Agentic AI Transformation

Executive-grade guidance for organisations that need to adopt agentic AI safely, calmly and at scale.

L1 detail

People

3 Level 2 areas15 Level 3 activities

Linked Level 2 areas

Linked Level 3 activities

Culture and change management

Change champions / influencer network

S

Use trusted influencers to normalise new autonomous workflows, not only executive comms

Open Level 3 detail

Roles and organisation design

New roles (Agent product owner, AgentOps, AI stewards)

S

Create explicit ownership for agent lifecycle, tooling, and outcomes, beyond informal champion roles

Open Level 3 detail

Skills and capability building

Role-based training pathways

S

Expand beyond general GenAI literacy to include enterprise-wide baseline training (what an agent is, agentic workflows, autonomy tiers/red lines, high-risk criteria) plus role-specific oversight and build skills

Open Level 3 detail

Culture and change management

Communications and narrative

S

Communicate what is changing beyond GenAI - autonomy boundaries, safety nets, operating model changes, and measurable benefits - in balanced, practical terms

Open Level 3 detail

Skills and capability building

Practitioner tooling literacy (agents, prompts, evaluation)

S

Train builders/operators on agent frameworks, eval harnesses, monitoring, incident handling, and release discipline

Open Level 3 detail

Roles and organisation design

Role redefinition and job redesign

M

Redesign roles to include supervision, exception handling, escalation, and control operation, not just content review

Open Level 3 detail

Roles and organisation design

Hiring and workforce planning

S

Hire for agent engineering, evaluation, governance operations, and domain stewardship, not only data science

Open Level 3 detail

Culture and change management

Incentives and performance alignment

S

Align incentives to safe autonomy, measurable outcomes, and responsible escalation

Open Level 3 detail

Skills and capability building

Risk, controls, and compliance literacy

S

Upskill teams on autonomy risk, policy-as-code, evidencing, boundary setting, and committee expectations

Open Level 3 detail

Culture and change management

Adoption measurement and reinforcement

S

Measure adoption via workflow outcomes, override patterns, and process conformance, not only tool usage

Open Level 3 detail

Roles and organisation design

Career paths and competency frameworks

S

Define progression and skills for builders/operators/owners, beyond generic AI tracks

Open Level 3 detail

Skills and capability building

Oversight training and certification (approvers/owners)

S

Certify owners/approvers on autonomy risks, controls, evidencing, and escalation expectations, beyond general awareness

Open Level 3 detail

Skills and capability building

Communities of practice / guilds

XS

Establish cross-domain guilds, expanding the remit of existing GenAI communities to include safe autonomy patterns and reuse

Open Level 3 detail

Roles and organisation design

Operating model and organisational design for squads and platforms

M

Shift from isolated PoCs to product/platform teams operating agent fleets, with clear interfaces to oversight and operations

Open Level 3 detail

Skills and capability building

Coaching and enablement support

M

Provide hands-on enablement via a central team (office hours, embedded sprint support, reference implementations, templates, playbooks) for teams moving from copilots to autonomous workflows

Open Level 3 detail