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Veteran AI strategist providing actionable frameworks for mastering the AI revolution.
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II. Book
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- Title: Riding the AI Tsunami
- Subtitle: Join the Vibe Tribe - Democratizing AI Development for Leaders & Builders
- Author: E. F. Boyle
- Release Date: May 14, 2025
- ISBN: 979-8-3165-5507-9 (Paperback)
- Publisher: Escher Capital, Inc.
- Page Count: 243 pages
- Price: $30.00 USD
- Formats: Paperback, Hardcover, eBook, Audible
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- The AI Tsunami is Here & Requires Immediate Action: Generative AI represents an unprecedented wave of technological disruption, moving faster and impacting more broadly than previous shifts like the internet. Its speed and power create both immense opportunities and existential threats. Complacency or passive observation ("AI Voyeurism") is no longer viable; leaders must move decisively from watching the revolution to actively leading their organization's response.
- Assess True Readiness Before Acting (The AI Fitness Compass): Jumping into complex AI projects without understanding your starting point leads to failure. A critical first step is conducting a holistic AI Readiness Assessment (using frameworks like the AI Fitness Compass) across key dimensions: Strategic Vision, Business Processes, Data Readiness, Tech Infrastructure, People & Skills, Culture, Governance/Trust, and Productivity/KPIs. This identifies crucial gaps and informs realistic planning.
- Prioritize Strategically Using "Return on Intelligence" (RoI): Don't just chase shiny objects or easily measured cost savings. Effective prioritization requires moving beyond traditional ROI to consider AI's broader value (strategic positioning, capability building, customer/employee impact). Use structured frameworks (like Value-Effort-Risk analysis informed by readiness) to overcome cognitive biases and focus resources on initiatives delivering the highest overall Return on Intelligence.
- Implement at Speed with 6-Week Sprints & "Vibe Coding": Traditional development cycles are too slow for the GenAI era. Adopt rapid, iterative 6-Week GenAI Sprints focused on delivering Minimum Viable AI (MVAI) to accelerate learning and de-risk projects. Supercharge these sprints with AI-Assisted Development ("Vibe Coding") tools (like Cursor, Lovable, Replit) to dramatically reduce coding bottlenecks and enable hyper-fast prototyping.
- Focus on Augmentation, Not Just Automation: While AI can automate tasks, its greatest transformative potential often lies in augmenting human capabilities. Leverage AI's strengths (speed, scale, pattern recognition) to enhance human strengths (creativity, critical thinking, empathy, judgment). Design workflows around human-AI collaboration to drive innovation and top-line growth, not just bottom-line efficiency.
- Engineer for Sustainable Value (FaaS & GenAI Ops): Static AI systems degrade over time ("AI Drift"). Build for continuous evolution using models like Feature as a Service (FaaS) to deliver compounding intelligence. Implement robust GenAI Operations (extending MLOps) to reliably manage the lifecycle of LLMs, RAG systems, and agents, including prompt management, output evaluation, cost control, and responsible governance.
- Build an Adaptive Organization for the Future: Mastering GenAI adoption is the immediate challenge, but it's also foundational training for navigating future technological waves. True future-proofing involves building organizational adaptability – the capacity to continuously sense, learn, integrate, and leverage emerging technologies like advanced Robotics and Quantum Computing as they converge with AI.
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III. Media
Media Contact
For interview requests and media inquiries:
Trish Boyle
Marketing Director, Escher AI
Phone: 203-493-1277
Email: press@escher-ai.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/edward-f-boyle
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Sample Q&A
Q1: Your book title uses the powerful metaphor of a "AI Tsunami." Why such a dramatic term, and what's the core message you want leaders to take away?
A: The Tsunami metaphor isn't for hyperbole; it's chosen deliberately to convey the sheer scale, speed, and transformative power of Generative AI. Unlike previous tech waves, GenAI's impact feels planetary, arriving with unprecedented velocity and fundamentally altering the business landscape – much like the dinosaur-ending impact created globe-spanning waves. The core message is urgency and action. This isn't a distant storm; it's here now. Complacency or passive observation ("AI Voyeurism") risks organizations being swept away, just as 71% of S&P 500 companies disappeared after the internet wave. The imperative is to stop watching and start actively learning to navigate this force – to build the capabilities needed to ride the wave for competitive advantage.
Q2: You have a unique background spanning multiple AI waves, from early work at Stanford/Apple to quant finance and current GenAI consulting. How does this long view inform the book's approach?
A: Having lived through the cycles – the initial excitement of Symbolic AI, the multimedia precursors to multimodal AI, the data-driven ML/Deep Learning revolution in high finance, even being co-located with Google as the foundational Transformer paper emerged – provides crucial perspective. It allows me to say with conviction that this GenAI wave is different in its speed, accessibility, and generative power. It also highlights recurring patterns: the dangers of hype cycles, the critical importance of practical implementation over pure theory, and the constant need for organizational adaptability. The book draws on lessons from all these waves but focuses squarely on the actionable strategies needed now, grounded in the reality that technology alone isn't enough; successful adoption requires addressing strategy, readiness, operations, and the human dimension holistically.
Speaking Engagements
E. F. Boyle is available for speaking engagements, panels, and workshops on the following topics:
- Navigating the AI Revolution
- AI Strategy for Business Leaders
- The Future of Work in the Age of AI
- Prompt Engineering Masterclass
- AI in Quantitative Finance
For speaking inquiries, please contact speaking@escher-ai.com