[Lighting Talk] Stop Asking AI Questions. Start Hiring AI Teammates | ESPC26

Most of us still use AI like a search box: open a chat, ask a question, close the tab. And we’re the bottleneck, because we have to remember to ask. CrewPilot flips that model. Instead of prompting an assistant, you hire a small crew of named AI agents. Each has one job, runs on a schedule, and hands its work to you for approval.

In this fast-paced 20-minute session, you’ll see a real crew running in Microsoft 365: an inbox keeper that drafts your replies before you log on, a prep agent that briefs every meeting and flags conflicts, and an end-of-day agent that catches the commitments you’d otherwise drop.

You’ll learn the operating model behind it: the Always Do / Ask First / Never Do guardrails, shadow mode before autonomy, and progressive trust, where an agent earns each new permission.