Episode Details
Back to Episodes
278 | How To Build AI Agents: A Step-by-Step Playbook for Business Leaders with Jim Spignardo
Description
AI isn’t failing companies. Poor implementation is.
In this tactical, no-fluff session, you’ll learn exactly how to build AI agents that solve real business problems, from drafting winning RFP responses to eliminating internal knowledge bottlenecks.
We’ll walk through a real-world example of how a 500+ employee global organization built AI agents that reduced proposal effort by 80%, improved response quality, and transformed how teams access internal expertise. You’ll see what worked. What didn’t. And how better data discipline made all the difference.
Jim Spignardo, Director of Cloud Strategy & AI Enablement at ProArch leads AI adoption across a global Microsoft partner organization, overseeing AI governance, internal enablement, and real-world Copilot deployments. He’s built over 30 practical agents across sales, consulting, and operations — and he doesn’t just talk about AI strategy. He operationalizes it. At scale.
You’ll leave with a clear, step-by-step framework to:
- Identify high-ROI AI agent opportunities
- Structure and clean your data properly
- Design effective instruction sets
- Avoid common implementation mistakes
- Decide when to use agents vs. notebooks/projects
About Leveraging AI
- The Ultimate AI Course for Business People: https://multiplai.ai/ai-course/
- YouTube Full Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Multiplai_AI/
- Connect with Isar Meitis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isarmeitis/
- Join our Live Sessions, AI Hangouts and newsletter: https://services.multiplai.ai/events
If you’ve enjoyed or benefited from some of the insights of this episode, leave us a five-star review on your favorite podcast platform, and let us know what you learned, found helpful, or liked most about this show!