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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

Understanding the value of data storytelling

AA: Do you think the ability to be a good storyteller is important for data leaders and others working in the data space broadly? How important do you think it is, and what are some of the ways that you think people can develop the necessary skills?

AG: The three core skills for data science are maths and statistics, computer programming, and domain knowledge, but if I had to add a fourth one, it would be communication and storytelling.

Storytelling is important because it’s not just communication. It’s not just speaking good English. At the end of the day, you want to convince somebody. Sometimes, data models don’t go to production because you’ve created the POC, but you were not able to convince the stakeholder that it was the right model to implement in production. If the business leader doesn’t understand what you are saying or you don’t understand what the business leader is saying, that...