Harnessing the Power of AI Collaboration

Show Notes

What if your next business team isn’t just made of humans, but also intelligent agents?

Samuel sits down with Simon Lacasse, Global Black Belt for AI at Microsoft and author of the white paper Scaling Agents for Enterprise. Simon is part of Microsoft’s SWAT team of AI experts, working with global organizations to bring multi-agent systems to life in real-world production environments.

Key Takeaways

• What agent orchestration actually means and why it’s like a project manager for AI
• Why the real shift isn’t smarter models — it’s smarter ecosystems
• How protocols like A2A and MCP are creating an “internet of agents”
• Why GitHub Copilot is secretly a multi-agent system
• How to start implementing multi-agent architecture without creating chaos
• Agent catalogs, discoverability, and the A2A agent card standard
• The biggest misconceptions about cost, complexity, and governance

Resources

• Scaling Agents for Enterprise — White Paper
• Guide to Designing a Multi-Agent System — White Paper
• A2A Protocol (Agent-to-Agent by Google)
• MCP Protocol (Model Context Protocol by Anthropic)
• Simon Lacasse on LinkedIn