everything. But when you start thinking about AI and the design industry, an industry that has historically been slow to change and slow to evolve. We like things the way that they are. I've been in this industry since 97, although I'm not a classically trained engineer like you or Chad, I've had experience working with and consulting design professionals for almost 30 years. And so I know for a fact that design professionals don't like change like that. And so what advice have you been giving people as it pertains specifically to AI and the way that it can fundamentally change the way that design professionals do their jobs on a daily basis? KPReddy 00:07:54.522 - 00:10:46.350 My opinions, like many opinions, are formed through listening. I have relationships with most of the ENR 500 and mid-sized firms, even some small firms.
I'm advising a 20-person architectural firm right now on how to work with AI in their business.
And so really what I've heard from leadership is that they believe they are going to wake up in the next five years and the entire industry is going to be on its head. This isn't my fear-mongering. This is what they're telling me and what they are focused on is not the technology. Unfortunately, technologists focus on the technology. These are business leaders. They're focused on how we think about business impact and how we take advantage of this which led to me writing my book last year and releasing it a few months ago. It was to be focused on what I'd been hearing, which is I need a business solution to this and also understand that. Remember that little company, Amazon? They started to sell books on the Internet. It was, we're going to take brick and mortar. We had toys.com, and we had pets.com. We had all the.com, right? Amazon said we're just going to sell books on the Internet. I think we all know that's probably a very tiny part of their business. So when leaders look at this business, and I'll tell you that the coolest thing about what I'm seeing from leaders in our industry. I’m not dealing with IT people, I am dealing with the CEO's and board of directors of all these companies. The reason is that not since the BlackBerry have I seen such intrigue by the C-suite around technology. They're going down to their IT department and say, hey, what are we doing about AI like have you even been looking at it?
KPReddy Email: kp@shadow.vc Website: Shadow Ventures
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