Agentic AI: A World Where Work Can Start Without You

About this episode

This episode explores the impact of Agentic AI on work, careers, and control in the workplace.

A World Where Work Can Start Without You - How Agentic-AI will impact your work In a world where work can start without you, what happens to your role, your career, and your sense of control? This episode explores the rise of Agentic AI: a new generation of artificial intelligence that doesn’t just respond to prompts, but anticipates goals, plans multi-step actions, and executes them before you even ask. We’ll look at how this technology is already reshaping workplaces, the opportunities it opens for career growth, the risks we need to manage, and a real-world case study that shows the future in action. If you have a comment about this podcast or a suggestion for a topic you would like me to discuss, join the conversation on LinkedIn. My ID there is stevenprentice. Or feel free to drop me a line through the contact form at cooltimelife.com , where you’ll find a full listing of our evergreen CoolTimeLife episodes. If you feel you are getting value from this series, please leave a review, and tell just one person about us, or mention us on social media. And if you want, you can support us on Patreon. Contributions from our listeners allow me and my team to spend more time…

People in this episode

Host: Steve Prentice

Topics covered

• Agentic AI
• artificial intelligence
• workplace impact
• career growth
• technology risks
• case study

Keywords

• Agentic AI
• artificial intelligence
• workplace
• career
• technology
• control
• future

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Organizations: CoolTimeLife, LinkedIn, Patreon

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