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The AI Summit just wrapped up. I couldn’t make it this year. But I’ve spent many a day at summits - sat through keynotes, met genuinely interesting people – yet remember none of it now. Business cards stayed in a drawer and let’s stay in touch promises dissolved by Tuesday.
The problem was never the summits though. A summit is like a book - full of great ideas, but as we’ve discussed in this column before, books & insights – need a retention system. Here’s where AI can help.
The MINE Framework
I call it MINE because that’s exactly what we’re doing - mining an event for what it’s actually worth.
M (Meetings). Every summit gives you two kinds of encounters: the people you came to find, and the ones you stumbled into. Both matter. Before you leave each session or networking break, jot a few words - their name, company, one thing they said that stuck. That’s enough. At the end of each day, drop those notes into an AI prompt, along with the business card, and ask it to draft personalised follow-up messages you can send within 48 hours. The difference between a connection and a contact is follow-through.
I (Ideas). The best sessions leave you with one idea you can’t stop thinking about, but it usually arrives half-formed. A phrase, a metaphor, a question someone raised. Unprocessed, it fades before you reach home. Capture one to three sparks from each session (voice notes work fine), then ask AI to explain them, connect them to a real challenge you’re facing, and help you decide which one deserves your attention first.
N (News). Summits are announcement machines; policy signals, product launches, funding rounds. Most of it washes over you in the moment. Keep a running note throughout the day, then paste it into a prompt and ask AI to surface what actually matters to your business and give you a one-line summary you can share with your team.
E (Experiments). This is where summit energy most often dies. You return inspired. The inbox ambushes you. By Friday, it’s over. The antidote is committing to one small experiment before you leave the venue - not a grand strategy. One thing, startable on Monday. You could ask AI to suggest it based on what you captured that day.
The day after, take your full MINE dump and ask AI to put it in order and distil it: top three insights, the one action that matters most, the five people worth following up with this week.
Most people leave summits with a bag full of lanyards and a head full of ideas. This framework might make you the one who actually does something with it.
If I had this for all the summits I’ve attended - I’d be sitting on a gold-MINE (sorry, couldn’t resist)!
Parminder Singh is cofounder of two AI ventures--ClayboxAI and Kampd--and has held APAC leadership roles at Google and Twitter.
For feedback, please email eteyeonai@timesofindia.com.
The problem was never the summits though. A summit is like a book - full of great ideas, but as we’ve discussed in this column before, books & insights – need a retention system. Here’s where AI can help.
The MINE Framework
I call it MINE because that’s exactly what we’re doing - mining an event for what it’s actually worth.
M (Meetings). Every summit gives you two kinds of encounters: the people you came to find, and the ones you stumbled into. Both matter. Before you leave each session or networking break, jot a few words - their name, company, one thing they said that stuck. That’s enough. At the end of each day, drop those notes into an AI prompt, along with the business card, and ask it to draft personalised follow-up messages you can send within 48 hours. The difference between a connection and a contact is follow-through.
I (Ideas). The best sessions leave you with one idea you can’t stop thinking about, but it usually arrives half-formed. A phrase, a metaphor, a question someone raised. Unprocessed, it fades before you reach home. Capture one to three sparks from each session (voice notes work fine), then ask AI to explain them, connect them to a real challenge you’re facing, and help you decide which one deserves your attention first.
N (News). Summits are announcement machines; policy signals, product launches, funding rounds. Most of it washes over you in the moment. Keep a running note throughout the day, then paste it into a prompt and ask AI to surface what actually matters to your business and give you a one-line summary you can share with your team.
E (Experiments). This is where summit energy most often dies. You return inspired. The inbox ambushes you. By Friday, it’s over. The antidote is committing to one small experiment before you leave the venue - not a grand strategy. One thing, startable on Monday. You could ask AI to suggest it based on what you captured that day.
The day after, take your full MINE dump and ask AI to put it in order and distil it: top three insights, the one action that matters most, the five people worth following up with this week.
Most people leave summits with a bag full of lanyards and a head full of ideas. This framework might make you the one who actually does something with it.
If I had this for all the summits I’ve attended - I’d be sitting on a gold-MINE (sorry, couldn’t resist)!
Parminder Singh is cofounder of two AI ventures--ClayboxAI and Kampd--and has held APAC leadership roles at Google and Twitter.
For feedback, please email eteyeonai@timesofindia.com.