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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

AI and analytics

There is something I’m asked a lot about, and there are two parts to this question. Firstly, how do you achieve success with data analytics and AI broadly in the APS? What do you think are some of the real secrets or pivotal elements of success? And secondly, how do you think it’s different from what you do in the private sector?

MM: I’ve been in government since 2010, and before that, I was a CTO in effectively an incubator for start-ups in analytics, so I was building teams to create a capability that would then become a company that could be spun up if it was successful. It was great. I loved it. It was really interesting. But I left the private sector for a very particular reason – I’ll come to it in a minute as I talk about the similarities and differences.

What’s similar between government and the private sector is attracting and retaining talent, prioritizing limited resources, getting access to the right data...