WEBVTT 1b2a0816-5918-4c00-b5ee-a62b0313dca0-0 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:04.238 The AI may propose, simulate an act, but the purpose, and the context, 1b2a0816-5918-4c00-b5ee-a62b0313dca0-1 00:00:04.238 --> 00:00:08.762 and the value systems on which these agents are built are still controlled by 1b2a0816-5918-4c00-b5ee-a62b0313dca0-2 00:00:08.762 --> 00:00:09.400 the humans. 4d14f9ff-f2f9-41d3-a9f5-7f47e616e254-0 00:00:09.680 --> 00:00:12.306 And that's how you create the right balance and what we call the "AI 4d14f9ff-f2f9-41d3-a9f5-7f47e616e254-1 00:00:12.306 --> 00:00:12.840 future-built." dbe6c450-20af-406e-9d0b-a47ecfee16df-0 00:00:13.200 --> 00:00:14.840 Japjit, thank you so much for being here. 4665e2a5-a86d-4914-9351-b39c05b01dba-0 00:00:14.920 --> 00:00:18.392 At a high level, what does BCG mean by the idea of agentic 4665e2a5-a86d-4914-9351-b39c05b01dba-1 00:00:18.392 --> 00:00:19.040 enterprise? 398bd1d0-db67-4d94-884b-0d702ee2ab91-0 00:00:19.520 --> 00:00:21.360 Thanks for the question, it's the theme of the hour. cdd5d1ec-6436-4564-8c77-1beeb6d48805-0 00:00:21.640 --> 00:00:24.577 Look, we think it's the next stage of digital cdd5d1ec-6436-4564-8c77-1beeb6d48805-1 00:00:24.577 --> 00:00:27.579 maturity, where companies are moving away from cdd5d1ec-6436-4564-8c77-1beeb6d48805-2 00:00:27.579 --> 00:00:31.219 using independent, isolated AI tools to having AI agents cdd5d1ec-6436-4564-8c77-1beeb6d48805-3 00:00:31.219 --> 00:00:32.880 embedded in the workflows. bf5811e3-14a3-435a-a2a0-d652ef05d9fb-0 00:00:33.320 --> 00:00:37.355 And those who are doing that are moving away from pilots to at-scale workflows bf5811e3-14a3-435a-a2a0-d652ef05d9fb-1 00:00:37.355 --> 00:00:39.960 being reimagined with AI agents at the core of it. bea45772-c1af-43fc-8195-477cbd0177dd-0 00:00:40.240 --> 00:00:41.960 We call these companies AI future-built. 9fc19e0b-db84-4a67-b2b3-66c7579265a5-0 00:00:42.360 --> 00:00:45.611 There are only few of them, but those who are delivering these 9fc19e0b-db84-4a67-b2b3-66c7579265a5-1 00:00:45.611 --> 00:00:48.656 agentic interfaces for their clients, for their customers, 9fc19e0b-db84-4a67-b2b3-66c7579265a5-2 00:00:48.656 --> 00:00:51.960 and for the internal employees are delivering outsized returns. 2205c28f-31a9-445e-8bd0-819ae64d9faf-0 00:00:52.160 --> 00:00:55.760 So what really changes when companies move toward this agentic model? 49765549-fe0c-440e-afda-89bfb80436e3-0 00:00:55.840 --> 00:00:58.803 Actually, the shift is more architectural than 49765549-fe0c-440e-afda-89bfb80436e3-1 00:00:58.803 --> 00:00:59.560 algorithmic. 36d1c46f-c76f-4ff0-9300-5a68d0e8cbb7-0 00:00:59.560 --> 00:01:01.760 It's not about having another clever model in the system. 7788c2f6-1dd8-4e33-a326-18481b6ad7fd-0 00:01:02.040 --> 00:01:05.997 It's about rewriting how business decisions are made―enabling your agents 7788c2f6-1dd8-4e33-a326-18481b6ad7fd-1 00:01:05.997 --> 00:01:10.008 to work across different systems, observe what's happening, learn from it, 7788c2f6-1dd8-4e33-a326-18481b6ad7fd-2 00:01:10.008 --> 00:01:14.073 act on their behalf is where the next shift happens and takes away the drag 7788c2f6-1dd8-4e33-a326-18481b6ad7fd-3 00:01:14.073 --> 00:01:16.320 away from how the processes are run today. 34d4cb8e-da42-491d-9e47-87e3c07df96c-0 00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:20.760 And where do humans fit in as these agents take on more autonomy? a34b5fde-09bf-421b-8e50-43c3ba532024-0 00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:25.919 Look, that's the most important part. In almost all successful deployments of a34b5fde-09bf-421b-8e50-43c3ba532024-1 00:01:25.919 --> 00:01:27.600 agentic AI that we have seen, 5b69765d-14a0-47e8-bad4-95b1400605f1-0 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:29.160 humans are always at the center. 7c861b9d-5f95-4079-af56-a5cab16cc3e2-0 00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:32.535 These systems are built for augmented automation, 7c861b9d-5f95-4079-af56-a5cab16cc3e2-1 00:01:32.535 --> 00:01:34.440 not replacement of human beings. 45b5e0c2-4a86-401f-9f9b-ee36107c8059-0 00:01:35.080 --> 00:01:38.827 Think about the human creativity and judgment and ethics being the supervisory 45b5e0c2-4a86-401f-9f9b-ee36107c8059-1 00:01:38.827 --> 00:01:41.200 layer on top of all which these agents are built. 2f299a62-e705-44a1-aa22-e36c3f92b789-0 00:01:41.560 --> 00:01:44.724 So we're not replacing them, but enabling them to create better 2f299a62-e705-44a1-aa22-e36c3f92b789-1 00:01:44.724 --> 00:01:45.120 systems. 813505d2-e684-4eb6-b7c1-379a55a1d6ee-0 00:01:45.440 --> 00:01:49.540 The AI may propose, simulate an act, but the purpose, and the context, 813505d2-e684-4eb6-b7c1-379a55a1d6ee-1 00:01:49.540 --> 00:01:54.044 and the value systems on which these agents are built are still controlled by 813505d2-e684-4eb6-b7c1-379a55a1d6ee-2 00:01:54.044 --> 00:01:54.680 the humans. fe388d1e-5940-4525-b02b-bb73a2884866-0 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:57.652 And that's how you create the right balance and what we call the AI fe388d1e-5940-4525-b02b-bb73a2884866-1 00:01:57.652 --> 00:01:58.160 future-built. b68e4db8-9857-4bb8-85cb-ee83c1fcb6e8-0 00:01:58.440 --> 00:01:59.320 Thank you so much. 7648c11c-f4ea-4539-8346-0102143da2dd-0 00:01:59.400 --> 00:01:59.800 Thank you.