Two out of three AI projects never make it past the pilot. In the second episode of Before You Build, Jolan and Justin look at why so many AI initiatives stall, disagree on air about what actually counts as innovation, and take apart the return of the folding phone. They also share how Anté ended up running its own AI workflow on plain text files and folders instead of a complicated agent system.

(00:00) Intro

(00:31) A workshop that actually worked

(05:52) Two out of three AI projects fail

(09:41) When AI strategy is just an account

(13:29) How we run Anté on plain text files

(18:53) Taking apart the folding phone

(26:50) See you in two weeks

Anté is a strategic design agency that helps businesses turn early-stage ideas into validated concepts.

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Making a concept became almost free. Choosing which one to build did not. In the first episode of Before You Build, Jolan and Justin introduce Anté, look at what happens to innovation when ideas cost almost nothing, and dig up a student assignment that asked for a hundred ideas to one problem. They take apart why an outsider thinks outside the box, and close with two trigger cards that get a stuck team moving again.

(00:00) Intro

(00:55) What Anté is, and a busy week

(06:57) Ideas became free, choosing did not

(09:44) One hundred ideas for one problem

(12:35) Scope, criteria and a sailboat

(15:48) Why an outsider sees it first

(19:02) Trigger cards that unstick a team

(26:02) See you in two weeks

Anté is a strategic design agency that helps businesses turn early-stage ideas into validated concepts.

Know a product or a decision worth taking apart, good or bad? Leave it in the comments and we might cover it next time!