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AI Transformation | Strategy | Advisory | Speaker | Board Member

This is my AI tribe and the leaders in our company; Gianluca Mauro, Andrea, Gioele, Helin and Gianluca Belloni We have a core principle when working with our clients which mirrors the DNA of the AI Academy belief system: AI = TECHNOLOGY + PEOPLE. What does this mean? Well, the TECH; you build it or buy it and it is the 'transportation medium' to your goals. But how do how do you define, create, and develop the products or solutions and how do you navigate your idea's through an organization which will be going through a change transition? THE PEOPLE behind the TECH. The secret sauce. We focus on the people; we help them build the skills and habits needed to empower them to leverage AI. I spent some time over the weekend reading about the background of Liang Wenfeng, the CEO and Founder of Deepseek. He has a very humble and up to now unconventional background for someone whose company has just wiped over a trillion dollars off tech valuations. Deepseek has basically created more with much less, and Liang’s philosophy is a mirror of his work; “more investment doesn’t necessarily lead to more innovation” This really resonated with me about AI Academy’s philosophy and how we are helping enterprises become more productive, creative and innovative with AI; and none of it has anything to do with them throwing money at tech. It’s about the people. When we engage in an Adoption Program, our goal and the outcome for our students is that they will be able to identify use cases in their specific business units, design what a solution looks like, and arm them with the skills and mindset to leverage their innovation throughout their company. We ensure this outcome which is rooted in our Outcome Based Training methodology and backed up by our Skills & Habits #taxonomy. These aren't technical people, they're business professionals who are going through augmentation with AI. We don’t sell shiny stuff. We don’t sell consultancy hours. We don't build products for you at exorbitant costs. We provide a sustainable solution for companies to do more, with less, through education and through your people. CTA: If you want to learn some more about all this, give a thumbs up or drop a comment and I'll arrange a Q&A session. Promise. ;) Have a fantastic week everyone! #learningleaders #generativeai #outcomebasededucation #ai #deepseek #augmentation #people #aitribe

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Antonio Vigil

Director of Innovative Classroom Technology

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What a fabulous collective! What strikes me as unique and foundational to your collective is your humility, unmistakable joy and sense of humor, and learner’s stance. 🙌🏽

I cannot recommend AI Academy enough. My experience with your team has been so positive and empowering - beyond transformative. The webinar that you gave with Helin Yontar was top notch and parts of it still play in my everyday work in learning and development. Bravo! 🌟 And thank you!

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