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Organization leadsOct 21, 2026

Agents are joining teams, and someone has to be their manager

AI agents now show up at work with a name, a role and a record of what they did, yet most companies still have not settled whether HR or IT answers for them. On Monday, pick one workflow that already runs an agent, give that agent a named owner, require a person's sign-off on anything touching money, customers or people decisions, and write down who can pause it.

Source: Axios, Oct 19, 2026 · Axios C-Suite: No one knows who should manage AI agents ↗ · Approved by Reggie

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