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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

Discussing leadership

AA: This all involves strong leadership. What do you think makes a great data leader? What do you think you offer as a leader, and what inspires you in other people who you see as leaders in this space? What advice can you give someone looking to move from the technical space into a leadership role?

JTW: That’s a really tricky one. I think you have lots of experience in this space as well. I think you’ve had a tremendous journey yourself.

Sometimes when I hear this question, I almost feel like I want to apologize to the technical person asking it because there is this notion that leadership is not technical: either you’re a data leader or you’re a technical person. To me, that in itself is quite a dysfunction.

In an ideal world, you would have a track where a leader would say, “What exactly are you managing? Are you managing business strategy, vision, budgets, and projects? Or technical strategy, methods, and research...