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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

Building an effective data culture

AA: One thing we touched on earlier is the importance of a data culture. What are your thoughts on the key elements of an effective data culture? I’ve seen many that are ineffective, and many cases where organizations just don’t really have one. Have you seen cultures that have gone awry or ones where they actually have done it the way you’d love it to be done?

KB: I’ll tell you two specific stories.

I’m not going to repeat myself, except to say that you need to fail fast to learn faster. That’s part of a culture – that culture of experimentation. But I will say two other things. One is related to cultural experimentation.

There’s a casino in Las Vegas. Casinos like to keep customers in the house – that’s their business. If you can keep the customer in the house, that’s good for business. This particular casino – one of the larger ones in Vegas – has...