The Economics of the Firm Just Flipped
We are entering the biggest economic shift since the Industrial Revolution.
The “Enterprise” as we know it, a walled garden of humans, silos, and overheads, was designed for a world of high transaction costs. You needed to hire 1,000 people because it was the only way to coordinate work.
That era is ending.
In the Agentic Economy:
Discovery is automated: Agents find products, not marketing departments.
Transactions are programmatic: Agents negotiate and pay, not sales teams.
Value is fluid: Agents assemble supply chains in real-time.
The Structural Risk: Most organisations are trying to “bolt on” AI to their existing structure. They are adding digital engines to a steam-powered chassis. This creates technical debt, governance risks, and massive inefficiency.
The Opportunity: The winners of the next decade won’t be the companies that “use AI.” They will be the companies that reimagine their operating model to be AI-Native.
They will move from “Managed Hierarchies” to “Architected Networks.”
This is why I launched Reimagined.
We exist to help senior leaders navigate this transition. We don’t sell software. We help you architect the Post-Firm Operating Model, one that captures the speed of agents without losing the governance of the enterprise.
What to expect from this list:
The Signal: Deep analysis of the economics of the agent-to-agent world.
The Patterns: How to structure data, governance, and value chains for the new economy.
The Reality: “Red Pen” reviews of where current AI strategies are failing.
We are moving from pilots that promise to systems that deliver.
Welcome to the build.
Mark Strefford Founder, Reimagined Industries