---
id: "quote-tabbert-sleeping"
type: "quote"
source_timestamps: ["§ The Hybrid Workforce for Sales Development"]
tags: ["productivity", "always-on"]
related: ["concept-hybrid-workforce", "entity-vanessa-tabbert", "claim-sdr-capacity-increase"]
speaker: "Vanessa Tabbert"
speakers: ["Vanessa Tabbert"]
sources: ["agentic"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-agentic"
originDay: 6
articleStem: "hbr-sig-58-agent-managers"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/02/to-thrive-in-the-ai-era-companies-need-agent-managers"
sourceTitle: "To Thrive in the AI Era, Companies Need Agent Managers"
---
# Vanessa Tabbert on continuous agent operation

## Quote — Vanessa Tabbert on continuous agent operation

> "while my team is sleeping, our agents are already interacting with customers"
> — [[entity-vanessa-tabbert]], VP Agentic Transformation & Sales Development, Salesforce

**Why it matters:** Captures the **always-on** property of the [[concept-hybrid-workforce]] and the mechanism behind the capacity multiplication documented in [[claim-sdr-capacity-increase]]. Human effort is time-bounded; agent effort is continuous.