Lauren Wood

And when you say work on it, is it like different tooling, different roles of people managing the data? Yeah. Let's go a layer deeper. How can people start working on it?

I'm going to speak to something that I actually don't know that much about, but... something that I just think is, it's just a message that I, the drum I am drumming these days is I really encourage organizations to go and speak to their current providers.

I'm going to speak to something that I actually don't know that much about, but... something that I just think is, it's just a message that I, the drum I am drumming these days is I really encourage organizations to go and speak to their current providers.

I'm going to speak to something that I actually don't know that much about, but... something that I just think is, it's just a message that I, the drum I am drumming these days is I really encourage organizations to go and speak to their current providers.

Like I think of my clients who are on, you know, Tableau or Salesforce data cloud or any of these look or whatever it is that they're using, go to the organization, go to the provider that you currently have and ask them, how can I be more AI ready? I bet you that there is information there. And and support or new tools or access to what you need to at least start this.

Like I think of my clients who are on, you know, Tableau or Salesforce data cloud or any of these look or whatever it is that they're using, go to the organization, go to the provider that you currently have and ask them, how can I be more AI ready? I bet you that there is information there. And and support or new tools or access to what you need to at least start this.

Like I think of my clients who are on, you know, Tableau or Salesforce data cloud or any of these look or whatever it is that they're using, go to the organization, go to the provider that you currently have and ask them, how can I be more AI ready? I bet you that there is information there. And and support or new tools or access to what you need to at least start this.

Because I always wanna break things down to like, what's the next step? And I know I have some clients who are completely overwhelmed by the concept of re-imagining how they approach data. It's like, we have been stuffing stuff in a closet for a long time and now we have to go and open that door and clean it up. That is, I don't wanna do it. But we have to start. It is essential that you start.

Because I always wanna break things down to like, what's the next step? And I know I have some clients who are completely overwhelmed by the concept of re-imagining how they approach data. It's like, we have been stuffing stuff in a closet for a long time and now we have to go and open that door and clean it up. That is, I don't wanna do it. But we have to start. It is essential that you start.

Because I always wanna break things down to like, what's the next step? And I know I have some clients who are completely overwhelmed by the concept of re-imagining how they approach data. It's like, we have been stuffing stuff in a closet for a long time and now we have to go and open that door and clean it up. That is, I don't wanna do it. But we have to start. It is essential that you start.

And so one tip I would give to people is just look at what new technology has come out from your current provider as a starting point and then see if that's fitting. Also have conversations on your team about what data do we need to feed our AI? What AI do we want to start bringing in? And what does that AI need in order to operate effectively?

And so one tip I would give to people is just look at what new technology has come out from your current provider as a starting point and then see if that's fitting. Also have conversations on your team about what data do we need to feed our AI? What AI do we want to start bringing in? And what does that AI need in order to operate effectively?

And so one tip I would give to people is just look at what new technology has come out from your current provider as a starting point and then see if that's fitting. Also have conversations on your team about what data do we need to feed our AI? What AI do we want to start bringing in? And what does that AI need in order to operate effectively?

Let's just start breaking down this really big, ugly problem into something that is more actionable because avoiding it is not going to help you. We have to start taking little bites at the very least out of this apple.

Let's just start breaking down this really big, ugly problem into something that is more actionable because avoiding it is not going to help you. We have to start taking little bites at the very least out of this apple.

Let's just start breaking down this really big, ugly problem into something that is more actionable because avoiding it is not going to help you. We have to start taking little bites at the very least out of this apple.

I'm glad you brought up human-centered design because I know that's a lot of what your course is about and how... the approach to human-centered design is changing with AI. And so one piece of that, as you just shared, is having data be a part of it. How else do we need to be approaching human-centered design differently in the age of AI?

I'm glad you brought up human-centered design because I know that's a lot of what your course is about and how... the approach to human-centered design is changing with AI. And so one piece of that, as you just shared, is having data be a part of it. How else do we need to be approaching human-centered design differently in the age of AI?

I'm glad you brought up human-centered design because I know that's a lot of what your course is about and how... the approach to human-centered design is changing with AI. And so one piece of that, as you just shared, is having data be a part of it. How else do we need to be approaching human-centered design differently in the age of AI?

Oh, that's so exciting. And you're just getting my wheels turning. There's so much for us to learn. When it comes to looking towards our AI future, there is so much opportunity. There is so much risk. There's so many things to consider. And the way that we think through approaching it is not, we cannot just think through it in the same way that we've thought through other technology approaches.