Potpourri: Lessons from an AI Leadership Conference

What enterprise leaders learned about AI adoption from software engineering practices

Kent reflects on patterns from an enterprise AI leadership conference, connecting lessons about organizational change and risk management to principles that worked in extreme programming. For teams adopting AI tooling at scale, the friction points aren't primarily technical—they're structural and cultural.

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Questions this essay answers

  • How do extreme programming practices apply to enterprise AI adoption?
  • What organizational friction emerges when scaling AI tooling across teams?
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