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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

AA: Apart from the challenges you just mentioned, based on your expertise in the large organizations you’ve worked with, what do you think are some other common challenges when it comes to organizations wanting to become data-driven and develop data science capabilities? Do you think part of it is a lack of data literacy at the senior levels, or having senior leaders who don’t have enough of a technical background or technical appreciation, leading to unrealistic expectations?

AG: Previously, the interest was not there. Ten or fifteen years back, people didn’t think that these things could be useful; they thought it was just academic. That changed a lot with that article in the Harvard Business Review by DJ Patil, saying that “data scientist” was a sexy career. Then, there was all the consulting work by McKinsey, PWC, and others. That consulting promoted data science at the top management levels.

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