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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: Where do you see many agencies and departments getting stuck in terms of the challenges they’re facing in becoming data-driven or driving capability uplift? How would you approach, say, an agency or department and say,This is what you should do to become successful with data analytics?

MM: Great question.

The first thing is, understand why. What are you trying to achieve? What’s the problem you’re trying to solve?

Every organization should be data-driven in the way that it operates, especially these days. Data is absolutely an incredible asset. When we make decisions in the public sector, because we operate under administrative law, we need to be accountable and transparent and be able to show how we’ve arrived at particular decisions. That is part of the “why.” That’s common to every agency. But then, there will be specific things that every agency wants to achieve beyond that. So,...