Speaker
Abstract
Everyone is talking about AI agents, autonomous programmes that can solve problems and work towards their goals independently. You can even have teams of agents working for you. But, is the anthropomorphism of AI a good thing? These are just computer programs after all?
We don’t know what the future will look like, but we do know that the way we work is changing. When our work changes our teams change, and as our teams change our organisations will change. We’re living through an age of experimentation and discovery, where we need to look at some of our assumptions about “what good looks like” and challenge if they’re still valid.
Let’s get nerdy about org design and discuss how AI could change how we set ourselves up for success, whatever our mission.
Interview
This time last year I would have answered differently! Until 2024 my career has been focussed on building high performing software engineering teams but more recently I've been focussed on Generative AI and it's potential. At work I'm currently building high performing teams of AI Agents whilst also leading an new AI Community called "AI for the rest of us" aimed at creating a fun, supportive and accessible space to learn about AI.
At QCon last year I attended some of the AI talks and I was honestly bamboozled by new words and concepts. I don't want anyone to feel like that in my talk - My goal is to provide an introduction to AI agents and how they can be used in the real world!
My talk is for everyone! Even if you're familiar with the technology this talk will help you take a new perspective on how AI Agents might reshape your work and your team!
In my experience there's a lot of people talking about AI Agents but not enough people experimenting and building. I'd like to inspire people to try it and see what it can do!
Yes, I do indeed think Agentic AI is the next big disruption. I'm here for the rollercoaster!
Last year at QCon I googled the word inference during a talk about self-hosted LLMs!!! It's hard to believe how far I've come in just a year!!!
QCon London 2025 is a three day conference for senior software engineers, architects and team leads. An international program committee of working engineers selects every session. Patterns and practices, not products and pitches.