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Sport analytics leverage AI and ML to improve the game

CIO

Nearly 10 years ago, Bill James, a pioneer in sports analytics methodology, said if there’s one thing he wished more people understood about sabermetrics, pertaining to baseball, it’s that the data is not the point. The point is to use the data like a razor to cut through false convictions to find the truth.

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The great divide: Separating operations and innovation

CIO

Of the many possible answers, some of our clients elect to carry the transformation further by separating their employees into two groups: those responsible for operations and those responsible for innovation. By operations, we mean work that fixes or hones the processes and tools already employed in an organization. Trade-offs.

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How to create a culture of innovation

CIO

A shift has occurred and IT is now viewed as an equal partner in driving business growth with CIOs recognized as the de facto leaders of innovation. Here, they and others share seven ways to create and nurture a culture of innovation. Innovation is a double-edged sword: It is critical to growth — but that’s also what makes it risky. “It

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A Sports Analogy for Understanding Different Ways to Use AI

Harvard Business Review

The authors have come to think about this issue as points on a spectrum and have created a sports analogy to help think about it: AI tools can range from steroids, to sneakers, to a coach, each representing a different relationship between human users and the technology.

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With generative AI, IT must deliver knowledge…not just technology

CIO

While this is an essential role IT must play as a key driver of GenAI within an organization , there is another part that is no less important: ensuring users know how to use GenAI tools once they are built and readily available. Launching the app is like putting the sports car in the garage with the keys in the ignition.

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Henkel embraces gen AI as enabler and strategic disruptor

CIO

To achieve its vision, Henkel laid down a five-year strategic roadmap that involved reshuffling the IT organization, creating a new digital unit, consolidating CIO and CDO venture activities under one roof, and building global innovation centers in hubs like Berlin, Shanghai, Bangalore, and the US.

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Higher-ed CIOs embrace academia’s AI challenges

CIO

CIOs on university campuses across the country have an obligation, as technology leaders, to provide the tools and expertise that staff, administration, and professors require to help fulfill the potential of students, and the university itself. If you don’t know these tools, you’re at a disadvantage in the job market.”