Agents need OKRs too

The workplace is undergoing a major transformational shift. Within the next year or two, AI colleagues will be joining our teams. Within three years, they'll be commonplace.

Historically, there has always been a gap between strategy and execution. Now, imagine a future where 10%, 20%, or even 50% of ‘execution’ is driven by specialized role-specific agents. These AI teammates won't just help out. They'll take charge of important projects, managing complex tasks alongside human colleagues. This future isn't far away - it's happening now.

Simultaneously, AI is making it easier to organize and coordinate people, processes, and systems. But even as things change, every business still relies on core routines like:

• Setting goals and KPIs
• Establishing regular work rhythms
• Reporting and review cadences

Both people and AI work better when they have clear goals. In this new, mixed workforce, getting everyone (both humans and agents) aligned and coordinated around goals, rhythms, and projects is not just helpful; it's essential. Companies will start buying more specialized AI agents, but managing how they fit into the overall company strategy will be done by business leaders, not just IT. This approach keeps everything integrated, transparent, and avoids isolated agent silos.

Building the Future at Brev.io

With Brev, we're creating the essential business orchestration infrastructure to support this new workforce. We're approaching this transformation in stages to meet our customers where they are today. In the short term, you'll be able to see and monitor your agents, aligned to your goals and KPIs, directly within Brev. In the medium term, these agents will recognize and handle specific tasks within your existing Brev workflows, making your job easier. Longer term, our goal is to enable complete orchestration by AI agents, empowering them to manage strategic planning and execution alongside your teams.

We’re building towards a future where agents can quickly pinpoint what objectives, metrics, and projects are going to predictably move the needle, while preparing for the rise of agent-native organizations - businesses built with agentic workforces at their core.

Our mission is clear and practical: help companies achieve their missions by enabling humans and AI to work closely together, focused on shared goals.

The future of work isn't about humans versus AI, it's humans working with AI, in sync, achieving greater productivity and teamwork than ever before.