In this episode of Designed to Accelerate, Steph Louis and I sit down with Brooke Halloran — who leads Pega's Authorized Training Partner (ATP) Program — to unpack a shift that's easy to miss. AI isn't necessarily changing what your job is. It's changing how the work gets done, and it's changing it overnight. That forces a harder question than "which tool do we buy." It forces a rethink of how companies need to build skills and new capabilities in the AI era. We discuss:

• Why your title can stay the same while the tasks underneath it turn over overnight, and why that's more disruptive than a job disappearing
• Why "slapping AI on a title" or sprinkling a little AI skilling on top isn't enough, and what a real rethink of learning actually looks like
• The shift from rigorous certification to badging and "prove you can do it," and why passing a test was never the same as being able to do the job
• What grows in value as AI gets more capable: judgment, decision-making, facilitation, and the human context the tools still depend on — including the move from Business Architect to Solution Designer

Next Steps:📍 Join the next cohort of our Solution Design Accelerator Workshophttps://workshop.digitalfastforward.com📘 Request a complimentary copy of "The Ultimate Guide to Pega Value Acceleration"https://book.digitalfastforward.com

In this episode of Designed to Accelerate, Steph Louis and I sit down with Cornelius Pone—co-founder of Digital FastForward and a Lead System Architect with more than 25 years of experience across hundreds of Pega implementations—to explore why AI is transforming how enterprise delivery gets done.The biggest takeaway? AI doesn’t just change the tools—it changes the operating model. Delivery organizations can’t simply adopt AI. They need to redesign how they design solutions, organize teams, and deliver value.In this episode, we discuss:* Why adopting AI isn’t enough—and how AI is reshaping the roles of architects, developers, business analysts, and delivery teams.* Why coding is becoming commoditized, and how delivery organizations should rethink R&D, delivery, and maintenance to maximize value.* The difference between design time and run time, and why a vibe-coded application isn’t automatically ready for enterprise environments with governance and regulatory requirements.* How architects are evolving from technical gatekeepers into strategic advisors who help business leaders understand options, trade-offs, and business outcomes.Next Steps:📍 Join the next cohort of our Solution Design Accelerator Workshophttps://workshop.digitalfastforward.com📘 Request a complimentary copy of "The Ultimate Guide to Pega Value Acceleration"https://book.digitalfastforward.com

In this episode of Designed to Accelerate, Steph Louis and I sit down with Kenneth Hearn — AVP of Digital Process Automation at Navy Federal Credit Union — to explore how AI is expanding the pool of people who get to ideate within the enterprise, and what that means for the future of solution design.

We discuss:

• How AI tools like Pega Blueprint empower everyone to ideate, not just developers and architects
• Why Kenneth sees AI as a steady evolution rather than a disruption, even after 20 years in the field
• The difference between using AI at "design time" and "run time" and how a regulated bank got AI approved for design work
• Where the Solution Designer role is heading as ideation spreads from IT to the businessNext Steps:1. Join the next cohort of our Design Accelerator Workshop: https://workshop.digitalfastforward.com2. Request a complimentary copy of Clay's book, "The Ultimate Guide to Pega Value Acceleration": https://book.digitalfastforward.com