The Agentic Shift

Your competitors are shipping with AI. Your team is watching.

A 3-person team with agentic workflows is building better products than your 20-person team making minor changes. The gap gets wider every month.

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Something changed in November

AI went from smart autocomplete to fully agentic systems. Not "assist with" coding. It now does the coding.

Your team used Copilot to finish a function. An agentic workflow takes a ticket, writes the implementation, runs the tests, opens the PR, and iterates on review feedback—while your developer plans the next thing.

The teams that recognized this shift are already operating differently. The ones that didn't are falling behind right now.

Sound familiar?

You've tried to make AI work. It hasn't stuck. Here's why.

You bought seats.

Copilot, ChatGPT Enterprise, whatever. Usage spiked for two weeks then flatlined. Tools without workflows create a two-speed team where a few enthusiasts sprint ahead while everyone else watches. Leaving you with a fractured, disjointed, fragmentated team.

You tried it and moved on.

A year ago AI hallucinated half the code. You decided it wasn't ready. Fair. But the models changed. The development process itself changed. What you tested no longer exists.

Your best people are threatened.

Senior devs whose identity is built on knowing every quirk of your codebase see AI as the thing that makes them replaceable. The truth: their job is changing from writing code to orchestrating AI agents. They need to be empowered to lead the next generation of AI driven development.

Your foundation isn't ready.

Vague specs, no tests, unclear requirements. AI agents can't help and developers can't build the right thing if nobody can articulate what the software is supposed to do. AI can help shore up those requirements if you know how.

The problem isn't the tools

Your team already has Copilot or Cursor seats. They're using them as autocomplete or even worse, copy and pasting from ChatGPT. The tools aren't the problem.

The teams winning right now haven't just adopted AI tools. They've become something different. They think in workflows, not features. They treat AI as a force multiplier and ship like a team three times their size.

The key is to focus on transformation not a software purchase.

The Offer

The Agentic Shift

A one-month transformation for one 5-person development team. This is not a single workshop or slide deck or roadmap that goes in a drawer. And it is definitely not a code for you service.

I will be in your projects, pairing with your developers, team leads and other stakeholders, identifying, planning and building agentic workflows on your actual projects. When I leave, your team will know how to assess a workflow, build an agentic solution, and do it again without me.

Week 1: Align and plan

Meet with key stakeholders. Surface concerns. Map existing workflows and identify the best candidate for the first agentic process. Start the training and Q&A process so the team understands what we're building and why.

Weeks 2–3: Build it together

Hands-on implementation of one real agentic workflow alongside the existing process. I'm in the code with your team. They learn by doing, asking questions, and trying out new ideas.

Week 4: Run independently

Your team runs the new workflow on their own. Knowledge transfer, assessment of what's next, and a roadmap for the workflows and organizational changes ahead.

After the first month

The transformation doesn't end at week four. An optional monthly retainer keeps the momentum going:

› Stay current as models, tools, and patterns evolve
› Identify and build the next agentic workflows
› Train new hires into the agentic way of working
› Scale to the next team when you're ready

The guarantee

You pay weekly. At the start of each week, we agree on specific goals. At the end of the week, we assess together: did we hit them?

If we didn't—and your team showed up, engaged, and did the work we agreed to—you get a full refund for that week. No questions. No arguments. No awkward conversations.

This isn't a marketing gimmick. It's how I keep myself honest. When my income depends on your team's progress, I operate differently. I don't pad the schedule, run unnecessary workshops, or let things slide to extend the contract. I focus on the one thing that matters: your team actually becoming agentic.

Your guide

I'm Julio Barros. I run the AI in Production conference and the Agentic Cafe working group—communities where practitioners share what actually works without vendor demos.

I've been building software for decades. Last November, I experienced the same shift your team is about to: AI went from being a coding assistant to being a fully agentic system capable of doing all of the coding given the right guidance. It changed everything about how I work.

I'm not a management consultant with a framework deck. I'll be in your repo, pairing with your developers, building agentic workflows on your actual projects. I speak developer because I am one.

This isn't for everyone

I'll be honest with you before we start, not after.

If key leaders are actively hostile to AI, a month with me won't fix a culture problem. That has to be resolved over time for this to work.

If your organization is paralyzed by fear of change, we need to find a way to allow experimentation and learning before transformation is possible.

If you want someone to "just set up Copilot," hire an IT contractor. Tool installation is not transformation.

The intake process exists so we can figure this out before either of us wastes time. I'd rather tell you it's not the right fit than take your money and fight an uphill battle.

One team at a time. Full attention.

I work with one 5-person team at a time. That means roughly ten engagements per year to give each team the focus it deserves.

Start with a guided conversation to introduce yourself and your team's needs. I'll be honest about whether we're a good fit.

If it looks like a good fit, a small deposit holds your spot while we figure out the details.

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