From Pilot to Payoff: Scaling AI for Real Business Value - Accelerate Your AI Journey

Turning AI experimentation into measurable business value remains a challenge for many organizations. Join Sally Lowery, Brooks Flynn, Director, Workstation Product Management at Lenovo, and Mike Nordquist, VP, Product Marketing, Client Business Unit at AMD, as they discuss how to scale AI adoption, avoid the pilot trap, and unlock long-term business impact. Chapters 00:00 - Introduction: Moving AI from Pilot to Proof Point 00:40 - Escaping the "Pilot Trap" & Measuring ROI with Business KPIs 01:56 - Building an Operational Framework Around Business Goals 03:10 - Navigating the Evolving AI Ecosystem & Multi-Tool Usage 04:28 - Orchestrating Workloads & Preventing Token Bills 05:39 - The Case for Hybrid AI: Cloud vs. On-Premise & Local Compute 07:14 - ISVs & Seamless In-Workflow AI Integration 08:12 - Standardizing Hardware: Ensuring a Consistent AI User Experience 09:34 - AI PC Baseline Capabilities 10:21 - Tokenomics Explained: Managing Costs & Unreturnable Tokens 13:27 - Prompt Engineering, Training, and the Shift to Natural Language 14:21 - Managing Infrastructure Budgets: Weekly & Monthly Token Monitoring 15:28 - Governance, Security, and Preventing Rogue "Shadow AI" 17:21 - Final Thoughts: Employee Feedback Loops & Unlocking Human Potential