How to Know if AI Is *Really* Helping Your Team, One Data Point At a Time

Common Reasons Why Employees Still Avoid AI Assistants, and How To Fix It

In this episode, I unpack the three most common blockers I keep bumping into when working with businesses on their internal AI adoption + share example techniques to address them, so you can start swapping "I'll wait till it's perfect" for hands-on wins. If you're interested in a collab, reach out at: team [at] sandrakublik.com 📌 Free resources: AI Workflow Discovery Template https://sandrakublik.kit.com/bf4f1634a0 [https://sandrakublik.kit.com/bf4f1634a0] 👋 Say hi Twitter/X: https://x.com/itsSandraKublik [https://x.com/itsSandraKublik] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/itssandrakublik/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/itssandrakublik/] Video version of this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/-f8rDW7xFF8 [https://youtu.be/-f8rDW7xFF8]

How to Know if AI Is *Really* Helping Your Team, One Data Point At a Time

In this episode, I'm sharing 4 field-tested tools I use to establish baseline AI usage in any organization: usage stats, user surveys, one-on-one chats, and diary studies. They are a powerful combination that lets you gather and analyze data to identify training needs, understand blockers, and optimize AI tool adoption across different departments. Want to work together? If you're interested in chatting about a project, please reach me at: team [at] sandra.kublik.com 📌 Free resources: AI Workflow Discovery Template: https://sandrakublik.kit.com/bf4f1634a0 [https://sandrakublik.kit.com/bf4f1634a0] 👋 Say hi: X: https://x.com/itsSandraKublik [https://x.com/itsSandraKublik] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/itssandrakublik/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/itssandrakublik/] Chapters: 00:00 What gets measured gets managed 00:35 Establishing your baseline AI usage 01:04 Looking at your usage stats 03:13 User surveys: beyond analytics 04:59 Going deeper with 1-on-1 user chats 08:03 Diary studies: a day in the life 10:28 Additional resources ♬ Music by: Acid Jazz by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

My Key Takeaways From Shopify's Internal AI Memo

Shopify published an internal AI memo blueprint that says: "AI is now mandatory". I've annotated the memo section by section and today I'll share takeaways I recommend to copy, to question, and to personalize for your own AI adoption playbook. Thank you for hanging out with me today! Resources: Full text of the Shopify CEO internal AI memo: https://x.com/tobi/status/1909251946235437514 [https://x.com/tobi/status/1909251946235437514] Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/LmUmc_1SRZ8 [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhBwB1lBTwJWR19WkJw87EMh1JU9O7Uff] About me: www.sandrakublik.com [https://www.sandrakublik.com/] Say hi via X/Twitter and LinkedIn @itsSandraKublik For collaboration, reach out at team@sandrakublik.com Music by: Acid Jazz by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/]

Building AI In 2024 Is Not What You Think With Swyx

In this episode, I talk with Swyx, co-host of the Latent Space podcast, co-founder of the AI Engineer World's Fair conference, and founder of the AI News newsletter. Here's what we cover: * The AI Engineer Persona: What defines this new role and how it keeps evolving * AI Startup Moats: What it takes to create a competitive edge as an AI startup today * AI News Newsletter: Swyx walks me through his latest venture, a popular newsletter that many in the AI space rely on for industry updates. * The Future of AI Engineering: Impressions from AI Engineer World's Fair 2024 and the ever-changing landscape of AI space Resources: Watch all the episodes on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhBwB1lBTwJWR19WkJw87EMh1JU9O7Uff [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhBwB1lBTwJWR19WkJw87EMh1JU9O7Uff] AI Engineer World's Fair YouTube channel: @aiDotEngineer [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCLKPca3kwwd-B59HNr-_lvA] Latent Space Podcast YouTube channel: @LatentSpaceTV [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCxBcwypKK-W3GHd_RZ9FZrQ] Swyx Twitter: @swyx Swyx Talk from AIEWF 2024: https://www.youtube.com/live/5zE2sMka620?si=sRtP5o_A1HHeYvBl&t=29923 [https://www.youtube.com/live/5zE2sMka620?si=sRtP5o_A1HHeYvBl&t=29923] My Talk from AIEWF 2024: https://youtu.be/vNssL4u5jb8?si=r65xPlZoU0dlpUZp [https://youtu.be/vNssL4u5jb8?si=r65xPlZoU0dlpUZp] The Rise of AI Engineer Essay: https://www.latent.space/p/ai-engineer [https://www.latent.space/p/ai-engineer] AI News Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/ainews#subscribe-form [https://buttondown.email/ainews#subscribe-form] How to Hire AI Engineers — with James Brady & Adam Wiggins of Elicit episode: https://www.latent.space/p/hiring [https://www.latent.space/p/hiring] Heralds of the AI Content Flippening — with Youssef Rizk of Wondercraft.ai: https://www.latent.space/p/wondercraft [https://www.latent.space/p/wondercraft] About me: www.sandrakublik.com [https://www.sandrakublik.com] You can keep in touch with me via IG, TikTok, X, LinkedIn @itsSandraKublik For brand collabs, reach out to me at team@sandrakublik.com [team@sandrakublik.com] Music by: Acid Jazz by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/]

Learning RAG, Overcoming Imposter Syndrome + Building Your AI Career as Non-Techie With Naomi White

In today's episode, I chat about retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) with Naomi White, Engineering Program Manager at Cohere. Naomi shares her unique journey from starting as an Executive Assistant at DeepMind to becoming a key player in Cohere's cutting-edge RAG development team. In this episode, we cover: - Naomi's inspiring journey from DeepMind to Cohere and building a career in AI as a non-technical person; - Strategies for navigating the imposter syndrome; - Beginner-friendly tips for learning LLM concepts and staying up to date with AI advancements; - A behind-the-scenes look at developing LLM tool use with RAG techniques; Resources: * Jay Alammar's walkthrough "Building LLM Agents With Tool Use": https://youtu.be/5drn2DO7gNY?feature=shared [https://youtu.be/5drn2DO7gNY?feature=shared] * Notebook On Multi-Step Tool Use With Cohere And LangChain: https://colab.research.google.com/github/cohere-ai/notebooks/blob/main/notebooks/Data_Analyst_Agent_Cohere_and_Langchain.ipynb [https://colab.research.google.com/github/cohere-ai/notebooks/blob/main/notebooks/Data_Analyst_Agent_Cohere_and_Langchain.ipynb] * GitHub repo with open-source chat interface optimized for RAG: https://github.com/cohere-ai/cohere-toolkit [https://github.com/cohere-ai/cohere-toolkit] * Learn more about Command R+, Cohere model optimized for RAG use cases: https://txt.cohere.com/command-r-plus-microsoft-azure/ [https://txt.cohere.com/command-r-plus-microsoft-azure/] * Try it out: https://cohere.com/coral [https://cohere.com/coral] Watch podcast episodes on YouTube: https://youtu.be/CzcfrY1aKho&list=UULFjG6QzmabZrBEeGh3vi-wDQ&ab_channel=SandraKublik I'm a co-author of a manual on GPT-3 and OpenAI API (Packt, 2023): https://www.packtpub.com/product/gpt-3/9781805125228 [https://www.packtpub.com/product/gpt-3/9781805125228] You can keep in touch with me via socials: IG, TikTok, X, LinkedIn @itsSandraKublik Sign up for my Substack newsletter for the personal scoop on the topics covered today: https://substack.com/@itssandrakublik [https://substack.com/@itssandrakublik] Website: www.sandrakublik.com [https://www.sandrakublik.com] For brand collabs, reach out to me at team@sandrakublik.com Music by: Acid Jazz by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/