Yeah, that's the Steve Jobs mentality of hiring people that are smarter than you so it does help you out. In that same vein of what you just described about the AI charlatans, what would be one or two questions that a design firm leader could ask a potential consultant that might help inform them on whether or not that individual is ready for prime time to even help them out? Because you are absolutely right and I'm always amazed at people who put out that they are an AI expert. And I'm like, this information literally just came out yesterday so how are you an expert in the last 24 hours, I have no idea. I'm consuming as fast as I can and I still know very little. I've been involved with AI since it began, or at least since it began in its current state that we have experienced over the past two and a half years. KPReddy 00:39:03.750 - 00:39:56.152 Ask them what they were doing in AI five years ago. It's a good question. Ask them how it relates to business strategy.
And then, some of the basic stuff is just asking them who they've been working with.
There are a lot of technical things that change, but if you haven't been working with clients for a certain period of time in technology, let's not confuse it. AI is technology. If a person has no experience in technology and they just picked up AI for dummies, then they're not the right person.
I also think the strategy side of it is super important.
If they can't answer questions about data privacy and how to approach it and those types of things, I think it comes back to just hiring people who have credibility in the background.
Randy 00:39:56.306 - 00:40:34.298
And I think it's going to be fairly obvious fairly quickly whether or not individuals are worth their weight in terms of their ability to be a consultant to you in that AI space. My advice to all design firm leaders is just to be careful. And certainly KP, I'm sure in a lot of instances, either you or maybe somebody on your team might be available for just a simple consult or some basic advisory around this. So before somebody goes off and writes a five or six-figure check that they might be able to get a little bit of help before they go down that road.
KPReddy Email: kp@shadow.vc Website: Shadow Ventures
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