AI Agents: Exploring the Questions Shaping Tomorrow’s Workplace

21mIntermediate2025-12-18

Authors

Anil Gupta

Leading expert on strategy, globalization, and entrepreneurship

Haiyan Wang

Managing Partner of the China India Institute

Course details

Discover how AI agents are reshaping the workplace in this candid conversation with Anil Gupta and Haiyan Wang. Ranked among the world’s most influential management thinkers by Thinkers50, Anil and Haiyan explore the rise of agentic AI and its impact on business strategy, workforce planning, and global economies. Learn about opportunities and challenges for established companies, emerging markets, and knowledge workers, and gain practical insights for adapting your mindset in the AI era. Designed for nontechnical business professionals, this course provides practical steps to adapt leadership approaches, rethink workforce priorities, and integrate AI into strategic planning.

Learning objectives
Identify key ways AI agents are transforming business strategy and workforce planning.
Describe the opportunities and challenges that agentic AI presents for established companies and emerging markets.
Explain the potential impacts of AI agents on knowledge workers and global labor markets.
Summarize practical mindsets and approaches for adapting to the AI era.

Concepts

The Future of Work with AI Agents

Is it too early to talk about agentic AI use cases
Will we have human + AI teams in the future
How is AI reshaping business strategy
Will the AI winners of today be the winners of tomorrow
What about emerging economies like China and India
How will AI agents impact unemployment
How could AI agents shape career opportunities and labor markets
What mindset is needed in the AI era