Five-Year Outlook For The CEO: EHS Software
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Executive Summary
In the next five years, EHS software CEOs will experience a fundamental shift, as autonomous AI agents become widely embedded, mid-market competition intensifies and new market entrants challenge incumbents. Senior strategic leaders must expertly steer the ship, as they seek to expand market share, achieve sustainable growth and increase customer retention. This report is one in a series identifying the long-term market influences, risks and opportunities that EHS software CEOs should consider as inputs to their strategic planning. Readers will gain insight into long-term market trends, growth and white space opportunities, changing competitive dynamics, emergent AI-linked risks, buyer priorities and EHS digital strategy evolution.Long-term, transformative market shifts will redefine vendor strategies and reshape CEO decision-making
The state and direction of the EHS software market
Among many disruptive trends, AI should top the list of CEO priorities
Strategic leaders should action change in the expectation of fast-approaching competitive threats
Figure 2. Adjacent EHS software market segments overview
Figure 3. Long-term EHS software risk matrix
Figure 4. Five-year view: vendor dynamics
Figure 5. Five-year view: buyer dynamics
Figure 6. EHS software buyer long-term priorities evolution
About the Authors
Chris Sayers
Senior Manager
Chris is a Senior Manager at Verdantix. His current research agenda targets enterprise AI integration and adoption, AI market trends and agentic AI. Chris joined Verdantix in ...
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Bill Pennington
VP Research
Bill is VP Research at Verdantix, where he leads analysis on the evolving and interconnected landscapes of EHS, quality, AI and enterprise risk management. His research helps ...
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