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2026 Trends: Building the AI Native Enterprise

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AI Native
Enterprise

Future competitive advantage belongs to AI-native companies, embedding AI foundationally to create an intelligent, adaptive operating model on modern cloud and data platforms.

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Ending the
“app for that” Era

Realising real AI ROI requires a shift away from solitary point solutions.

The  “toolbox” method creates a patchwork of disconnected AI, leading to data silos, while the AI Native Enterprise uses an intelligent fabric to connect all functions for true end-to-end optimisation.

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Balancing the Digital Workforce

AI has become a great leveler of basic skills – democratising roles and lowering the traditional barriers to entry with human assistance now commonplace. How do we responsibly enable human-agent teams that value indispensable traits?

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The Leadership Responsibility

Becoming AI Native  demands a top-down vision from leadership, focused on long-term business reinvention, moving beyond simple efficiency. The core shift is in the employee role, transitioning from “doers” to orchestrators of AI agents. This transformation must also address the question: What does responsible business look like?

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Pace vs. Potential
Curve

The core challenge of the AI era is the exponential speed of technology consistently outpacing an organisation’s capacity for successful adoption and benefit realisation. Organisations must focus on becoming adaptable and establish a rate of change that is sustainable, sensible, and responsible for them.

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Addressing the
Data Gap

The exponential speed of AI is creating a Data Gap, exposing and amplifying existing data management issues within organisations. The critical absence of high-quality, well-understood, and governed data limits current AI gains to mere personal productivity. This a practical step to becoming an AI Native Enterprise. 

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innovation:applied

  • An investment bankers desk, with a calculator, notebook, laptop, and a document of graphs

    Security audit

    and data infrastructure hardening

    The project delivered significant, measurable benefits, transforming the clients data infrastructure into a reliable and secure foundation for future growth.
    Read case study about Private Equity Investment Bank
  • A city street with a mortgage bank building

    Centralising data

    to create a single source of truth

    Telana successfully built a foundational, stable, and scalable data platform for the bank, creating a single source of truth by centralising disparate data.
    Read case study about Specialist Mortgage Bank
  • project management team sitting in an office

    30,000 users

    enabled with optimised platform

    Telana delivered a new Project and Portfolio Management platform to enable effective project oversight and resource optimisation
    Read case study about Global Business Services Firm
  • A construction worker putting together the frame for a building

    £7,000 per month

    reduction in storage fees

    An automated data management solution was created using Microsoft Graph Data Connector to identify and manage SharePoint files to address escalating storage costs
    Read case study about International Construction Firm

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