Valere

If peer behavior is what makes adoption stick, the incentive structure should reward the people helping it spread.

Alex Turgeon, President at Valere, on why recognition belongs in the transformation playbook. Peer-nominated, financially backed, and tied directly to company values.

The biggest takeaway from the AWS SMB Summit: small businesses do not need a massive cloud program to start using AI. They need one practical use case, the right architecture, and a cost model they can sustain.