Introduction
Welcome back to Laboratory, the weekly dispatch where we pry open the black box of AI and pull out the gears that matter. Today our lens zooms in on the rise of Agentic AI thanks to a recent report by McKinsey Qunatum Black division —the next-gen architecture that elevates large language models from polite copilots to autonomous colleagues. In this guide, you’ll discover:
Paradox to Payoff: Why 80 % of enterprises pilot generative AI yet still can’t spot it on the P&L—and how agents break the stalemate.
Anatomy of an Agent: Memory, planning, tool use, and guardrails—see how these four capabilities turn prompt-bound chatbots into goal-seeking problem-solvers.
Mesh Mechanics: The observability, access-control, and feedback loops you’ll need to forge an “agentic AI mesh” that scales safely across the org chart.
Join me as we unpack these pillars—showing builders, operators, and strategists how to wire up agents that don’t just answer questions, but actually get the job done.
