By AI News
Publication Date: 2025-12-02 13:44:00
Enterprise leaders are entering 2026 with an uncomfortable mix of volatility, optimism, and pressure to move faster on AI and quantum computing, according to a paper published by the IBM Institute for Business Value. Its findings are based on more than 1,000 C-suite executives and 8,500 employees and consumers.
While only around a third of executives are optimistic about the global economy, more than four in five are confident about their own organisation’s performance in the year ahead.
Executives expect to make faster decisions and are willing to redesign operating models, while employees are broadly positive about AI in their working lives. Customers, in turn, are ready to reward (or punish) brands based on how companies use their data.
Trend 1: agentic AI a strategic asset
Agentic AI is emerging as one of the main tools leaders expect to use in the coming year, and most execs say AI agents are already helping them.
However, for agentic AI to succeed, the expressed opinions state:
