Rizing Evolution – The Future Proofed Enterprise Podcast

Episode 2 Summary: From Users to Creators: The Employee-Led Tech Transformation

Here’s a summary of the key points from the podcast:

1. The podcast discusses the rise of low-code/no-code development tools and their impact on businesses and IT departments.

2. There’s debate about whether the market for low-code/no-code tools is overstated, with some arguing that not all business users want to build their own apps.

3. The integration of AI, particularly generative AI, is seen as a game-changer in software development, potentially increasing developer efficiency by 20-30%.

4. The relationship between IT and business departments is evolving, with business users increasingly driving technology decisions.

5. Project documentation is expected to become largely automated through AI in the next five years, potentially reducing project efforts significantly.

6. There’s a discussion about the impact of AI on jobs, with the consensus being that while AI may eliminate repetitive tasks, it will create new opportunities for creative and experienced professionals.

Notable quotes:

Martin Stenzig:

“The market for low code, no code is overstated. Yes, there are people out there that want to be able to develop their own applications, but not every business user is interested in building their own app.”

“Project documentation will become largely automated… in the next five years, generative AI can do the work of creating work specification and project documentation.”

Dave Maloney:

“I see low code, no code as playing a critical part where the business has to go through a prototype and exercise with low code, no code to validate and verify the requirements so they’re further along when they go to IT.”

“It’s been a quantum jump in the past literally 12 months where low code tools are now using Gen AI to generate the code, check the code and make sure it’s relevant.”

Jennifer McClure:

“I believe that the best ideas do come from your people. And I believe that this opportunity for them to participate in no code, no code environments allows those ideas to be brought to the table, and that is the future.”

“We as leaders really need to be emphasizing to our people what the opportunity that creates. Yay. It took that, you know, burden or that busy work off of us that nobody likes to do. But now we really need you to be thinking creative like, we need you to be thinking about what we should be doing next.”

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