10 guidelines for successfully scaling AI

There are plenty of individual AI success stories across the enterprise, but scaling AI continues to be a challenge. Data from McKinsey’s “The state of AI in 2026: On the road to ROI” survey shows that four in five respondents report that AI has improved individual productivity. The survey also found that in organizations with annual revenue of at least $1 billion, 40% are scaling AI agents and 31% are scaling software coding agents. At smaller organizations, 22% are scaling AI agents and 17% are scaling software coding agents. Further, the proportion of AI high performers, those who report si