"The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis Escaping AI Slop: How Atlassian Gives AI Teammates Taste, Knowledge, & Workflows, w- Sherif Mansour
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Nov 20, 2025 
Sherif Mansour, Head of AI at Atlassian, champions the evolution of AI as a virtual teammate for collaboration, especially catering to non-technical users. He introduces a framework to avoid 'AI Slop' through Taste, Knowledge, and Workflow. The discussion highlights the innovative 'Teamwork Graph' for complex queries and the need for transparency in AI outputs. Sherif emphasizes the shift from workers to architects of AI processes, advocating personalized AI experiences that reflect team dynamics while reshaping enterprise software solutions.
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AI As A Virtual Teammate
- Atlassian views AI as a new virtual teammate that speeds team collaboration across technical and non-technical users.
- Sherif highlights teams adding AI agents into workflows, not just personal productivity, to move work forward collectively.
Prevent Generic 'AI Slop'
- Combat AI slop by encoding your team's unique taste, voice, and character into prompts and configurations.
- Use transparency and citations to build trust in business contexts and explain agent instructions and history.
Use Taste, Knowledge, Workflow
- Build agents using three ingredients: taste, knowledge, and workflow to get useful, differentiated outcomes.
- Start with real team tasks and connect organizational docs and tools into repeatable workflows.