CDM Smith AI Talk

Date: 2025 02-February 18

• Two minute rule
• Lego approach
• Convert every problem into a multiple choice question - expose yourself to more information and technology in order to add choices
• The cult of done
• Rajan Ray
• Craig Daly (runner-up)
  • Asset Management
  • "At the end of the day, people do asset management."
  • Problems:
    • Aging Workforce, loss of critical, institutional knowledge.
• Jennifer Prescott (winner)
  • Doing more with less
    • GROK, Midjourney, Sora, Uplevel
    • Let workers use available tools as they will, as long as privacy is secure
• Amy Corriveau
  • Addressing pain points
    • Workforce, silver tsunami
• Providing custom water conservation tips to customers is actually a great idea.
• How do you get companies to buy-in to AI? Show return on investment. Labor reduction.
• Generate a Z score for system performance
  • Z-Score: Definition, Formula and Calculation - Statistics How To