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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

Advising new organizations

AA: Given your expertise, if you were to join a new organization and they were quite new to the whole field of data science and analytics, what would be your general advice for them to get it up and running?

CS: When you are just getting started, I would say be careful; do not take on too many costs from the start by immediately hiring a full-on data science and engineering team. It can be quite pricey. The right talent is going to cost you, and analytics also usually sees more long-term benefits. You may not show enough short-term benefits to justify its maintenance if it is very expensive right from the get-go. Build up slowly with a small but solid team that can pursue different pilot projects for production – projects that show promise and steady growth opportunities for the business. Then, you can start growing that team as is but don’t try to take on too much at once. Narrow down what can bring value to the company through a data value...