The Global Agile Summit is around the corner, and the AI in Organizations track is one you don’t want to miss. In this episode, track co-hosts Michael Dougherty and Michał Parkoła walk us through what they’ve built — from the thinking behind the track name to the sessions that stood out, and why this isn’t just another AI conference lineup.
Why “AI in Organizations” — Not Just “AI”
“AI will not only be useful to existing organizations, but it will reshape organizations in a very significant way, the same way cars reshaped cities.”
Michael and Michał drew a deliberate line with the track name. Michael points out that AI has been around for decades — it didn’t start with ChatGPT. The real shift now is AI agents scaling to enterprise level, replacing automation that used to require specialized tools.
Claude Enterprise holds about 29% of the enterprise AI market, Gemini around 15%. But Michał pushes the framing further: the first-order effect is applying AI to existing work. The second-order effect — the one he’s most interested in — is how AI will reshape organizations themselves. New species of companies will emerge, smaller teams will achieve what used to require hundreds of people, and some existing organizations won’t survive the transition. That’s the conversation this track is designed to start.
Filtering the Signal From the Slop
“There was a bit of AI slop in the submissions. There was a lot of talk that, unfortunately, was meta-talk — there was no real value that I could glean.” Continue reading BONUS: AI Won’t Just Change How You Work — It Will Reshape Your Organization
Jason Little helps organizations discover more effective practices for managing work and people. Sometimes that means plucking tools from the Agile world and sometimes that means using more traditional management practices, such as The Rockefeller Habits. Jason is passionate about the people side of change, and focus on bringing meaningful change into organizations that will improve the lives of people. Jason has recently released a new book called 