Di Lu

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

Last quarter I rolled out Microsoft Copilot to 4,000 employees.

$30 per seat per month.

$1.4 million annually.

I called it "digital transformation."

The board loved that phrase.

They approved it in eleven minutes.

No one asked what it would actually do.

Including me.

I told everyone it would "10x productivity."

That's not a real number.

But it sounds like one.

HR asked how we'd measure the 10x.

I said we'd "leverage analytics dashboards."

They stopped asking.

Three months later I checked the usage reports.

47 people had opened it.

12 had used it more than once.

One of them was me.

I used it to summarize an email I could have read in 30 seconds.

It took 45 seconds.

Plus the time it took to fix the hallucinations.

But I called it a "pilot success."

Success means the pilot didn't visibly fail.

The CFO asked about ROI.

I showed him a graph.

The graph went up and to the right.

It measured "AI enablement."

I made that metric up.

He nodded approvingly.

We're "AI-enabled" now.

I don't know what that means.

But it's in our investor deck.

A senior developer asked why we didn't use Claude or ChatGPT.

I said we needed "enterprise-grade security."

He asked what that meant.

I said "compliance."

He asked which compliance.

I said "all of them."

He looked skeptical.

I scheduled him for a "career development conversation."

He stopped asking questions.

Microsoft sent a case study team.

They wanted to feature us as a success story.

I told them we "saved 40,000 hours."

I calculated that number by multiplying employees by a number I made up.

They didn't verify it.

They never do.

Now we're on Microsoft's website.

"Global enterprise achieves 40,000 hours of productivity gains with Copilot."

The CEO shared it on LinkedIn.

He got 3,000 likes.

He's never used Copilot.

None of the executives have.

We have an exemption.

"Strategic focus requires minimal digital distraction."

I wrote that policy.

The licenses renew next month.

I'm requesting an expansion.

5,000 more seats.

We haven't used the first 4,000.

But this time we'll "drive adoption."

Adoption means mandatory training.

Training means a 45-minute webinar no one watches.

But completion will be tracked.

Completion is a metric.

Metrics go in dashboards.

Dashboards go in board presentations.

Board presentations get me promoted.

I'll be SVP by Q3.

I still don't know what Copilot does.

But I know what it's for.

It's for showing we're "investing in AI."

Investment means spending.

Spending means commitment.

Commitment means we're serious about the future.

The future is whatever I say it is.

As long as the graph goes up and to the right.

[Di Lu @dee_lu]

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[Di Lu @dee_lu]

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My 10 years old son is learning how to give feedback using “the Ladder” at school; it is surprising to see many mangers fail at something a primary student can handle

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Now, AI sees people through wifi, not cameras https://t.co/LChLdHcBcY via @YouTube

[Di Lu @dee_lu]

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? Obviously Twitter does! #MyTwitterAnniversary

[Di Lu @dee_lu]

“I don’t want you to be on my side; I want us to be on the same side.” Should be the principle of every argument.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

I strongly believe that all managers in a technical area must be technically excellent.

Managers in software must write great software or it’s like being a cavalry captain who can’t ride a horse!

[MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr]

The best results were achieved at companies that had three meeting-free days per week: https://t.co/5M7G8GX915

[Di Lu @dee_lu]

I earned the Building Neo4j Applications with Python badge on #Neo4j #GraphAcademy https://t.co/QxgzNF6fpx

[Di Lu @dee_lu]

Big data does not necessarily offer value, but good data does.

[Rustam Mehmandarov @rmehmandarov]

Not all legacy code is bad, not all new code is good. Refactor code with caution. ⚠️

#coding #programming

[Di Lu @dee_lu]

If you can't think of a word, say "I forget the English word for it". That way people will think you're bilingual
instead of an idiot. 👈🏼nice strategy

[MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr]

7 activities increase the likelihood that an organization will achieve financial benefits from #AI.

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Clear explanation of DW basics: Data Warehouse Concepts: Kimball vs. Inmon Approach https://t.co/iZbJiRzJjm

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Not only “in the US, but anti-Asian racism is a global phenomenon” - https://t.co/i2o9Mn5K5L

[Di Lu @dee_lu]

This is what real estate conglomerates should do! 👍🏼

[The New York Times @nytimes]

A landlord with 18 apartment buildings in New York City waived April rent for his 200 to 300 tenants because of the coronavirus pandemic. “I told them just to look out for your neighbor and make sure that everyone has food on their table," he said. https://t.co/fUY1AG7Y8t