Rob Enslin, Global President and COO of Workday

When enterprise leaders talk about transformation today, the conversation no longer starts with technology. It starts with pressure. Pressure to respond faster to customers, to run leaner operations, to build resilience into finance and workforce planning, and to make decisions with confidence even when markets are volatile and data is imperfect.

In an exclusive interaction with Express Computer, Rob Enslin, Global President and COO of Workday, offers a candid view of what he hears most often in boardrooms across regions and increasingly across India. The question isn’t whether AI matters. The question is how organisations use it inside the systems that already run their business and how quickly they can move from experimentation to real operating impact without creating new risks.

From Enslin’s vantage point, the centre of gravity in enterprise discussions has shifted decisively towards AI and agentic workflows. Established customers want clarity on ...