Avoiding Software Catastrophes in a GenAI World

Apr 18

We’ve all seen the headlines: Boeing. The UK Post Office and National Air Traffic Control Services. COVID modeling that informs public policy. In each case, and many more, it’s flawed software system design that creates headline risk not just for technical executives, but for traditionally non-technical executives, board members, public officials and the customer, shareholder, and citizen stakeholders they serve.

What You’ll Learn:

By unpacking real-world stories of well-known software disasters, this discussion will focus on the challenges non-technical executives face in 2024 in understanding software-based risks to their businesses, the emerging impact GenAI presents to software design, and how leaders can learn to spot the ‘anti-patterns’ that inject systemic risk in to their organizations years after seemingly innocuous decisions were made. We’ll explore how non-technical and technical leaders can build trust with one another, demonstrate respect for and awareness of each other's challenges, and be better prepared to answer questions from boards, regulators, and the general public.

Where You’ll Be Learning:

Shore Hall Sessions take place at Shore Hall Manor House and Gardens. Please reach out to us to discuss offsites, summits, and retreats that could include this and other workshops for your team or your clients.

Lara Holliday

I am an executive, life, and leadership coach. I use the therapeutic benefits of nature to enable visionary thinking and a community-based approach to team building and effective decision-making.

In addition to conventional one-to-one coaching, I support my clients with the assistance of horses using a coaching methodology known as Equine-Facilitated Learning. I also use strengths-based assessments and other nature-based wellness practices to help my clients find their way to a more intentional life, personally and professionally.

I am the proud Founder and CEO of Tide Risers, one of the highlights of my career of which I am most proud. I am also the proprietress of Shore Hall, a 16th-century manor house situated on 22 acres of bucolic English countryside, where I host wellness and coaching retreats.

My work brings me great joy, and I seek to assist all of my clients in finding the same level of joy in their own professional endeavors.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/laraholliday/