The House That AI Built: Lessons in Systems Thinking from Two Nursery Rhymes
Video Description
Speaker: Caroline Jones William
What do The House That Jack Built and There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly have to do with artificial intelligence?
More than you might think.
As organizations race to adopt AI, most conversations focus on prompts, tools, and outputs. Far less attention is paid to what happens next. A single AI-generated output becomes part of a workflow. A workflow becomes a dependency. New processes emerge to manage quality, governance, and risk. Before long, the organization is navigating a system that evolved one decision at a time.
In this thought-provoking session, we'll use two familiar nursery rhymes as unexpected frameworks for understanding how complexity develops, how systems evolve, and why some AI initiatives create more value while others create more work. Through real-world examples and practical lessons learned, attendees will leave with a new lens for thinking about AI adoption, organizational change, and the unintended consequences of well-intentioned solutions.
What do The House That Jack Built and There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly have to do with artificial intelligence?
More than you might think.
As organizations race to adopt AI, most conversations focus on prompts, tools, and outputs. Far less attention is paid to what happens next. A single AI-generated output becomes part of a workflow. A workflow becomes a dependency. New processes emerge to manage quality, governance, and risk. Before long, the organization is navigating a system that evolved one decision at a time.
In this thought-provoking session, we'll use two familiar nursery rhymes as unexpected frameworks for understanding how complexity develops, how systems evolve, and why some AI initiatives create more value while others create more work. Through real-world examples and practical lessons learned, attendees will leave with a new lens for thinking about AI adoption, organizational change, and the unintended consequences of well-intentioned solutions.