Boards can play an essential role in engaging management teams to ensure they fully explore the potential of generative AI, even beyond their comfort zone. In this episode, we discuss the most important questions boards need to ask senior executives as their companies move to adopt this technology. Our guests are experienced in both technology and board practices.

Frithjof Lund is our managing partner in Norway and leads our firm’s Board Services Practice globally.

Douglas Merrill is a partner in our Southern California office and was the Chief Information Officer and VP of Engineering at Google before joining McKinsey.

Alexander Sukharevsky is a senior partner in London and the global leader of QuantumBlack, McKinsey's AI arm.

Aaron Rosenberg is a partner at Radical Ventures where he leads the firm's European and London investment activities and operations.

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196. A guide for boards on generative AI: Four questions for management teams