The AI-Enabled Enterprise (2026-2027)
Artificial intelligence is no longer a future concept or a specialist technology. It is becoming embedded in the core systems that run modern organisations - shaping how decisions are made, how work is executed, and how risk is managed.
At the same time, much of the public conversation around AI remains polarised. On one side is hype and urgency; on the other is caution and delay. Neither reflects the reality most business and IT leaders are navigating.
This series exists to provide a grounded, enterprise-level view of how AI is actually changing organisations between now and the end of 2027 - and what leaders should be paying attention to as that change unfolds.
Explore the Series
Each article examines AI's impact on a core enterprise function. Read in any order.
Executive Leadership & Strategy
How leadership, decision-making, and strategy evolve between now and 2027
8 min read
Finance & Administration
How the function evolves between now and 2027
10 min read
Sales & Revenue
How revenue generation evolves between now and 2027
9 min read
Operations & Supply Chain
How execution and delivery evolve between now and 2027
9 min read
HR & Workforce
How people, roles, and capability evolve between now and 2027
9 min read
IT, Data & Security
How technology, governance, and trust evolve between now and 2027
9 min read
Risk, Compliance & Governance
How control, assurance, and accountability evolve between now and 2027
9 min read
AI Readiness Guide
What organisations must get right first to benefit from AI between now and 2027
8 min read
The perspectives in this series are deliberately focused on the near term.
They reflect:
- Capabilities already present in mainstream enterprise platforms
- Adoption patterns in mid-to-large organisations
- A realistic 18-24 month trajectory as AI moves from augmentation to default operation
This is not a vision of distant transformation. It is a description of changes that are already underway, and that will increasingly shape expectations from boards, customers, employees, and regulators.
A Consistent Theme
Across all functions, the same pattern emerges:
- Periodic processes give way to continuous ones
- Manual effort shifts toward exception handling and judgement
- Insight moves closer to real time
- Integration matters more than local optimisation
- Human accountability becomes more important, not less
AI accelerates how organisations sense and respond - but it also raises the stakes for governance, clarity, and leadership.
This series is:
- Grounded in current enterprise reality
- Written for business and IT leaders
- Focused on operating model change
- Explicit about governance and accountability
This series is not:
- A product catalogue
- A technology deep dive
- A promise of effortless transformation
- A substitute for leadership judgement
The intention is orientation, not prescription.
Between now and the end of 2027, organisations will diverge.
Some will adapt their operating models, decision rights, and governance to take advantage of continuous intelligence. Others will adopt AI tactically, but struggle to trust, scale, or control its impact.
The difference will not be access to technology - it will be readiness, integration, and leadership.
The AI-enabled enterprise is not defined by how much automation it uses, but by how effectively it combines human judgement with system-driven insight.
This series is intended to help leaders recognise the shape of what is coming, ask better questions, and make more deliberate choices as their organisations evolve.
The journey is already underway. The advantage lies in understanding it clearly.
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