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Dan Keldsen @dankeldsen.bsky.social · Feb 2

Got on the waiting list for @hcompany_ai this morning, what they've hinted at is... intriguing, to say the least!

Dan Keldsen @dankeldsen.bsky.social · Feb 2

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Dan Keldsen @dankeldsen.bsky.social · Feb 2

Interested in getting deep in #AgenticAI ? Come to our Agentic AI + Decision Intelligence event in November. https://infocap.ai/1121 We're @UiPath partners happy to talk to #UiPathFORWARD attendees looking for even more (ahem) contextual grounding

Dan Keldsen @dankeldsen.bsky.social · Feb 2

@UiPath That's in complete contrast to clients I've worked with (not in ERP thankfully) that the underlying vendors identified as having as much as 78% customization. It was literally impossible for them to upgrade the platform in a time frame shorter than YEARS #toobig #tooslow

Dan Keldsen @dankeldsen.bsky.social · Feb 2

Maybe the end of over-customization of huge systems like SAP is finally being turned around. Deloitte and @UiPath deployed an SAP transformation with a 93% clean-core ERP implementation - as in only 7% is not the standard, out of the box functionality #UiPathFORWARD

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Dan Keldsen @dankeldsen.bsky.social · Feb 2

Awesome to see self-tuning, interactive prompt experimentation, and testing agents - essentially what I was talking about yesterday - all about rapid setup, continuous learning, and using automation to improve automation to improve automation to... #UiPathFORWARD @UiPath

Dan Keldsen @dankeldsen.bsky.social · Feb 2

One nugget from Craig Le Clair from @forrester at @UiPath #UiPathFORWARD - the coming evolution of automation & "AI-agent micro-automations" as 1 step. I've been talking about non-AI micro-automations being where orgs are now in their journey - simple, small, far from E2E ROI

Dan Keldsen @dankeldsen.bsky.social · Feb 2

Ha, I was thinking of #redteaming as the metaphor for this, and Dr. Chowdhury just brought it up (in the context of #GenAI) and work she's done through DefCon and professional white/black/gray hat hackers AND everyday people who can and should play a role in a "Right to Repair"

Dan Keldsen @dankeldsen.bsky.social · Feb 2

A great callout to @DrDaronAcemoglu (Nobel Prize Winning Economist) from Dr. Rumman Chowdhury #uipathforward keynote - listen/read this interview https://www.ft.com/content/e865a777-501a-4417-839e-dffd4b5206e7 #agenticai #automation #AI

Dan Keldsen @dankeldsen.bsky.social · Feb 2

Really enjoying the stories and thought provoking breakdown of how we make decisions, dangers on being misled by assuming that "average" is a worthy benchmark from this #uipathforward keynote from https://www.rummanchowdhury.com/ @UiPath

Dan Keldsen @dankeldsen.bsky.social · Feb 2

Using prompts for agents is one tool in the toolkit, although one area I haven't seen about from anyone, are agents that could raise unintended consequences of vague prompts. A pre-audit/best practices prompt agent SME of sorts. Does anyone do this? #uipathforward

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Dan Keldsen @dankeldsen.bsky.social · Feb 2

The @CSLPlasma + @uipath demo and discussion shows a very large world of opportunities for interweaving humans, bots, and agents - including ALL players learning over time. And once again... hello #OODA (see my post a few back) as a way to continuously improve #uipathforward

Dan Keldsen @dankeldsen.bsky.social · Feb 2

Ah, more messaging and positioning movement in #automation and #AI land... @uipath just announced partnering with @AnthropicAI Claude in #Autopilot #uipathforward - UiPath has become a very savvy company across the board - tech, branding, positioning, focus

Dan Keldsen @dankeldsen.bsky.social · Feb 2

Years ago in #KM world, I was introduced to #OODA and it blew my mind. Tying that into #automation w/tools wired to optimize processes that have already been improved AND surfacing high candidate processes found via #processmining ? I'm in love. #uipathforward @uipath

Dan Keldsen @dankeldsen.bsky.social · Feb 2

Is becoming an #ainative company different than being an #aifirst company? (my past life implementing taxonomies and observing behavioral impact sends me down some nitpicky areas at times, but taglines can have unintended consequences) #uipathforward @UiPath

Dan Keldsen @dankeldsen.bsky.social · Feb 2

Capgemini talking about #valuechains and benefit of taking #automation discussions to a strategic, end-to-end POV. In the projects I've been involved in, getting organizations to think big enough to follow the value chain all the way thru is tough, but incredibly valuable

Dan Keldsen @dankeldsen.bsky.social · Feb 2

The messaging battle just stepped up on #agenticAI - we're here at @UiPath's #uipathforward on day 1 of the client sessions, meanwhile, @Microsoft announced today "unlocking autonomous agents with copilot studio" and @netsuite just upped ad spend on #IDP. #hangontight

Dan Keldsen @dankeldsen.bsky.social · Feb 2

I'm a fan of thinking big, but I don't agree there are a billion+ use cases for #automation - there are a huge variety of simple tasks that can be automated but if you stay focused purely on the tasks you'll never get the value of orchestrated processes #uipathforward

Dan Keldsen @dankeldsen.bsky.social · Feb 2

McKinsey conversation at @uipath #UiPathFORWARD with Daniel Dines talking about nuanced views on delivering value via #AI - beyond productivity, to speed to market, to risk reduction, to competitive readiness, and getting ahead of the curve

Dan Keldsen @dankeldsen.bsky.social · Feb 2

It's interesting that @uipath's history of #RPA could've stayed pureplay RPA, but instead, they expanded to a much larger vision that allows both bottom-up citizen development + automation developers AND top-down strategic orchestration across apps/ssystems.

Dan Keldsen @dankeldsen.bsky.social · Feb 2

"Can you trust your agents?" - not fearmongering, but refreshing to hear that risk, security, privacy with @uipath's approach to orchestrating agents. The same guardrails you'd apply to people, should apply to robots and agents.

Dan Keldsen @dankeldsen.bsky.social · Feb 2

Major tech cycles typically take 3-5 years to get to or past the chasm. In the last 24 months, 3 #microcycles have happened around #GenAI - slide from keynote by ⁦@forrester⁩ analyst ⁦@lesliejoseph⁩

Dan Keldsen @dankeldsen.bsky.social · Feb 2

Is there real opportunity in #agenticai ? Well… yes, yes, a billion time yes!

Dan Keldsen @dankeldsen.bsky.social · Feb 2

I humbly submit #degnarlification as a term of art for #IDP platforms - deciphering signatures, semi-structured data, and more... #intelligentautomation #humancentricautomation #uipathforward

Dan Keldsen @dankeldsen.bsky.social · Feb 2

Here at #uipathforward with colleauges from @InfocapAI (including our CEO @nathanielpalmer) getting the inside scoop on what's driving opportunities for partners tackling #intelligentautomation #AgenticAI #humancentricautomation - come find me old friends and new!