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How AI and Agents Can Radically Accelerate Your Organization — and 3 Questions to Ask Now

Job van den Berg
Job van den Berg
February 1, 2026
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How AI and Agents Can Radically Accelerate Your Organization — and 3 Questions to Ask Now
The key to being successful? Not technology, but mindset

AI is no longer for the future. It's here. And it changes everything: how we work, organize, innovate and compete. However, many organizations still treat AI as an IT experiment. A shame. Because if you use AI smartly, you can grow without extra staff, automate processes and innovate faster than the competition.

The key? Not technology, but mindset. And it starts with three fundamental questions.

1. Does this position still have to be filled by a person?

Every time someone leaves your organization, a unique opportunity opens up:
What if you don't fill this role again, but redesign with AI as a basis?

By dwelling on this question, you prevent yourself from continuing to copy old structures. Many repetitive tasks can already be taken over by AI tools or agents today. Think of processing emails, making reports, running standard analyses. What remains are the truly human roles — which is exactly what you should focus your teams on.

This is how you transform vacancies into moments of innovation.

2. Which processes can I 'agent'?

“Agentifying” means: setting up your processes in such a way that autonomous AI agents can execute them independently. This is no longer a piece of the future.

Think about:

  • AI agents that handle customer queries
  • Agents that collect, filter, and summarize data automatically
  • Internal processes such as onboarding or report generation that are entirely AI-powered

What you need:
A clear overview of your business processes and the guts to experiment with automation at a new level. Start small, scale fast.

3. Is my ambition still big enough?

In a world where technology is accelerating exponentially, your ambition must also increase. In the past, growth meant hiring people. Today, growth means: use technology smartly.

For the first time in history, you can scale up as an organization without the costs of new FTEs.

That means: more speed, more iteration, faster time-to-market.
And yes — that also means that those who wait will be overtaken.

Conclusion: AI is not a trend. It's a crowbar.

Organizations that take AI seriously now are building a structural advantage.
They are becoming faster, more flexible and more innovative than ever. The three questions above help you make the right choices right away:

Does this role still have to be done by a human being?
What processes can I automate with agents?
Is my ambition 10 times big enough for this era?

Want to learn and know more? Buy us new book about AI Agents or book a reading with us.

Remy Gieling
Job van den Berg

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