The Speed Trap: Reporting AI Productivity to the Board Without Fooling Anyone
A leadership talk on the gap between what AI lets a team generate and what the organisation can defend, and how to report it honestly.
By Michał (Mike) Buczko, quality and delivery leader at Carrier/Viessmann.
AI made code generation an order of magnitude faster. Verification did not speed up with it. That mismatch is the speed trap, and most AI productivity numbers that reach a board hide it: they count what was generated, not what the organisation can defend.
This talk shows how to report AI-assisted delivery honestly. It builds on what I learned shipping an app with AI agents and overseeing quality across 25+ R&D teams.
What the talk covers
- The speed trap: specs, code and tests appear in minutes, while review stays slow and becomes the bottleneck.
- What happens to review under that pressure: it gets thinner until an approval means very little.
- The trust gap: the distance between what a team ships and what it can defend.
- Why a number that counts generated output looks better every quarter while the trust gap grows.
- Four levers that close the gap: work routing, context engineering, evidence production and gate design.
Who it is for
CIOs, IT leaders who report to a CFO or board, and PMO and delivery heads. No coding knowledge is needed.
What you take away
- A way to tell generation speed from verified delivery in your own numbers.
- The questions to ask before an AI productivity figure goes to the board.
- Four levers that close the trust gap, and where to start.
Where I have given it
New for 2027 — available for conferences and company events. It has not been delivered publicly yet.
The talk grows out of my article on the speed trap.
Slides and recordings
This talk is new, so there is no recording of it yet. Slides are available to organisers on request. Recordings of my earlier talks are on the Speaking page.
Format and practical details
- Length: 30–45 minutes plus Q&A.
- Language: English or Polish. Polish title: "Pułapka prędkości: jak raportować zarządowi produktywność AI i nikogo nie oszukać"
- Level: leadership audience; no coding knowledge needed.
- Room and tech: a projector or screen to connect to.
- Formats: conference talk or company event.
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