THE SAASPOCALYPSE THAT WASN'T, WITH ATLASSIAN CEO MIKE CANNON-BROOKES

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In this Decoder interview, Mike Cannon-Brookes explains why Atlassian combined internal IT and AI enablement under its people leadership: employee adoption and changes to business systems are tightly connected. He also argues that AI will change SaaS workflows without eliminating the need for structured systems and human judgment. For CIOs, the interesting question is who owns the combined work of employee enablement, system integration, and AI cost management, rather than treating each as a separate rollout.