29/05/2026
There's a business risk most brands and their leadership teams aren't preparing for.
And by the time it's obvious, it will already be too late.
I have been researching and building in the space that is now called Agentic Commerce for 10+ years.
I said it in a recent CX Foundation piece, and I'll say it again:
Most brands are still fighting for human attention.
But your customer journey is shifting.
AI systems are deciding which brands get seen, considered, and chosen. They're doing this without asking the customer at all.
That's the uncomfortable truth of what is already happening. If you look carefully at your website analytics and digital journey data right now, you'll see AI at your doorstep. Most organisations are misreading those signals as bot traffic or noise.
The businesses that win won't be the ones that automate the most. They'll be the ones that become legible, trustworthy, and reliable to AI systems making the choices.
Is your brand ready to be selected by a machine?
Ps. Full article by Charlie Mitchell features brilliant perspectives from Katja Forbes (Standard Chartered), Maria McCann (Neos Wave), Wayne Butterfield, and Philipp Heltewig (NiCE).