AI Implementation in Grigory Oster Style
Bad advice for those who want to spend the budget and change nothing
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1. AI Implementation in Grigory Oster Style
Bad advice for those who want to spend the budget and change nothing
2. 00. Why Grigory Oster?
3. 'Bad Advice' as a Method
Learning by contrast
Oster: absurd advice for children
The reader understands what NOT to do
AI resembles old digital transformations
Same failure patterns, new tech
4. 01. Find a CAIO
5. Chief AI Officer — The First Step
6. 02. Allocate a Bigger Budget
7. Less Understanding, Bigger Budget
8. The Feeling of Progress
Respectable corporations value motion vibes over motion
9. 03. Create a Separate AI Organization
10. AI Center of Excellence
11. The Perfect Balance
Nobody interferes with anyone's ability to change nothing
12. 04. Move on to Promises
13. Broad Statements Are Harder to Verify
14. 05. Throw a Festival
15. AI Week and 142 Use Cases
16. 06. Don't Touch the Foundation
17. Spread AI Like Mayo
18. AI Assistant Inside Chaos
19. 07. Measure Activity, Not Impact
20. Measure Activity, Not Impact
21. AI Strategy Disconnected from Bonuses
22. 08. One Year: Still a Phase
23. The Reboot Ritual
24. 09. The Uncomfortable Truth
25. AI Is Not Frosting
If decisions stay slow
If data is still scattered
If accountability is still blurred
If the process still passes papers around
AI speeds drafts, not reform
26. AI Didn't Fail — the Attempt Did
27. What to Read to Avoid the Trap
'From Classic PDLC to AI-Native Development'
'From AI-Native Development to AI-Native Organization'
Big Tech: Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Google
28. References and Materials
For adopting AI the right way
Grigory Oster — 'Bad Advice'
'From Classic PDLC to AI-Native Development'
'From AI-Native Development to AI-Native Organization'
29. Thank You!
Bad Advice on AI
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