The big companies will never catch up.
They won’t be the first to know, even if they are the first to hear.
The tech scout will have a call with the business unit. This will take a few weeks to schedule.
If it’s really interesting, the business unit and the tech scout will have to write a report for the leadership team.
If that goes well, and assuming the CEO also sees something about it on social media, then a committee will be formed to investigate.
The committee will have to write a strategy, a timeline, a budget, and a risk assessment. Maybe even a policy.
No one in the company knows how to do this new thing, so they will have to hire a consultant.
They’ll need multiple competing bids first before they select a consultant. Then the consultant will have to write a report for the committee.
The committee will have to write a report for the leadership team.
The leadership team will have to write a report for the board.
The board will have to make a decision.
A team will have to be formed to implement the decision.
The committee will have to hire the team.
The team will have a lot of new blood, really excited to make a difference.
But before they can do anything, they will have to write a report for the committee.
By the time the budget is approved, the team will have gotten the message that they don’t actually need to do anything to continue to get paid.
But they will try to do something anyway. And it will take longer than expected. And it will cost more than expected. And it will be worse than expected.
The team will have to present it to the committee.
The committee will have to present it to the leadership team.
The leadership team will have to present it to the board.
At this point, no one will remember why they wanted to do this in the first place.
All the while, the small company will have been doing it…with just a few people who are really excited to make a difference, and AI agents to implement their vision.