Originally published on LinkedIn.
At Davos, McKinsey is pushing an important message: AI competitiveness is now a leadership problem, not a technology one.
In their recent article "Building the AI muscle of your business leaders," they argue that companies stall because leaders aren't equipped to own AI outcomes — not because models aren't good enough.
I agree. And I'd add one missing piece.
Leaders don't just need AI literacy. They need tools to operate AI.
You can't hold executives accountable for AI agents in production if they have:
- No visibility
- No ability to pause or intervene
- No audit trail
- No operational control
That's exactly the gap Runwaize addresses: giving business leaders an operational control plane to supervise, govern, and scale AI agents safely.
The shift happening now — very visible in Davos conversations — is clear:
AI success = leadership × operational tooling.
Adoption is easy. Operating AI responsibly is the real advantage.