Four tips for enterprises looking to embrace agentic AI with composable foundations

Enterprise Times met Jason Cottrell, CEO at Orium and President of the MACH Alliance to discuss the rapid advancements in technology and trends. The MACH Alliance, with 120 members, focuses on composable commerce and agentic transformation. The discussion flowed around the importance of composable foundations, change management, and structured agent roadmaps. Jason highlighted that companies with mature composable foundations achieve a sixfold higher success rate in AI initiatives. The conversation also touched on the need for certification of agentic capabilities and the upcoming MACH Alliance event in Toronto, which will feature practitioner-led sessions. Jason provided his top four tips for enterprises looking to embrace agentic AI.

1. Get “agent ready” with composable foundations (get to base camp).

Enterprises need to modernise architecture toward composable foundations. APIs, upgraded data, scalable cloud, modular systems, and headless where it matters. Furthermore, undertake the organisational change management alongside the technology. Teams should be able to procure and integrate multiple vendors, not just rely on a single suite. Jason notes that organisations with a mature composable foundation see about 6× higher AI ROI than those still in early planning stages.

2. Structure an AI/agent roadmap around targeted, discrete agents

Avoid a “big bang”, single master agent trying to do everything. Jason advises organisations to start with narrow, well-scoped agents in specific domains, get them working reliably, and then expand. Design agents should be developed to work with existing systems and teams, not replace everything at once.

3. Rethink your competitive advantage, not just efficiency

Be honest about what advantages are going away as AI commoditises certain capabilities. At the same time, actively explore what new things are now possible for your customers. (New services, new channels, new experiences). Don’t stop at cost and speed; dedicate roadmap time to new value propositions that competitors might also be targeting.

4. Invest in change management and culture, not just tools

Frame adoption as a staged maturity journey. This helps employees see what’s becoming possible, not just what’s being automated away. This will help employees lean into the change instead of resisting it.

Enterprises should embrace the move to composable (multi vendor, multi agent ecosystems) as a catalyst to update procurement, integration practices, and team mindset.

These points together form Jason Cottrell’s practical playbook:

• First, become agent ready (composable foundations + culture),
• then roll out focused agents,
• while continually re imagining your advantage and bringing people along.

MACH X heads to Toronto April 25-26, helping enterprises address economic challenges and leverage AI. The event, organised by the MACH Alliance, targets leaders ready to move past experimentation, define metrics, prioritise impactful cases, and build open architectures. Over two days, attendees will learn from those already modernising their operations and applying AI effectively.

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