Date:
Wednesday, 28 January 2026
Time:
- 9:00am ET
- 2:00pm UK
- 7:30pm IST
Where:
Online (Zoom)
Unlike familiar AI tools that wait for prompts, agentic systems can plan, act and coordinate tasks across tools and workflows with minimal human oversight. Agentic AI represents a fundamental shift in how work gets done.
This webinar cuts through hype to explore what this means in practice for jobs, organisational design, headcount and workplace demands. You will hear from leading academics, practitioners and AWA experts on how agentic AI is already reshaping work and what leaders need to do next.
Topics covered in the 60-minute webinar
- What agentic AI actually is and why it marks a step change from genAI tools like ChatGPT, Claude and Copilot
- How agentic AI can be used to manage the workplace and workplace demand, from predicting capacity needs to optimising the workplace experience
- Real organisational use cases across operations, data-driven services and knowledge work
- The impact on roles, skills, headcount and organisational structure
- What organisations should be doing now to prepare for the future
Your expert panel of speakers
Andy Neely - Founder, bleeta.ai
Andy is one of the world’s leading thinkers on organisational performance and value creation. He advises global organisations and governments on how to measure what truly matters and brings a rare perspective on how AI reshapes productivity, decision making and value in complex systems.
Samantha Stannard - Senior Vice President, Business Transformation, Mintel
Samantha leads large scale operational transformation at Mintel, one of the world’s most respected insight businesses. She brings deep, real world experience of embedding advanced technology into complex global operations and translating AI potential into day to day organisational impact.
Chris Gallagher - Senior Associate: AI Prompt Engineering Expert, AWA
Chris works at the sharp edge of AI deployment, helping organisations move beyond experimentation into real outcomes. He specialises in designing agentic workflows that actually work in practice and in demystifying how AI can be embedded responsibly into everyday work.
Host: Brad Taylor - People & Change Specialist, AWA
Brad Taylor is a director of consulting at AWA and is head of our senior leader forum, the AWA Institute.
He is a qualified senior HR professional with more than 30 years’ experience in the finance and professional association sectors. He has a particular focus on people strategy, workplace transformation, organisational development, culture, change programmes, and employee engagement. Brad previously held roles as People & Workplace Director for the CIPD and CIMA, as well as HR roles at Barclays Plc.