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canonicalName: "Boston Consulting Group"
aliases: ["BCG", "Boston Consulting Group (BCG)"]
source_timestamps: ["§ Adoption does not meaningfully increase.", "§ Author Bios"]
tags: ["consulting", "research"]
related: ["claim-adoption-drivers", "entity-bcg-henderson-institute", "entity-matthew-kropp"]
sources: ["agentic"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-agentic"
originDay: 6
articleStem: "hbr-ext-16-dont-treat-agents-like-employees"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/05/research-why-you-shouldnt-treat-ai-agents-like-employees"
sourceTitle: "Research: Why You Shouldn’t Treat AI Agents Like Employees"
---
# Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

**Entity type:** Organization (global management consulting firm).

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is the global consulting firm that employs the article's authors ([[entity-matthew-kropp]], [[entity-julie-bedard]], [[entity-emma-wiles]], [[entity-megan-hsu]], [[entity-lisa-krayer]]) and houses the [[entity-bcg-henderson-institute-d6]].

A cited BCG study on AI and workforce transformation found that companies **leading in AI maturity are 3.5× more likely** to have managers who actively **role-model AI use** — the primary driver of adoption identified in [[claim-adoption-drivers]] and the contrarian insight [[contrarian-humanizing-fails-adoption]]. In the enrichment overlay, BCG is the canonical organizational reference for this body of research (note: the specific 3.5× figure is unverified against external sources).