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Teams that have long structured their work around 2-week sprints and quarterly planning cycles are now figuring out how to bridge the gap between human and machine time. When we can build faster than we can think, how do we make sure our work actually meets human needs and achieves market-level goals?<\/p>\n

AI accelerates us when it offloads repetitive work. It burns us out when we struggle to reactively keep up with its pace. What separates the teams that thrive isn’t which AI tools they use, it’s whether they’re setting the pace or struggling to keep up with the machines.<\/p>\n

In this session, product consultant and author of Impact-First Product Teams Matt LeMay shares actionable tips for how human teams can delegate the right tasks to machine time while still making time to think, learn, and decide together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9004111224895032,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9004111224895031","pi-events","type-pi-events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nReclaim the Clock: AI for Efficiency, Not Burnout | Pragmatic Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reclaim the Clock: AI for Efficiency, Not Burnout | Pragmatic Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Teams that have long structured their work around 2-week sprints and quarterly planning cycles are now figuring out how to bridge the gap between human and machine time. 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