Agentic Automation is here — and it’s about to reshape every operating model on the planet.
In Episode 6 of The Agentic Exec, Ian and George sit down with Daniel Del Moro, Director of AI Automation & Innovation at UiPath, to unpack one of the most misunderstood — and most consequential — shifts in modern enterprise technology: the rise of autonomic, agentic automation.

If RPA removed the repetitive work…

Agentic automation removes the cognitive bottlenecks.

This conversation gets into the real mechanics behind that transformation:
how agents think, how they’re controlled, how they coordinate with humans and robots, and how orchestration layers become the new “central nervous system” of the enterprise.

In this episode we dig into:

🔥 What agentic automation actually is

Not hype. Not “ChatGPT with arms.”
A structured, governed system where digital agents perform reasoning, decision-making and investigative work — with guardrails.

🔥 How agents, humans and RPA work together

The “synthetic workforce” model:
Robots → Agents → Human Approval → Robots → Outcome
All orchestrated like a BPMN flow across legacy + cloud systems.

🔥 Why most companies confuse GenAI with real automation

Generative AI = brain
Agentic automation = brain + tools + governance + instructions
One gives you answers.
The other gives you outcomes.

🔥 The orchestration layer: the missing link

Businesses are running dozens of unconnected pilots, POCs and shadow experiments.
Without orchestration, they’re unscalable, ungoverned and risky.
With orchestration, they become an enterprise-wide value engine.

🔥 How to prioritise use cases

Why “100 cool ideas” must collapse into:
• end-to-end journeys
• brownfield augmentation
• measurable ROI
• automation + agentic blending

🔥 The new operating model

Subject matter experts designing agents.
Security teams governing risk.
AI teams validating models.
Automation teams stitching the whole thing together.
And a strategic layer above them, shaping how the business works in the future.

🔥 Where this all goes over the next 3–5 years

• Decision cycles compress from days → minutes
• Orchestration becomes the enterprise hub
• Every core process blends humans + robots + agents
• New revenue models emerge
• Entire categories of “work” disappear or evolve

And the big question Daniel answers:
What does a business become when every process is automated or agent-enhanced?

This is one of the clearest explanations of agentic automation you’ll find anywhere — and essential viewing for CEOs, boards, investors, COOs and transformation leaders.

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The CISO role is exploding — and AI is throwing petrol on the fire.
In this episode of The Agentic Exec, Ian and George sit down with Marius Poskus, a CISO by day, a virtual CISO by night, host of Cyber Diaries, and one of the clearest voices in modern cybersecurity leadership.

If Episode 4 revealed the threat landscape, Episode 5 dives into the people actually responsible for defending the business — and why most of them aren’t equipped, empowered, or positioned to succeed.

This conversation hits hard because it’s honest:
Many CISOs today are buried under the CIO, starved of budget, overloaded with accountability, and then blamed when the inevitable breach happens. And that was before AI, autonomous agents, identity sprawl and shadow AI blew up the complexity.

In this episode, we unpack:

🔥 The real role of a modern CISO

Not a clipboard-wielding “department of no”, but a revenue enabler, storyteller, translator, risk partner and board adviser — not just a technical operator.

🔥 Why so many CISOs are set up to fail

Lack of budget. No influence. Zero authority. Wrong reporting line. And a board that still asks the impossible question: “Are we secure?”

🔥 The skills gap no certification teaches

Influence, negotiation, political navigation, empathy, storytelling and the ability to translate “CVSS 9.8” into “£5m financial exposure”.

🔥 AI, agentic systems, and the new identity crisis

92 machine identities for every human. Agents talking to agents. Shadow workflows. Synthetic workforces.
And a single misconfigured AI agent deleting your production database at 2am.

🔥 How execs can tell if their cyber posture is actually good

The simple conversations, monetary framing, and governance questions every CEO, COO and investor should be asking.

🔥 Why SMBs must consider a virtual CISO

The cheapest insurance against buying the wrong tools, taking the wrong risks, or being ripped off by vendors.

🔥 The “one hot take” for boards rushing into AI

Experiment — but do it with guardrails. Use proven platforms, not cowboy DIY models running in live production.

If you're a CEO, investor, CISO or operator trying to safely unlock AI value without blowing up your business, this episode is required viewing.

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In this episode of The Agentic Exec, Ian and George welcomes national security strategist Tom Burton (yes… Major Tom) to break down the uncomfortable truth: mid-market businesses are now prime targets for AI-powered cyber attacks.

Attackers aren’t guessing anymore.
They're scanning the entire internet, scraping your socials, cloning your voice, and deep faking your CFO to move £10M out of your account while you’re still on the Zoom call. The game has changed.

In this episode, we unpack:

Why SMEs and mid-market firms are now more vulnerable than the FTSE giants

How AI is supercharging spear-phishing, deepfake fraud, and social engineering

The brutal evolution of ransomware (including the new four-stage hostage playbook)

Why “shadow AI” inside your company may be a bigger risk than attackers outside it

Practical controls from the NCSC that can eliminate 90–95% of opportunistic attacks

How to govern autonomous and agentic AI systems before they drift into chaos

What boards, CEOs, and investors should look for to assess cyber readiness fast

The one question every chairman should ask: “Who is actually accountable for cyber risk here?”

This is a blunt, practical conversation for leaders who know AI is accelerating faster than their governance models — and want to avoid becoming tomorrow’s headline.

If you’re a CEO, investor, CISO, or operator trying to adopt AI safely and keep your business off the ransom blogs, this episode is essential.

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