When Everyone in the Room Builds Something, the Training Sticks
On April 29th and 30th, Dynaimix AI returned to AGC Chemicals Americas headquarters in Exton, Pennsylvania for the second round of introductory AI training with their team. Like the first session, this one filled the room. Unlike a lot of corporate training days, it did not feel like one.
The group was a genuine cross-section of the organization. HR, leadership, sales, chemists, procurement, and more, all in the same room working through the same material. That kind of mix is actually harder to train well than a room full of people in the same role. The use cases are different, the starting points are different, and the skepticism comes from different places. Dan Callahan and Todd Smith ran both days, and the approach was built to meet the group where they were.
With every attendee on a premium Copilot license, the training focused on using what they already had access to, and using it well. The emphasis was on reducing redundant work, improving output quality, and understanding how AI fits into the specific demands of each person’s role. Not abstract AI theory. Practical application against real work.
Copilot agents were, again, the biggest takeaway in the room. That tracks. Once people understand what agents can actually do, the possibilities become very concrete very quickly, and the conversation shifts from “what is this” to “what could we build.”
Day two made that shift official. Dan and Todd closed the training with a capstone exercise that split the room into nine groups. Each group worked together to design and build an agent, then presented it to everyone else. Nine groups, nine different use cases, nine different corners of the business finding a practical application for the technology they had just spent two days learning.
By the time the presentations wrapped up, it was clear the ideas were not the problem. The room had no shortage of those. What comes next is the work of taking the strongest concepts, building them out properly, testing them against real workflows, and implementing them in a way that actually sticks.
That is the part most organizations underestimate. The training creates the spark. The follow-through is what turns it into something the business can rely on.
AGC Chemicals Americas is doing the right things. Two sessions in, with a full room both times and a team that left with real tools and real ideas, the foundation is there. Now it is about building on it.
