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🔥AI Agents Are Here. Are Your People Skills Ready?

👀 Did You Know?

📊 A recent report by Gartner predicts that 60% of knowledge workers will use AI or AI agents for task execution by 2026.
📉 Meanwhile, 1/3 HR leaders already say soft skills are declining among early-career employees.

As AI becomes part of our daily tools, it’s important to understand what we’re using—and what we might be giving up along the way.

Let’s break it down 👇

AI Agent

🤖 What is AI?

AI (Artificial Intelligence) is a system trained to process information and respond like a human.

🧠 It can:

  1. Write content (e.g. ChatGPT)

  2. Translate text

  3. Summarize reports

  4. Analyze data

  5. Recognize images or speech

🛠 Example Workflow:
You ask ChatGPT to write a follow-up email → It gives you a response.

✔️ You → AI → Output

You’re still doing the thinking, reviewing, and sending. AI is just assisting one step.

🧠 What is an AI Agent?

AI Agents go a step further. They’re AI + automation + integration.

They don’t just respond. They take action across platforms—based on a goal or outcome you set.

🛠 Example Workflow:
You tell the agent: “Schedule a meeting with my mentor and send a follow-up.”

The agent:

  1. Checks both calendars

  2. Proposes a time

  3. Books the meeting

  4. Sends the invite via Outlook or Google Calendar

  5. Prepares a summary or agenda

  6. Sends a follow-up message in Slack or MS Teams

✔️ You → Goal → Agent → Multiple Actions → Result

AI agents can integrate with calendars, CRMs, HR platforms, communication tools, internal docs—executing a sequence of actions with little to no input after the goal is set.

📈 What’s Trending with AI Agents Right Now?

In 2025, we’re seeing a major shift in how AI agents are used—not just as assistants, but as autonomous workers.

Companies are deploying agents to:

  • Handle employee onboarding

  • Manage help desk tickets

  • Respond to customers

  • Execute project tasks end-to-end

Platforms like Devin (AI software engineer), xAI’s Grok agents, and enterprise tools like Microsoft Copilot or Notion AI are leading this shift—turning simple prompts into complex workflows.

The trend is clear:
Less manual input. More goal-based delegation.

Which leads us to this important question…

🚨 What’s the Impact on People Skills?

AI agents are incredible for productivity—but here’s the trade-off:

If they start handling all the interpersonal “micro-moments”—the quick calls, follow-ups, team clarifications, even mentorship nudges—we may lose key opportunities to build:

  • Active listening

  • Emotional intelligence

  • Confidence in communication

  • Real-time feedback and collaboration

🧩 These aren’t skills you develop by watching. You get better at them by doing—with people.

💬 Why This Matters to Us at Paddo

At Paddo, we support human learning—powered by tech, not replaced by it.

We believe:
✨ AI should support people development, not shield us from it.

That’s why our platform is built around:
✅ Peer-to-peer mentoring
✅ Real Recognition from real people
✅ Guided development—not automation overload

Let’s use AI smartly—and protect what makes us human.

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