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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

Setting up for success

AA: We’ve talked a bit about where organizations can go wrong when trying to build up a data-driven capability. If you were to go into a greenfield setting, how would you try and get things right from day one, in terms of the people, strategy, culture, and infrastructure? Then, assuming they have data and a legitimate business problem, what would be your key steps to ensuring the journey begins correctly?

DT: This is a very tough question. I get asked this a lot by companies, and unfortunately, there’s no completely right solution for everyone.

Usually, what I recommend is that you need to hire one key person to drive the journey.

Obviously, there are so many things around that, such as when to hire the right people. But you usually need someone who understands a good data-driven culture. You need to know what talent you need to hire. You will need to understand a lot of job descriptions. Many of those job descriptions have evolved, and...