As AI agents take on greater roles, we need to reflect on how we design AI agents so that they strengthen rather than destabilize our systems and organizations. AI agents are evolving from drafting emails and summarizing reports to prioritizing tasks, triggering workflow processes, approving actions and shaping decisions. And with the evolution comes a number of questions about how to ensure that AI agents align with internal governance structures, decision-right frameworks and contribute, rather than deviate, from operational and strategic imperatives. Alignment is essential if we seek to design and deploy AI agents as friends, rather than foes.