latest chapter explores McKinsey’s partnership with the World Economic Forum to help leading manufacturing organizations move beyond digital pilots to enterprise-wide transformation.

Across 60+ factories in 25 countries, the Global Lighthouse Network is demonstrating what happens when operators become orchestrators—embedding AI, analytics, and automation into the core of operations to drive resilience, sustainability, and measurable performance impact.

This is the shift:
• From experimentation to scaled deployment
• From smart factories to connected, cognitive networks
• From isolated use cases to system-wide value creation

McKinsey’s Sydney Alabaster shares how the most advanced manufacturers are rewiring operations for impact at scale.

The question for every leader:
What’s your next brilliant move?


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