🚨 For Financial Services: AI Adoption Isn’t a Luxury — It’s a Survival Strategy

The Keynote for Anthropic’s Claude for Financial Services (below) has four industry leaders from firms like DE Shaw, HG Capital, NBIM, and New York Life. They were asked how to start integrating AI into their organizations, their answers weren’t just insightful — they were a wake-up call.
Each had a different playbook, but they all agreed on one thing: Doing nothing is the biggest mistake.

🧠 1. The “Bottom-Up Playground” Strategy
Michael from DE Shaw says: Don’t wait for the perfect use case. Just give your teams easy-to-use AI tools and let them play. Real adoption comes from discovering value in unexpected places — not from PowerPoint decks.
💡 Hot take: Want innovation? Let people mess around with AI at home, then share their wildest wins in team meetings.

🚀 2. The “AI Maniac CEO” Approach
Frod of NBIM credits their success to one thing: a relentless, top-down push. Their CEO sets the tone by embedding AI into every strategic conversation.
💡 Lesson: Move fast. Break a few things. Learn faster. Repeat.

🌐 3. The “Culture Eats Tech for Breakfast” Path
Don Vu from New York Life says AI adoption isn’t just about tools — it’s about a massive mindset shift. His motto? “Everything, everywhere, all at once.”
💡 Pro tip: Train people not just on buttons to press, but how to think with AI as a partner — not as Google 2.0.

⚙️ 4. The “Prompt Engineering Is the New Coding” Tactic
Lloyd from HG Capital is blunt: If you’re not teaching prompt engineering, you’re not serious about AI.
💡 Find your power users, arm them with prompt skills, and aim for repeatable, high-friction tasks. The ROI writes itself.

🧭 So where do you start?
Simple: Start with people. Teach them how to use AI the right way.
That’s where we come in.
At By The People Technologies, we run hands-on, engaging Prompt Engineering workshops that don’t just train — they transform.
Whether you’re a CEO leading from the front, an ops lead building grassroots momentum, or a culture-first exec redefining work, we’ll help you make AI more than a buzzword.

👇 Ready to get your team speaking the language of the future?
Let’s talk. Workshops available across industries — starting with yours.