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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

Increasing diversity and inclusion

AA: As leaders in the field, we know it is important to increase diversity and inclusion, and in our field, it’s obviously missing, as it is in most leadership roles. How have you seen this change in your time? Have you had any personal experiences where you’ve found this to be an issue? Is there anything that’s been positive? What should we do as leaders to change things for the better moving forward?

AD: In all of my roles, not just as a data leader but as a management consultant and when I was working primarily in portfolio and senior program management, of course, in every profession, you’ll experience a certain amount of discrimination, be it gender bias, color – whatever combination. Maybe you’re a foreigner. I’m not talking about anything that most people haven’t experienced. But, yes, I have experienced it.

One particular time, it was very in my face. First, I’ll explain...