Deploy, Respond, Prepare - 2026 State Of Enterprise Technology Report

Former GE CEO Jack Welch once said, “I know a train is coming through this building, I just don’t know when it’s coming or from which direction.”

The forces that now matter most to enterprise leaders are the ones that arrive without warning and from an unexpected direction. They are not the swings of the business cycle, but rather the shocks of another kind, and they call for a different response, from leaders and from the advisors who work alongside them

The AlixPartners Disruption Index takes an in-depth, quantitative look at how businesses are responding to these unpredictable forces across verticals, roles, and geographies. This sister publication, our second annual State of Enterprise Technology report, does something different. It sends a panel of our technologists and consultants into the field to capture what those responses look like up close, with the detail that only first-hand experience provides. Here we focus on the key trends, challenges and opportunities facing