Past, Present, and Future of Lean and AI
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The episode discusses the impact of artificial intelligence on lean practices and organizational work, featuring insights from industry leaders.
Gene Kim, DevOps leader and co-author of Wiring the Winning Organization, joins Tyson Heaton, LEI Executive Director of LeanTech/AI, and Art Smalley, Toyota veteran and LEI advisor, for a lively, enlightening, and wide-ranging conversation about artificial intelligence. They discuss how AI is forever changing the work of individuals and organizations, and explore the good, bad, and ugly of AI today and tomorrow. One thing they all agree on: the use of AI is picking up, even among lean practitioners. Up to 80% of people in the lean community I suspect still have little to no understanding of AI (“What’s a model?”), estimates Art. But there are examples that the other 20% across industries have started running with it. Tyson mentions, “incendiary events,” like an interaction with a hackathon, that are fueling some of this momentum as individuals return to their work with new capabilities and an appreciation for the technology. “I've coded with chief medical officers, chief science officers, CEOs, CFOs, people in like revenue cycle management and healthcare,” says Gene. “And just to see these people all solving problems by themselves, you know, as they're using coding agents. It's…
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