The 3 Pillars of the Autonomous Enterprise _ Shimmy Says
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21-May-2026
Everyone wants the autonomous enterprise. Very few people can explain what it actually means.
In this episode of Shimmy Says, Alan Shimel breaks down a practical framework built on three ideas: automate 80% of enterprise work, 3x every employee and rethink the SaaS economics consuming IT budgets. It is a clearer, more operational view of what the autonomous enterprise could really look like.
If this framework is even partially right, the implications for enterprise operations, software spending and competitive advantage are enormous.
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