Your Next Co-worker May Be an AI Agent

The Workplace MinuteWelcome to the Workplace Minute, brought to you by H3 HR Advisors. Your quick-hit version of the HR Happy Hour Podcast, where Steve Boese shares the latest in Human Resources, HR tech, workplace trends, and more—all in just a few minutes. Tune in and stay on top of what’s shaping the workplace today!AI agents are moving beyond answering questions and generating content. They are now managing calendars, investigating customer problems, developing marketing campaigns, writing software, ordering office supplies, and completing work across multiple business systems.A new Fast Company story takes us inside Anything AI, a startup operating with more than 150 internal AI agents, including an office manager, marketing lead, executive assistant, engineering operations manager, and vice president of finance.In this episode of the Workplace Minute, Steve examines what happens when creating an AI agent begins to resemble writing a job description, how agents could raise the hiring bar for entry-level workers, and why HR and business leaders need to start treating agent deployment as a workforce design decision.To listen to the Workplace Minute powered by H3 HR Advisors on Amazon Alexa – add the Workplace Minute by H3 HR Advisors skill to your Amazon Echo device’s Flash Briefing or Daily News Update.NEW: Download the H3 HR Advisors 2026 Workplace Trends Report hereThe HR Happy Hour Network is sponsored by Workhuman – The future of HR has arrived. Will you – and your company – be a part of it? Learn about Human Intelligence at Workhuman.com and join their force for good.