The 3 Types of People Who Will Excel in the AI Agent Era, According to Tech Leaders
ZDNET, Friday, July 24th, 2026
Tech leaders identify three professional profiles that will thrive as autonomous agents reshape enterprise work.
As agents begin to discover, negotiate and transact on their own, the experts interviewed argue the future of work requires blending human expertise with AI capability rather than replacing one with the other.
Three profiles will be crucial: tech-savvy enablers, agentic course-correctors and outcome-focused collaborators.
EDF UK's Alex Read describes a federated hub-and-spoke model where engineers build the surrounding capabilities agents interact with, noting that context is king for AI. Capita's Sameer Vuyyuru urges professionals to work with AI daily and blend their expertise with agentic tools to create business value.