Issue Agent washing and agentic workslop make some deployments net-negative
Summary
Deloitte reports vendors rebranding existing automation as agents, and enterprises applying agents where simpler tools would do, with the result that poorly designed agentic applications add work to a process instead of removing it.
Classification
Main topicIndustry & Supply Chains
Region menusGlobal
Impactscope:global
Time horizon0-3 years (2026-07-26)
Last updated2026-07-29 04:49:52
Evidence 2
- Tech Trends 2026: As technology innovation and adoption accelerate, five trends reveal how successful organizations are moving from experimentation to impact Deloitte Insights (Deloitte Development LLC, US Office of the CTO) page=25;section=The agentic reality check: Preparing for a silicon-based workforce / The agentic reality gap 2025-12 accessed 2026-07-26
- Tech Trends 2026: As technology innovation and adoption accelerate, five trends reveal how successful organizations are moving from experimentation to impact Deloitte Insights (Deloitte Development LLC, US Office of the CTO) page=25;section=The agentic reality check: Preparing for a silicon-based workforce / The agentic reality gap 2025-12 accessed 2026-07-26
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Directly linked signals 0
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Relation types: constitutes
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