McKinsey· The State of AI in the GCC · 2025
In the Gulf, AI transformation is won or lost in management — not in technology.
McKinsey's 2025 reading of the region is blunt: AI adoption is almost everywhere, yet measurable value stays rare — barely one enterprise in ten has crossed from pilot into real return. What separates the few is not the technology, it is the reskilling and the dynamic-capability building across the people who actually run the firm.
01Middle managementExecution
02Senior & executive managementDirection
03Consulting & advisory managementArchitecture
AI cross-function management
Strategic Management Office initiatives
Hybrid talent — internal & external
This is where RescAilMe becomes the life-saver. It hands the enterprise and all three management layers one working AI-driven transformation architecture — strategy turned into action, executing the value-creating initiatives that the reskilling effort was meant to produce in the first place.
Here is RescAilMe's analysis overview for a number of GCC and global firms reskilling for strategic transformation.