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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

Storytelling with data

AA: When teams have gone away and produced fantastic results, we hear about the importance of the data story coming into play – the whole notion of data storytelling to translate those results into what the business understands, especially at senior levels. How important do you think data storytelling is, and what are some key ways to develop the skills necessary to be adept at it?

KS: I cannot stress enough the importance of being able to tell a story so people can understand it, but when I say “data storytelling,” it’s not just trying to translate math to English; that’s obviously the most important part. It involves not only trying to keep giving insights but also connecting the insights to something they can appreciate.

The Ferrari example is an example of storytelling. The other one I often use is this: there is this old mayor of a town, and he grew up in the town. It’s a famous beach town. People used to come...