The company that controls orchestration, context and trust will shape how work gets done. By 2031. Three words to hold on to: orchestration, context, trust.
None of this is a prediction. In 2026 it is already true:
- 1The models are interchangeable. Swap one for another and most work doesn't notice.
- 2Agents can read your mail, your calendar, your CRM — and act on them.
- 3Every software vendor has shipped a copilot.
And the real management decision — the one with money on it — is still prepared the way it was in 2005.
How is the biggest decision in your company prepared today?

Stefaan Maene
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