Urgency without Direction is a problem with AI. Use it with purpose.
Short clip on adopting AI and Copilot with purpose: use it to solve problems for customers and others, not out of pressure. The speakers say the fast pace of change makes adoption hard and that the new Copilot instructions, skills and agents felt overwhelming. One speaker got started by making something very simple with Copilot's help and now creates prompts all the time.
- Using AI with purpose to solve real problems
- Adoption challenges with rapid feature changes
- Overwhelm with new Copilot features and agents
- Starting simple with Copilot and iterating
Overview
A short clip from the Dynamics Corner podcast about using AI to solve real problems for customers and other people, rather than feeling pressure to use every new capability. The speakers say the rate of change is so fast that adoption is sometimes difficult.
One speaker describes feeling overwhelmed when Copilot instructions, skills and agents arrived. Their approach was to create something very simple and build from there. They now create prompts regularly.
Key points
- Apply AI to solve problems for customers and other people, not because of pressure to use it.
- The rate of change is so fast that many people find it hard to adopt and do not turn these features on.
- A key challenge is teaching people to use these features and how to use them.
- The new Copilot instructions, skills and agents left one speaker overwhelmed and feeling pressure to know how to create them.
- Starting with something very simple, with Copilot helping, made creating these things and prompts routine.
Features
Every feature below: status not stated.
| Feature | At |
|---|---|
| Copilot instructions | 0:26 |
| Copilot skills | 0:26 |
| Copilot agents | 0:26 |
| Copilot prompt creation | 0:44 |
Quotes
- 0:00 “to help solve problems for customers and other people instead of feeling the pressure to use it, use it and apply it”
- 0:13 “the rate of change is so fast that sometimes it’s difficult to adopt it”
- 0:26 “when these whole new Copilot instructions came out and skills and agents, I was a little overwhelmed”
- 0:44 “I’ll just create something very simple.” I had I had Copilot help me do it.”
- 0:57 “And now I create these things all the time. I’m creating prompts”
Presenters (as heard): Chris.