Contact us: https://bit.ly/4fAFrVx
In this talk, Adam Cogan explores how SSW has evolved from early AI-assisted coding to company-wide AI adoption across developers, designers, product owners, and knowledge workers. He walks through the journey from ChatGPT and Copilot to agentic tools, grounded AI systems, AI-powered reporting, smarter phone workflows, and personal assistants. Adam shares practical examples from inside SSW, including AI-generated PowerPoints, bug reporting automation, AI phone reception, grounded payroll solutions, and how teams are using AI in sprint reviews and day-to-day delivery.
He also explains the mindset shift happening across software teams, where prompting, reviewing, architecture, and validation are becoming more important than writing syntax by hand. Whether you’re a developer, manager, founder, or knowledge worker, this session gives a clear view of where AI is already delivering value today, where it still needs human oversight, and what the future of digital employees and personal agents could look like.
00:00 | Introduction
05:06 | What “agentic” AI really means
11:01 | Why Claude Co-Work changes the game for knowledge workers
14:07 | AI-generated PowerPoints, estimates, and business reporting
18:27 | Communication, “no AI slop,” and custom instructions
25:46 | AI phone systems and filtering low-value calls
37:30 | How AI is changing Scrum, sprint reviews, and developer workflows
43:12 | Prompting, code reviews, bug reporting, and agentic GitHub flows
55:18 | Grounded AI vs ungrounded AI and the payroll case study
01:05:25 | How roles are shifting for designers, developers, PMs, and data engineers
01:09:00 | Personal assistants, OpenCore, and the future of AI at work
About SSW: https://linktr.ee/SSWTV
Links:
LinkedIn: / ssw
Twitter: / ssw_tv
Facebook: / ssw.page
Instagram: / ssw_tv
Tiktok: / ssw_tv
Get in touch: Adam Cogan – SSW SSW Chief Architect + Microsoft Regional Director
About: https://www.ssw.com.au/people/adam-cogan
LinkedIn: / adamcogan
#AI#ArtificialIntelligence#AIAgents#Copilot#Claude#SoftwareDevelopment#Productivity#DigitalTransformation#PromptEngineering#GroundedAI#GitHub#PowerBI#PowerPoint#Scrum#SSWTV#AdamCogan#SSWRules
V2 – Bahjat
About the speakers
Adam Cogan
Adam Cogan is the Chief Architect and a Microsoft Regional Director at SSW, where he leverages more than three decades of experience building custom enterprise solutions across .NET, Azure, AI, Office 365, SharePoint, Dynamics 365, and the Power Platform.
Currently, I lead AI initiatives at an R&D studio, where I focus on both the technical implementation and strategic direction of AI projects. My role encompasses supporting AI engagements from concept through delivery, while maintaining awareness of the broader social and economic implications of these technologies.
Related videos
