AI strategy lunch & learn (quarterly huddle)
Hey everyone! 👋
For our next AI Strategy Quarterly Lunch & Learn we're hosting a fireside chat with Melissa Reeve, author of Hyperdaptive: Re-wiring the Organization to Become AI-Native.
If you've been wrestling with how to move your organization beyond "random acts of AI" and toward real transformation, this conversation is going to hit.
What we're covering:
Dynamic governance vs. static policies – Why documenting AI policies and rolling them out might actually be holding you back
Cross-functional integration – The structures and habits that block adoption (and what to do instead)
Continuous learning as infrastructure – How to replace the "send people to a course" mindset with real organizational learning loops
Leading as women without formal AI titles – Practical advice for driving AI initiatives through influence when you don't have the authority
We'll do the fireside conversation and afterward, we'll open up Q&A so you can dig into whatever's most relevant to your situation.
Don't worry if you missed previous sessions – everyone's welcome!
About our guest: Melissa Reeve is the founder of Hyperadaptive Solutions and creator of the Hyperdaptive Model, which brings together process excellence, systems thinking, and the human side of AI integration to help leaders reimagine how their organizations learn and adapt.
Prior to leaning into AI, Melissa spent 25 years as an executive and Agile thought leader, which led to pioneering work in Agile marketing and her role as the first VP of Marketing at Scaled Agile, which helps enterprises adopt Agile and Lean at scale. She lives in Boulder, CO, with her husband, dogs, and chickens, where she enjoys hiking and gardening.
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A group of WDAI members who are coming together to share notes on putting together an AI strategy for their organizations in 2025. We had a great first huddle (see notes in #topic-ai-strategy) and the group decided to host a quarterly session to sync up on their latest insights and work on all things AI strategy and policy related for their organizations.
Don't worry if you missed the prior sessions.
Your WDAI Host: Sheena Miles
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Original discussion starter questions:
Anyone have any resources that might be helpful?
Has anyone done this already and would be willing to chat about what went over well, and what didn't? (Happy to buy coffee or lunch)Even if you haven't done this and are in the same boat, happy to put something together for us to discuss.
The message thread that started it all: https://womendefiningai.slack.com/archives/C064WCP0E5U/p1730317592878319
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Lunch & learns are a GREAT way to pull together an informal group of members to jam on an AI related topic, share resources and insights, and collaborate. If you're ever interested in spinning one up, PLEASE JUST DO! We'd love to see more members organize these on their own, and we will happily support + add it to the calendar, etc.