Guild
Guilds
Events
Presentations

Maximising the AI Opportunity: Tech, Business & Customer Alignment

Presentation byAndy McMahon

Organizations face a significant challenge in balancing the rapid pace of AI innovation with the critical need for risk management and trust. While projections for AI investment are high, with some estimates suggesting it could account for 10-12% of technology budgets, a more cautious and critical approach is necessary.

Andy's talk will explore why firms should resist the pressure to blindly adopt AI and instead treat it like any other new technology investment. We'll discuss the importance of being agile while also maintaining a strong focus on managing risk, building trust, and critically evaluating the real-world implications of AI implementation before committing significant resources and how to differentiate ourselves, beyond the GenAI hype.

Presented at these Events
Cover Photo for The Personalisation Paradox: Human Instinct vs. Algorithmic Logic
Wed, Oct 15th · 4:30PMIn-Person

The Personalisation Paradox: Human Instinct vs. Algorithmic Logic

Primary Photo for The Product Model Glasgow by UXDXThe Product Model Glasgow by UXDX
Presented with these Guilds
Cover Photo for The Product Model Glasgow by UXDX
Primary Photo for The Product Model Glasgow by UXDX

The Product Model Glasgow by UXDX

Contexts change, and processes should too.

The biggest waste in software development is building the wrong thing. But we continue to use processes that focus on the efficiency of building software instead of effectiveness and sustainability.

We don't know what customers will like until they have the product so we need to build processes around short cycles, quick experiments and iterations. That's what UXDX is all about.

We host speakers who share how they are changing their processes to enable more autonomous, empowered product teams. The goal is for everyone involved in product development from Product Managers, UX Researchers, Designers and Developers to get involved and learn the T-shaped skills necessary for high-performing product teams.

174 Members
Similar Presentations
Cover Photo for Algorithmic Monoculture – The downfall of UI Personalisation?

Algorithmic Monoculture – The downfall of UI Personalisation?

While we, as individuals, recognise our limitations and biases, what about our AI systems?

With the expansion of AI technologies and algorithms into fields like UI personalisation, are we prepared to advance further? Or are we risking a widespread failure?

In this talk, we'll be looking at issues with algorithmic user profiling and how this can lead to marginalisation and poor user experiences and what to do about it.

David Lorimer
Cover Photo for Architecting for Extensibility: Building the Workday Guidance Platform

Architecting for Extensibility: Building the Workday Guidance Platform

In the face of evolving business needs and rapid technological advancements, building extensible architectures is crucial. This talk underscores the critical importance of designing platforms that not only meet today's requirements but also seamlessly support future innovation.

We'll delve into the architectural choices and design patterns that underpin Workday Guidance, a platform enabling customers to configure user guidance throughout the Workday application. A key focus will be how we prioritised extensibility from the outset, enabling us to swiftly develop the Workday Assistant, an AI-powered copilot that delivers in-context task assistance.

Damien McGrath
Cover Photo for Performant Architecture for a Fast Gen AI User Experience

Performant Architecture for a Fast Gen AI User Experience

Performant Architecture for a Fast Gen AI User Experience

More and more developers are being asked to build Generative AI experiences into their web applications everywhere. However, the user's experience with Generative AI can sometimes be slow and frustrating. It’s been years since we would gladly wait over 10 seconds for a response to anything online. As AI processing gets faster, there are new limiting factors that could be negatively affecting your AI user experience.

In this talk, we will cover different ways to minimise laggy experiences in web applications when interacting with third-party Generative AI tools. We’ll be using a practical demonstration to show how you can reduce latency as we build one of my favourite sci fi gadgets, the babel fish.

Primary Photo for Nathaniel OkenwaNathaniel Okenwa
Cover Photo for Generative AI and Development - An Exploration

Generative AI and Development - An Exploration

Welcome to an exploration how generative AI impacts development (frontend, backend, mobile) trends, tooling and practices -- concluding with recommendations for individuals, teams and businesses on how to cope and thrive in this new world.

Sri Rang

Platform Sponsors

Sponsor Logo for Sentry

Don't let broken lines of code, busted API calls, and crashes ruin your app. Join the 4M developers and 90K organizations who consider Sentry “not bad” when it comes to application monitoring. Use code “guild” for 3 free months of the team plan.

https://sentry.io

Sponsor Logo for torc.dev

Torc is a community-first platform bringing together remote-first software engineer and developer opportunities from across the globe. Join a network that’s all about connection, collaboration, and finding your next big move — together.

Join our community today!

Maximising the AI Opportunity: Tech, Business & Customer Alignment

Presentation byAndy McMahon

Organizations face a significant challenge in balancing the rapid pace of AI innovation with the critical need for risk management and trust. While projections for AI investment are high, with some estimates suggesting it could account for 10-12% of technology budgets, a more cautious and critical approach is necessary.

Andy's talk will explore why firms should resist the pressure to blindly adopt AI and instead treat it like any other new technology investment. We'll discuss the importance of being agile while also maintaining a strong focus on managing risk, building trust, and critically evaluating the real-world implications of AI implementation before committing significant resources and how to differentiate ourselves, beyond the GenAI hype.

Presented at these Events
Cover Photo for The Personalisation Paradox: Human Instinct vs. Algorithmic Logic
Wed, Oct 15th · 4:30PMIn-Person

The Personalisation Paradox: Human Instinct vs. Algorithmic Logic

Primary Photo for The Product Model Glasgow by UXDXThe Product Model Glasgow by UXDX
Presented with these Guilds
Cover Photo for The Product Model Glasgow by UXDX
Primary Photo for The Product Model Glasgow by UXDX

The Product Model Glasgow by UXDX

Contexts change, and processes should too.

The biggest waste in software development is building the wrong thing. But we continue to use processes that focus on the efficiency of building software instead of effectiveness and sustainability.

We don't know what customers will like until they have the product so we need to build processes around short cycles, quick experiments and iterations. That's what UXDX is all about.

We host speakers who share how they are changing their processes to enable more autonomous, empowered product teams. The goal is for everyone involved in product development from Product Managers, UX Researchers, Designers and Developers to get involved and learn the T-shaped skills necessary for high-performing product teams.

174 Members
Similar Presentations
Cover Photo for Algorithmic Monoculture – The downfall of UI Personalisation?

Algorithmic Monoculture – The downfall of UI Personalisation?

While we, as individuals, recognise our limitations and biases, what about our AI systems?

With the expansion of AI technologies and algorithms into fields like UI personalisation, are we prepared to advance further? Or are we risking a widespread failure?

In this talk, we'll be looking at issues with algorithmic user profiling and how this can lead to marginalisation and poor user experiences and what to do about it.

David Lorimer
Cover Photo for Architecting for Extensibility: Building the Workday Guidance Platform

Architecting for Extensibility: Building the Workday Guidance Platform

In the face of evolving business needs and rapid technological advancements, building extensible architectures is crucial. This talk underscores the critical importance of designing platforms that not only meet today's requirements but also seamlessly support future innovation.

We'll delve into the architectural choices and design patterns that underpin Workday Guidance, a platform enabling customers to configure user guidance throughout the Workday application. A key focus will be how we prioritised extensibility from the outset, enabling us to swiftly develop the Workday Assistant, an AI-powered copilot that delivers in-context task assistance.

Damien McGrath
Cover Photo for Performant Architecture for a Fast Gen AI User Experience

Performant Architecture for a Fast Gen AI User Experience

Performant Architecture for a Fast Gen AI User Experience

More and more developers are being asked to build Generative AI experiences into their web applications everywhere. However, the user's experience with Generative AI can sometimes be slow and frustrating. It’s been years since we would gladly wait over 10 seconds for a response to anything online. As AI processing gets faster, there are new limiting factors that could be negatively affecting your AI user experience.

In this talk, we will cover different ways to minimise laggy experiences in web applications when interacting with third-party Generative AI tools. We’ll be using a practical demonstration to show how you can reduce latency as we build one of my favourite sci fi gadgets, the babel fish.

Primary Photo for Nathaniel OkenwaNathaniel Okenwa
Cover Photo for Generative AI and Development - An Exploration

Generative AI and Development - An Exploration

Welcome to an exploration how generative AI impacts development (frontend, backend, mobile) trends, tooling and practices -- concluding with recommendations for individuals, teams and businesses on how to cope and thrive in this new world.

Sri Rang

Platform Sponsors

Sponsor Logo for Sentry

Don't let broken lines of code, busted API calls, and crashes ruin your app. Join the 4M developers and 90K organizations who consider Sentry “not bad” when it comes to application monitoring. Use code “guild” for 3 free months of the team plan.

https://sentry.io

Sponsor Logo for torc.dev

Torc is a community-first platform bringing together remote-first software engineer and developer opportunities from across the globe. Join a network that’s all about connection, collaboration, and finding your next big move — together.

Join our community today!

Guild

TermsPrivacy

Get in touch!

hi@guild.host