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Managing AI Agents: Why 2026 Changes Executive Workflows

AI First with Adam and Andy · 2026-02-25 · 13 min

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In this focused mini episode, Adam Brotman and Andy Sack explore how Claude Co-Work is reshaping executive productivity and redefining the future of work. Moving beyond traditional prompt-and-response AI tools, they describe what changes when AI operates directly on your desktop with browser access, document parsing, and step-by-step task execution. Through real examples, from synthesizing board materials and investor updates to rebuilding strategic diagrams and navigating shared drives, they explain how agentic AI reduces friction, increases parallelization, and shifts leaders into a managerial role over virtual agents. Instead of conversing with chatbots, executives begin delegating, orchestrating, and supervising digital coworkers. The discussion highlights a critical inflection point for 2026: the transition from conversational AI to computer-use agents with growing autonomy. For C-suite leaders, this shift is not incremental. It changes how strategy documents are created, how research is conducted, and how time is allocated across priorities.

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