Agentic Validation and the Power of Loops

About this episode

Jeffrey discusses frustrations with AI rollouts and the importance of learning from past change-management initiatives.

What’s got Jeffrey - the Founder of CITCON:AI - ruffled about AI?! In this episode, Jeffrey talks about his frustrations with how organisations approach AI rollouts without learning any lessons from the change-management initiatives that have gone before. Join us to get our take on when to hand over reporting to LLMs, when not to, and how to use ‘agentic validation.’ LINKS: - Alistair Cockburn article: https://ameyakarve.wordpress.com/2012/07/22/characterizing-people-as-non-linear-1st-order-components-in-software-development-cockburn-us/ - IMVU post: http://timothyfitz.com/2009/02/10/continuous-deployment-at-imvu-doing-the-impossible-fifty-times-a-day/ - CiTCON 2026: https://citconf.com/helsinki2026/ -------------------------------------------------- You'll find free videos and practice material, plus our book Agile Conversations, at agileconversations.com And we'd love to hear any thoughts, ideas, or feedback you have about the show: email us at info@agileconversations.com -------------------------------------------------- About Your Hosts Douglas Squirrel and Jeffrey Fredrick joined forces at TIM Group in 2013, where they studied and practised the art of management through…

People in this episode

Hosts: Douglas Squirrel, Jeffrey Fredrick

Guest: Jeffrey

Topics covered

• AI rollouts
• change management
• agentic validation
• reporting
• organizational learning

Keywords

• AI
• change management
• agentic validation
• reporting
• CITCON
• IMVU
• Agile Conversations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CITCON:AI, IMVU, TIM Group

Books & works: Agile Conversations

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