We are entering a pivotal era - one where artificial intelligence is no longer just a tool, but a collaborator, a cultural force, and a driver of deep organisational transformation. Creating an Agentic Workforce Strategy challenges leaders to move beyond automation and ask a more intentional question: how do we design intelligent systems that scale capability, while amplifying the best of what makes us human? This book has been divided into three parts. The first part looks at an immediate trend happening now, the AI sprawl. We dive into why it is occurring and two frameworks to turn it around. In the second part, we will build up an AI strategy by stepping through the thinking needed to design and create an agentic workforce. We will look at AI strategy from an employee experience, human resources, technology and finally a customer experience perspective to create a holistic strategy. The final part turns inward, examining how AI is reshaping emotional expression, communication norms, and the way we build trust. As machines learn to engage with our feelings, they are beginning to influence our relationships, resilience, and workplace culture. This book is a call to raise the bar high. We shouldn't aim for imitation. We should aim higher toward systems that reflect the best of what we aspire to be, not what we already are. AI should be better than us, not merely like us. AI will be a mirror of what we teach it.