Dave Wisdom

Data, love, progress, technology, equality. Love to make experiences better; husband of Sarah, dad of twins Tommy & Hermione, focused on being awesome. He/him.

[Dave Wisdom @dwisdom]

I've consumed a lot of books, blogs, tweets, and podcasts. I've taken advanced classes in science, math, and especially business. I've spent 20 years in business/tech. I'd like to find a set of problems that will take my life to start solving, beginning today. Thanks @simonsinek!

[The Knicks Wall @TheKnicksWall]

JALEN BRUNSON WALKING OFF THE PLANE WITH LARRY O 🏆

(IG/lazyousuf)

[kira 👾 @kirawontmiss]

nyc is the only place where you see this and know it’s not AI😭

[The Hood Therapist @OhhMar24]

Jalen Brunson taking the pay cut to come to New York, getting his friends on the team and actually winning the Championship. One of the most gangster stories in NBA history

[Fitz @FitzGSN_]

Might be the best video I've ever seen

[Katerina Dimitratos @KDimitratos]

World Cup tourists have discovered New Jersey deli:

[Big Knick Energy @BigKnickEnergy_]

I love my city.

[Meidas_Charise Lee @charise_lee]

A masterclass in BOOING‼️ Pay attention NY #Knicks

[alli @sonofalli]

new york is the best city in the world

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

I think that is the best advertisement I’ve ever seen.

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

A statement from the family of Alex Pretti, obtained by CNN:

"We are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the hero term lightly. However his last thought and act was to protect a woman.

The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He has his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down all while being pepper sprayed.

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you."

[Brigham's Burner @FiredUpCoug]

It's never fun watching a blowout.

Unless the team being blown out is Alabama.

[SullenSerf @SullenSerf]

We are ALL Indiana fans today

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

Don’t try any of that 4th down BS on Curt Cignetti

[College Football Zone @CollegeFBonX]

Curt Cignetti’s reaction based on what Indiana does

[The Onion @TheOnion]

Kendrick Lamar Awarded Nobel Beef Prize https://t.co/G7L4ANbevh

[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.

[UGA BASKETBALL: UGONNA LIKE IT @BIODAWGSPORTBOI]

LONDON HUMPHREYS, CASH JONES, DYLAN BELL TRIPLE HIGH FIVE AFTER THE LAST KNEE GOES SO STUPID

[Georgia Football @GeorgiaFootball]

👑 BACK-TO-BACK 👑

#GoDawgs