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Ep067: Navigating the AI Revolution in Business with Devlin Liles Building Texas Business
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In today's episode of Building Texas Business, we have a discussion with Devlin Lyles, President of Improving, about AI's evolving role in business.
With his extensive tech leadership background, Devlin offers insightful perspectives on strategically integrating AI and shifting workforce mindsets. He explains how AI enhances personal productivity and compels a transition from manual tasks to advanced system management.
Other notable topics include vendor resiliency, learning cultures, and personal growth's influence on business innovation.
Wrapping up, Devlin shares his views on AI's future impact through emerging tools and personal assistants that boost productivity. Join us for this enriching exchange at the intersection of technology, leadership experience, and work-life harmony.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
Devlin discusses his transition from a young programmer to a leader in technology, emphasizing the role of AI in changing business strategies and operations.
We explore the psychological aspect of AI adoption in businesses, addressing how the workforce adapts to the enhanced productivity and evolving roles that AI tools bring.
Devlin makes an analogy between the historical rise of ATMs and their impact on bank tellers, to the current transition from manual task execution to strategic AI system management.
We dissect common misconceptions in AI implementation, such as the belief that data must be perfectly curated and the pitfalls of building bespoke AI solutions from scratch.
Devlin highlights the importance of focusing on problem-solving over the technology itself, encouraging companies to differentiate between truly valuable AI applications and those simply following trends.
The conversation delves into vendor resiliency, with a focus on the legal protection offered by large companies like Microsoft for their AI services.
We discuss the cultivation of a learning culture within Improving and the impact personal development has on managing technology and fostering business innovation.
Devlin shares insights on the future of AI, such as the potential of a "cloud of things" and personal AI tools that can enhance daily productivity and support memory.
We examine the transformative effect of AI on mundane tasks and its potential for significant impact on industries like logistics, supply chain, and manufacturing.
Devlin and I reflect on the importance of hobbies and personal interests, such as golf and video games, for maintaining a balanced life while engaging with technological advancements.
LINKSShow Notes
Previous Episodes
About BoyarMiller
About Improving
GUESTS
Devlin LilesAbout Devlin
TRANSCRIPT
(AI transcript provided as supporting material and may contain errors)
Chris: In this episode, you will meet Devlin Liles, President of Improving. Devlin is a leading expert in the application and use of AI for businesses. Devlin shares several helpful ideas relating to AI for businesses and believes that a business's readiness for AI is mostly psychological. Devlin, I want to thank you for taking time to join us today. Why don't we start by just telling us a little bit about yourself and your background and your role with improving Sure.
Devlin: So Devlin Lyles. That seems like an odd thing to say. So I'm a technologist by kind of trade and training, so I started writing software when I was very young. I was 8 when I started programming.
Chris: My dad got me into it.
Devlin: I started my first software company when I was 16 in high school, building used car websites and that kind of thing Right at the kind of dot-com bubble expansion, and so decided I was going to not do that as a career. I was going to become a professional soccer player. That didn't work, so I kind of fell back into it as a hobby and kind of continued on that.
Chris: Most programmers think of a professional soccer player as a dream, right yeah absolutely.
Devlin: And so I ended up kind of falling back into
In today's episode of Building Texas Business, we have a discussion with Devlin Lyles, President of Improving, about AI's evolving role in business.
With his extensive tech leadership background, Devlin offers insightful perspectives on strategically integrating AI and shifting workforce mindsets. He explains how AI enhances personal productivity and compels a transition from manual tasks to advanced system management.
Other notable topics include vendor resiliency, learning cultures, and personal growth's influence on business innovation.
Wrapping up, Devlin shares his views on AI's future impact through emerging tools and personal assistants that boost productivity. Join us for this enriching exchange at the intersection of technology, leadership experience, and work-life harmony.
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
Devlin discusses his transition from a young programmer to a leader in technology, emphasizing the role of AI in changing business strategies and operations.
We explore the psychological aspect of AI adoption in businesses, addressing how the workforce adapts to the enhanced productivity and evolving roles that AI tools bring.
Devlin makes an analogy between the historical rise of ATMs and their impact on bank tellers, to the current transition from manual task execution to strategic AI system management.
We dissect common misconceptions in AI implementation, such as the belief that data must be perfectly curated and the pitfalls of building bespoke AI solutions from scratch.
Devlin highlights the importance of focusing on problem-solving over the technology itself, encouraging companies to differentiate between truly valuable AI applications and those simply following trends.
The conversation delves into vendor resiliency, with a focus on the legal protection offered by large companies like Microsoft for their AI services.
We discuss the cultivation of a learning culture within Improving and the impact personal development has on managing technology and fostering business innovation.
Devlin shares insights on the future of AI, such as the potential of a "cloud of things" and personal AI tools that can enhance daily productivity and support memory.
We examine the transformative effect of AI on mundane tasks and its potential for significant impact on industries like logistics, supply chain, and manufacturing.
Devlin and I reflect on the importance of hobbies and personal interests, such as golf and video games, for maintaining a balanced life while engaging with technological advancements.
LINKSShow Notes
Previous Episodes
About BoyarMiller
About Improving
GUESTS
Devlin LilesAbout Devlin
TRANSCRIPT
(AI transcript provided as supporting material and may contain errors)
Chris: In this episode, you will meet Devlin Liles, President of Improving. Devlin is a leading expert in the application and use of AI for businesses. Devlin shares several helpful ideas relating to AI for businesses and believes that a business's readiness for AI is mostly psychological. Devlin, I want to thank you for taking time to join us today. Why don't we start by just telling us a little bit about yourself and your background and your role with improving Sure.
Devlin: So Devlin Lyles. That seems like an odd thing to say. So I'm a technologist by kind of trade and training, so I started writing software when I was very young. I was 8 when I started programming.
Chris: My dad got me into it.
Devlin: I started my first software company when I was 16 in high school, building used car websites and that kind of thing Right at the kind of dot-com bubble expansion, and so decided I was going to not do that as a career. I was going to become a professional soccer player. That didn't work, so I kind of fell back into it as a hobby and kind of continued on that.
Chris: Most programmers think of a professional soccer player as a dream, right yeah absolutely.
Devlin: And so I ended up kind of falling back into
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