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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

Implementing a data-driven approach

AA: In trying to overcome some of these challenges, if you were to give some advice to an organization that’s beginning its journey to become data-driven, what would you tell them as regards how to begin, how to prioritize the different stages (people, tech, culture, and so on), and how to implement their approach? In addition to that, how should they structure the team?

KS: When I address start-ups, or I work for bigger boards, I only advise one thing:

Place the data team closest to the decision-maker.”

So, wherever the person who makes the biggest decisions in the company is, that’s where the data team sits. It’s as simple as that. If the chief financial officer (CFO) is making decisions, place the data team in their team. If it’s the chief executive officer (CEO) making the decisions, place it in their team. If it’s a tech company and the chief technology officer (CTO) is making the decisions...