Issue Managing agents needs a framework that borrows from HR without copying it
Summary
Deloitte proposes an agent management discipline that reuses onboarding, performance management and lifecycle concepts from human resources while dropping culture, loyalty and motivation, and warns that taking the digital-worker analogy too literally misassigns work to agents that humans should keep.
Classification
Main topicLabor & Future of Work
Region menusGlobal
Impactscope:global
Time horizon4-10 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=29;section=The agentic reality check: Preparing for a silicon-based workforce / HR for agents 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=29;section=The agentic reality check: Preparing for a silicon-based workforce / HR for agents 2025-12 accessed 2026-07-26
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