Building an AI-Ready Team—with Alfonso Quijano, Lean Solutions Group

About this episode

Prakash Chandran and Alfonso Quijano discuss how Lean Solutions Group is preparing for AI by fostering a culture of team learning and experimentation.

What if your biggest AI advantage isn’t a model—it's how fast your team can learn together? In this episode of Futureproof, Prakash Chandran sits down with Alfonso Quijano, CTO of Lean Solutions Group, to explore how Lean is becoming AI-ready by turning learning into a team sport. Alfonso explains how they create space for engineers to test new tools, teach each other what works, and build a culture where mentorship and experimentation fuel weekly shipping. Together, they unpack why speed com...

People in this episode

Host: Prakash Chandran

Guest: Alfonso Quijano

Topics covered

• AI readiness
• team learning
• mentorship
• experimentation
• engineering culture

Keywords

• AI
• team dynamics
• learning culture
• engineering
• mentorship
• experimentation
• Lean Solutions Group

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Organizations: Lean Solutions Group

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