Where jobs could grow, which skills transfer, and how to help workers move into new opportunities.
Explore the reportFellow and Sr. Manager, McKinsey Global Institute
Diego Castresana
AI, work & opportunity
I lead AI and technology transformations from strategy through deployment to measurable impact. My focus is the often-overlooked human side: investing in people, skills, and organizations as seriously as in technology. I also research how AI reshapes jobs and opportunity.
Authored work
Research on AI, skills, and opportunity.
How people, AI agents, and robots can work together, and what that means for skills and organizations.
Explore the reportOther reports I contributed to
Coauthored research, published by McKinsey Global Institute. Original covers © McKinsey & Company.
Selected public speaking events
Technology, employability, and the future of work
Audience Around 500 attendees, mostly executives, discussing technology and the future of work.
Leading when AI changes the rules
Audience Deusto alumni across business, management, and the professions.
AI, organizations, and new skills
Audience Entel’s top 100 executives, exploring AI, organizational change, and new skills.
AI and digital transformation in banking and business
Audience Corporate and financial-services leaders from Central America, the Dominican Republic, and other markets.
Beyond the Tipping Point: AI and life sciences · Two-city series
Audience HR, finance, and operations leaders from the life sciences sector.
AI and technology leadership · Recurring roundtables
Audience Chief technology officers and technology leaders.
Conversations across borders
Speaking on AI, work, and opportunity. Solid markers: past events. Outlined markers: upcoming.
About
Strategy, technology, and people.
I lead strategy and transformation projects powered by AI and technology, with a focus on the human side: helping people build new skills, adopt new ways of working, and navigate change. I also study how AI reshapes work and the economy, and how to turn that change into better opportunities.
More about meExperience outside McKinsey
Work in economic development, environmental technology, and education.
Board member
Deusto Business Alumni
Board member of a network of 6,500+ members, helping shape its 2027 strategy, digital initiatives, and international reach. Deusto Business School traces its roots to La Comercial, founded in 1916 as Spain’s first business school.
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Head of Project Portfolio
Madrid Futuro
At Madrid Futuro, I led a portfolio of public-private initiatives from inception through delivery, spanning urban innovation, housing, tourism, solar energy, and skills.
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Geospatial AI & environmental monitoring
MEASURES — Air quality
I co-founded a project applying geospatial AI to air-quality monitoring: using satellite data to identify polluted areas and help decide where ground sensors should go.
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Cofounder
TEDxUDeusto
I co-founded TEDxUDeusto, helping secure the license and funding, build the team, and bring speakers and live performances to the Deusto community.
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Research & scholarship
Ruta Quetzal
A scholarship and research experience through Ruta Quetzal, combining field learning, cultural exchange, and travel in Panama and Europe.
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