Hi, I’m Jos 👋 I lead product and engineering teams. Been doing that for a while now. And with AI in the mix, I honestly enjoy it more than ever. We build things in days that used to take weeks. That’s just fun. But I see something else too. Some engineers work with agents all day and love it. Others are quietly wrestling with what their job is becoming. Both are on the same team. And when everyone talks to their own agent… who’s still talking to each other? That question keeps me busy. I don’t have it all figured out yet. But I know where my answer starts. Servant leadership, and keeping the human as owner of the work. Agents can do a lot. A person stays responsible. I’ve built software for 20+ years, and led teams for the last 10. Agile sits in every fiber of how I work. Not the ceremonies, the mindset. Everything I share here comes from my own work. If I haven’t tried it, I won’t write about it.
I notice something. And it is polarizing (like everything nowadays). Agentic engineering works. Really well. And the people who say it doesn’t? They haven’t tried it. Not properly. In this post you find out why.
Jos KoomenAgentic AI is becoming mainstream. Not chatbots that generate text, but agents that execute actions themselves. Send emails. Deploy code. Move data. Control processes. Create tasks. Trigger workflows. Agents work autonomously. They communicate with each other. They build on context. And they do that within boundaries you must determine... boundaries most teams haven't thought about yet.
Jos KoomenOwnership is not a switch you flip. It’s part of the culture. And culture is more than a slide in a deck or a mural of slogans on the wall. “We take ownership.” “We are transparent.” Looks nice, but it’s empty if no one lives it...
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