Enterprise Automation Excellence 15 January 2026 1 MIN

Enterprise Automation: Lessons Learned and What’s Next

After 26 episodes, clear patterns have emerged in how enterprises approach automation. Explore the key lessons learned and what they reveal about the future of automation at scale.

Dan Twing and Tom O'Rourke conduct a retrospective of EAE 2024 and 2025 episodes. Using Anthropic Claude to analyze the podcasts, they identify five dominant themes that merged from their conversations. They discuss their learnings fromlooking back at the episodes, plans for the podcast in 2026, and ideas for tools to help listeners navigate the growing library of episodes to explore specific topics.  

RetrospectiveThemes

1.      Don't Automate, Orchestrate

2.      AI is a Catalyst for the Evolution of Enterprise Automation

3.      The Skills Gap is a Bottleneck to Improving Business Impact

4.      Communicate Business Value to Stakeholders

5.      Adapt Change Management and Governance Process

Takeaways for Automation Leaders

·   Adopt Orchestration as Your Strategic Framework

·   Invest in Observability and Data Quality

·   Help Your Stakeholders Understand the Business Value of Automation

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