SmartCompany readers believe data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), automation and the Internet of Things are set to be the biggest disruptors of business in the next decade -- although autonomous vehicles aren't even close to registering as a disruption yet. But SMEs will need to do more in order to harness the power of analytics and use it to drive profit-driven decision making, one expert warns. These findings come as part of SmartCompany's annual SME Directions Survey, sponsored by Netsuite Oracle, which questioned more than 700 small business respondents to gauge their views on the future of their businesses and the state of the market in the year ahead. The businesses surveyed come from all states and territories and a wide range of industries. The findings show SMEs are clearly cognisant of the disrupting forces coming in the next decade, even though many are not immediately threatened.