Enterprise hits and misses - deriving AI value heats up, Hubspot Inbound is deconstructed, and the AI "de-skilling" effect is here

Enterprises are putting great stock in their AI futures, but it's also fair to say that for most, significant value has proven elusive - at least when it comes to the 'let's-use-generative-AI-for-everything' fervor.

This week, Stuart takes a hard look, via practical advice from Deepak Jose, Head of Data and Decision Intelligence for Niagara Bottling. Sort your data issues? Of course. But as it turns out, that's not enough:

Jose has some fundamental advice to offer to others and it’s slightly different to what we’re hearing all around. Yes, that solid data foundation is imperative to building any AI capabilities, but what should be of vital importance is a value-first mindset.

Ergo, Jose's group is called the Decision Intelligence Team, not the AI Team. Stuart quotes Jose:

We strongly believe that the role of data analytics and AI is to enable faster and better decision-making ...