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Product Launchcurated sourcedetected 2026-05-27 · confidence 75%

Gartner: Product Launch

Gartner forecast indicates massive enterprise adoption of task-specific AI agents across applications, accelerating from <5% in 2025 to 40% by end of 2026.

Source: TechGuide AU

The leadership read

Product momentum tends to widen consulting product and commercial leadership bench strength.

Market context: The wider read — a Talent Market Index of 98.6 (Neutral), down 1.4 month-on-month — shows EMEA signal flow steady (-1.1pts).

Gartner: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Consulting median of 1 across 40 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's EMEA signal flow.

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