India, April 27 -- The "Digital Era" is maturing into something far more disruptive. According to the latest Gartner CEO and Senior Business Executive Survey, the focus of global leadership has shifted. It is no longer about what an organisation does, but how it does it. This transition is being defined as the shift from Digital Business to Autonomous Business.

With 80% of CEOs expecting AI to force a high to medium degree of change to their operational capabilities, the goal is no longer just "automation", it is "autonomy."

Unlike digital business, which focuses on technology-enabled services, autonomous business relies onself-learning software agents and machine customers. These entities make decisions and take actions independently, ...