Amplio and Hanna Prodigy

Why Amplio Is Integrating an AI Tool Into It

A note from Al Shalloway.

There appear to be two conflicting needs in any defined approach. On the one hand, you must be able to start quickly while not overloading people. On the other hand, you must make enough information available to them so they don’t have to re-invent things. A key to this is understanding Edgar Schein’s mantra: “We don’t think and talk about what we see; we see what we are able to think and talk about.”

Clearly, an effective way is needed to get the correct information to the right people at the right time with little effort.

Amplio is already structured to do this, but it is also a growing approach. It constantly evolves based on the experience of the community using it and absorbs useful information from other people.

A website is static. A series of blogs is helpful, but it doesn’t fit the bill.

I’ve been working on identifying a leading AI tool that will move Amplio forward and keep it moving. I’ve selected Hanna Prodigy not just on the basis of the tool but also on the basis of the organization putting it forward.

Agile tools need to be Agile

The rate of change is increasing. The speed with which approaches need to be updated is weekly, not annually. More important, however, is this knowledge needs to come from several sources. Only an AI tool can accommodate this.

Amplio’s Next Steps With Hanna Prodigy

Amplio has identified several capabilities and patterns to help organizations and teams create a tailored approach. As the Amplio community grows, it continues to create additional patterns while going deeper into existing ones. The Amplio Capabilities and Patterns Project, already underway, will start loading these capabilities and patterns into Hanna Prodigy to create a pragmatic system to provide generalized answers as well as the basis of a learning model for an organization.

Why Hanna Prodigy

Hanna Prodigy is the first Large Strategic Model. It’s created by Strategic Future AI. I’ve known their CEO, Erich Bühler for many years. I consider him a kindred spirit in being committed to improving people’s ability to get their jobs done.

Read this to learn more about why a Large Strategic Model is better than a mere LLM. Here are a couple of thoughts from the document.

While LLMs excel at processing language, they fundamentally lack an understanding of organizational structure and dynamics (or people dynamics). They operate in isolation from your company’s strategic framework.

LSMs are an evolution of AI models designed to overcome some of the limitations of LLMs. We are still learning and applying new techniques in our LSM, and some new areas that we will introduce in the future are still under development, but the current features cover most of the areas presented in this post. LSMs like Hanna Prodigy are designed to be more strategic in their thinking. They can plan and execute complex tasks and understand companies’ structures and internal and external policies. This is in contrast to LLMs, which are primarily aimed at imparting tactical knowledge. A key difference between LLMs and LSMs is their focus on action and strategy. LSMs go beyond generating and understanding knowledge by understanding and executing complex actions based on the context of the person and the organization.

Read this for more.