The AI-Augmented Practitioner: Stop Prompting Like It's Google
“We have generic advice from lazy prompts and hours of manual admin toil. We want to have collaborative AI partners and automated workflows.”
Beyond the Hype
AI isn't replacing you, but a practitioner who uses it effectively will. Learn to engineer collaboration and automate the administration of work.
Role-Based Prompting
Most practitioners use AI like a search engine. Learn the structured prompting techniques behind "6 Ways You're Using ChatGPT Wrong"—and start getting outputs you can actually use.
Jira Automations
At a previous client, these techniques reduced cycle time by 40%. Automate manual handoffs and the "business of Scrum" so your team focuses on valuable work, not status updates.
One-Pizza Teams
Amazon calls them "two-pizza teams"—small enough to feed with two pizzas. Go smaller. Architect teams where AI handles research and drafting, automation handles administration, and humans handle decisions.
Audience Feedback
What attendees say about this topic from 6 presentations.
“Light and enjoyable. But still relevant. Was a good presentation. Had a good mix of joking along with info”
“Really helpful to explore multiple tools, and how to best prompt the tools to get better results!”
“Appreciate the talk. Gave me a different perspective as I think about my own uses of ai.”
Related Talks & Appearances
Conference sessions and media appearances on this topic.
Conference Sessions
6 Ways You're Using ChatGPT Wrong
- Agile+DevOps Days Des Moines 2025
- Regional Scrum Gathering Banff 2025
- Scrum Masters of the Universe 2025
Masterless Scrum / AI in Agile Teams
- AI Revolution 2025
- AI & Agile Summit 2024
- DecompileD 2024
Improving Flow with Automations
- Agile Austria 2023
- ScanAgile 2023
Podcasts & Media
The Agile Wire
Episode 84: Power of AI in Agile Teams
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