In this mini episode of AI First with Adam and Andy, Adam Brotman and Andy Sack explore the growing conversation around AI agents and why most executives are still waiting for something that is not fully here yet. They explain why coding agents are advancing fastest and how those lessons apply to non-technical leaders across strategy, marketing, operations, and analytics.
Drawing on a hands-on example built over the holidays, they show how executives can combine prompting, context, and existing AI tools to create agentic workflows that accelerate insight and execution without needing clean, centralized data or engineering teams. The discussion addresses common misconceptions about readiness, the gap between hype and reality, and why AI proficiency has become a leadership skill.
A grounded, executive-focused conversation on how to capture real value from AI today while true autonomous agents continue to evolve.
