Team Topologies in the Age of AI @ Flowtopia 2026

When we look around, it feels like everyone is using AI in one shape or another. It creates FOMO. "Are my skills outdated?" one could think. In reality, all of us are learning, and it affects all aspects of an organization, not just how we adopt technology that makes "things faster".

There are patterns emerging in a field that is shifting faster. The flow concepts remain, but the organizations are not ready (or unwilling) to adopt different practices and structures to fully embrace AI in their operations. There are different lenses through which we can observe the organization, filtering assumptions from signals. The signals can be used to evolve the principles, practices, and organizational structures to fully exploit AI.

Join João on his journey working with different companies over the last few years, helping them embrace AI while fostering a humane workplace.

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1. Team Topologies in the Age of AI 24th of June 2026 Flowtopia 2026
2. João Rosa Management consultant Supporting organizations bridging their strategic ambitions to execution, to create effective organizations
3. in/joaoasrosa Photo by Steven Wright on Unsplash Photo by Alina Grubnyak on Unsplash Photo by Hillary Ungson on Unsplash
4. in/joaoasrosa Photo by Steven Wright on Unsplash Photo by Alina Grubnyak on Unsplash Photo by Hillary Ungson on Unsplash AI augmentation rather than AI substitution
5. in/joaoasrosa Photo by Steven Wright on Unsplash Photo by Alina Grubnyak on Unsplash Photo by Hillary Ungson on Unsplash It is changing the interactions between teams and technology
6. in/joaoasrosa Photo by Steven Wright on Unsplash Photo by Alina Grubnyak on Unsplash Photo by Hillary Ungson on Unsplash The best results came from teamwork
7. Photo by Pavel Neznanov on Unsplash How does AI affect teams?
8. Photo by iMattSmart on Unsplash AI unlocked speed to create code…
9. Photo by Torsten Dederichs on Unsplash … and just moved the constraint elsewhere.
10. Where are my domain experts?
11. The lack of ownership for the services
12. Photo by Tim Gouw on Unsplash The tax on the (team) cognitive load
13. in/joaoasrosa How can we be intentional to reduce the AI tax on the team cognitive load?
14. “ in/joaoasrosa A team is a unit of deliver. They start together and they finish together. Robert Meaney
15. in/joaoasrosa A team
16. in/joaoasrosa A team We have a truly end-to-end team
17. in/joaoasrosa A team We have a truly end-to-end team The team has cross-functional capabilities
18. in/joaoasrosa A team We have a truly end-to-end team The team has cross-functional capabilities Product management UX and UI Software development Software operations (...) (...)
20. in/joaoasrosa A team Product management UX and UI Software development Software operations (...) (...)
21. in/joaoasrosa A team Product management UX and UI Software development Software operations (...) (...) Product operations Design system Developer experience Cloud platform
22. Photo by Ryan James Christopher on Unsplash The world is moving. Now we need to adopt AI.
23. Photo by Ryan James Christopher on Unsplash But how?
25. in/joaoasrosa A team Product management UX and UI Software development Software operations (...) (...) Product operations Design system Developer experience Cloud platform Flow of value: prototype a new feature v1 v2
26. in/joaoasrosa A team Product management UX and UI Software development Software operations (...) (...) Product operations Design system Developer experience Cloud platform Flow of value: prototype a new feature v2
28. in/joaoasrosa Design system Flow of value: prototype a new feature A team Product management UX and UI Software development Software operations (...) (...) v2 🧠
29. in/joaoasrosa Design system Flow of value: prototype a new feature A team Product management UX and UI Software development Software operations (...) (...) AI platform v2
30. in/joaoasrosa Design system Flow of value: prototype a new feature A team Product management UX and UI Software development Software operations (...) (...) AI platform Cloud platform v2 FinOps
31. in/joaoasrosa Design system Flow of value: prototype a new feature A team Product management UX and UI Software development Software operations (...) (...) AI platform Cloud platform v2 FinOps This is just one example… You have more capabilities!
32. Photo by Compagnons on Unsplash You need to be able to distinguish the signal from noise
33. Photo by Compagnons on Unsplash Team Topologies (and adjacent practices) offer us techniques to filter noise
34. in/joaoasrosa AI in the SDLC Transformation Turning structural signals into sustainable acceleration If you are interested in a deep dive, you can read the white paper. https://campaign.equalexperts.com/ ai-in-the-sdlc-transformation
35. Photo by Javier Allegue Barros on Unsplash
36. in/joaoasrosa 1. Teams using frameworks, or adapting frameworks in the SDLC What is emerging… Flow of value: new feature in the service A team Product management UX and UI Software development Software operations (...) (...) DevEx AI platform Framework
37. in/joaoasrosa 1. Teams using frameworks, or adapting frameworks in the SDLC 2. Platforms offering curated AI context via RAGs and GraphRAGs What is emerging… Flow of value: new feature in the service A team Product management UX and UI Software development Software operations (...) (...) AI platform Curated context
38. in/joaoasrosa 1. Teams using frameworks, or adapting frameworks in the SDLC 2. Platforms offering curated AI context via RAGs and GraphRags 3. Fine-tuned Large Language Models for different use cases What is emerging… Flow of value: new feature in the service A team Product management UX and UI Software development Software operations (...) (...) AI platform Fine-tune LLM
39. in/joaoasrosa 1. Teams using frameworks, or adapting frameworks in the SDLC 2. Platforms offering curated AI context via RAGs and GraphRags 3. Fine-tuned Large Language Models for different use cases 4. In-house trained Large Language Models, Small Language Models, Tabular Language Models, and others What is emerging… Flow of value: new feature in the service A team Product management UX and UI Software development Software operations (...) (...) AI platform Own xLM
40. in/joaoasrosa 1. Teams using frameworks, or adapting frameworks in the SDLC 2. Platforms offering curated AI context via RAGs and GraphRags 3. Fine-tuned Large Language Models for different use cases 4. In-house trained Large Language Models, Small Language Models, Tabular Language Models, and others What is emerging… Flow of value: new feature in the service A team Product management UX and UI Software development Software operations (...) (...) AI platform Own xLM It requires strong engineering skills for this journey!
41. Photo by Kid Circus on Unsplash
42. in/joaoasrosa Is your company ready to scale AI? A self-assessment that gives you some signals into your journey It is based on my work with clients. It might be useful to increase awareness of the journey ahead. https://joaorosa.consulting/is-you r-company-ready-to-scale-ai/
43. Follow me on social João Rosa Management consultant Supporting organizations bridging their strategic ambitions to execution, to create effective organizations Book a call https://joaorosa.consulting/book-a-meeting in/joaoasrosa @joaorosa@mastodon.social @joaorosa.consulting