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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

Discussing data storytelling

AA: We have talked about communication and how important those skills are. We hear a lot about data storytelling these days. There are a lot of blog articles on it, and there are a lot of people who teach it in courses. How important do you think it is at different levels (depending on your career trajectory) for an individual, and how do you develop those skills, apart from just saying to someone, “You need to work on your communication skills?” What would be your advice there?

DT: There are different things that you can do.

Everyone will tell you, “Just do a course in communication.” There are a lot of people giving training on how to communicate well and how to do presentations. But for me, I advocate for something different, though I don’t know whether it is possible for everyone.

When I create my teams, from the most junior to the most senior engineer, I make it a rule that everyone gives a presentation after...