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This is the second part of our two-part conversation on the transformative power of #GenerativeAI and its pivotal role in driving business innovation and radical product innovation. In this episode, we rejoin our host Jacob Bendfeldt and Microsoft corporate vice presidents, Uli Homann and Vijay Mital, as they share their expert perspectives and learnings from early customer project on how Generative AI is reshaping industries by enabling reasoning, planning, and the creation of groundbreaking products with unprecedented speed and efficiency.
In this episode of the #AzureEssentialsShow—which is part of our special series “Essential AI for Business”—you’ll hear about the importance of executive leadership in embracing change for transformation and innovation, the necessity of being cloud-ready for AI innovation, the role of organizing and preparing data to fuel AI systems, how to train people to work with Generative AI, using tools like Microsoft 365 Copilot, the importance of product conceptualizers, steps to take in order to operationalize AI systems, and the impact of AI on other aspects of your company.
Be sure to check out part one of this episode, in which you’ll hear how the Generative AI wave compares to previous business transformation waves, the role of Generative AI in reasoning and planning, examples of radical product innovation, and the potential for rapid innovation and productivity.
Resources
• Generative AI topics | Azure.com https://azure.microsoft.com/search/?q=Generative+AI
• The Age of AI transformation | Microsoft.com https://www.microsoft.com/ai/
• Artificial Intelligence at Microsoft Research https://www.microsoft.com/research/research-area/artificial-intelligence
• Vijay Mital | LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijaymital/
• Ulrich (Uli) Homann | LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ulrichhomann
• Jacob Bendfeldt | LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-bendfeldt-03a578/
Related Episodes
• Radical Business Transformation of AI (Part 1) https://aka.ms/AzEssentials/167
• Watch more episodes of the Azure Essentials Show https://aka.ms/AzureEssentialsShow
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:41 State of Readiness
1:12 Transformation = Change Management
1:46 Ready for Innovation?
2:09 Data is fuel
2:48 Prepare your people
3:06 Example: Microsoft Copilot
3:48 Innovation is top down
4:24 Product Conceptualizers
7:08 Operational readiness
7:45 AI should be learning based
8:01 Five key steps
13:40 Company-wide changes Read More Microsoft Developer
