Waters Wavelength Podcast: Bill Murphy on getting the foundations right
Bill Murphy, managing partner at Cresting Wave, is back to discuss the foundations necessary to leverage emerging technologies in the long run.
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This week, Bill Murphy, managing partner at Cresting Wave, joins Tony on the podcast to talk about the importance of putting the right foundations in place and having the right mindset before starting a technology project.
7:00 – Bill joins the podcast.
10:30 – They discuss the increasing pressure for quick wins.
14:00 – How important is it to get the foundations right?
20:30 – Bill walks through some lessons learned when looking at LLMs.
27:00 – How should firms quantify these projects?
34:00 – They discuss the move to cloud and the time it takes.
42:00 – Bill shares the major takeaway from his career so far.
48:30 – They close the episode, talking about the NBA finals.
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Episode 265: Conferences in a post-Covid world
Episode 266: Virtual reality and the Metaverse
Episode 267: Numerix’s new CEO
Episode 268: Symphony’s Brad Levy
Episode 269: Generative AI: The philosophical considerations
Episode 270: IBM on generative AI
Episode 271: David Hardoon dissects language models
Episode 272: How do firms create data products?
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