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Creators of Intelligence

By : Dr. Alex Antic
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Creators of Intelligence

By: Dr. Alex Antic

Overview of this book

A Gartner prediction in 2018 led to numerous articles stating that "85% of AI and machine learning projects fail to deliver.” Although it's unclear whether a mass extinction event occurred for AI implementations at the end of 2022, the question remains: how can I ensure that my project delivers value and doesn't become a statistic? The demand for data scientists has only grown since 2015, when they were dubbed the new “rock stars” of business. But how can you become a data science rock star? As a new senior data leader, how can you build and manage a productive team? And what is the path to becoming a chief data officer? Creators of Intelligence is a collection of in-depth, one-on-one interviews where Dr. Alex Antic, a recognized data science leader, explores the answers to these questions and more with some of the world's leading data science leaders and CDOs. Interviews with: Cortnie Abercrombie, Edward Santow, Kshira Saagar, Charles Martin, Petar Veličković, Kathleen Maley, Kirk Borne, Nikolaj Van Omme, Jason Tamara Widjaja, Jon Whittle, Althea Davis, Igor Halperin, Christina Stathopoulos, Angshuman Ghosh, Maria Milosavljevic, Dr. Meri Rosich, Dat Tran, and Stephane Doyen.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
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Chapter 1: Introducing the Creators of Intelligence

Becoming data-driven

What advice would you offer an organization looking to begin its journey to become data-driven and become better informed through evidence-based decision-making?

JTW: That’s a massive question. Whole books have been written on it, and I think you should write one if you haven’t done one already.

I’ll start with what not to do. I think there is a lot of noise in the industry because there are so many people who want to answer this question. Not all of them are independent, and many of them only see the picture in part. You have a “blind man and elephant” dynamic going on.

I think the first thing would be to choose your source of information. If you choose a client consulting firm, then they’ll come with a few chevrons: your current and future state of design, a maturity assessment, and a roadmap. It will cost x dollars, and x will be large.

So, that’s consulting. If you go to a product company, almost...