How to manage AI agents without wrecking your business

As AI agents gain autonomous decision-making capability, enterprises face a governance gap that human oversight must fill. The article argues that increased agent capability raises, not reduces, the need for structured human judgment, accountability frameworks, and oversight mechanisms. Organizations must define clear ownership of agent actions, establish intervention protocols, and embed governance into agentic architectures before deployment at scale. The piece positions responsible AI governance—covering transparency, auditability, and role accountability—as a prerequisite for sustainable agentic AI adoption rather than a post-deployment concern.