{"id":2575,"date":"2021-05-22T19:31:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-22T23:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sysabee.com\/?page_id=2575"},"modified":"2021-05-25T08:25:04","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T12:25:04","slug":"the-serious-mistake-leaders-make-about-ai-without-even-realizing-it","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sysabee.com\/index.php\/articles\/the-serious-mistake-leaders-make-about-ai-without-even-realizing-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The Serious Mistake Leaders Make About AI Without Even Realizing It"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By John Stroud and Jen Schellinck
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We completely understand and support the enthusiasm that our clients have for getting started on AI.<\/p>\n

But how can you be sure if your plan for AI is going to work?<\/p>\n

Knowing the answer to this question is a big deal.\u00a0 Soon enough, using AI is not going to be optional.\u00a0 By 2025 incorporating AI into your products, services and business processes is going to be table stakes for virtually all businesses.\u00a0 Those organizations that are not using AI will be left behind.<\/p>\n

To get the plan right, you need the right kind of expertise.\u00a0 Scheduling a consultation with us will get you started down the right path.<\/p>\n

Think of it like this.\u00a0 Imagine that having functioning AI in your organization is just like having a working light bulb.\u00a0 When the light bulb can light up a room, that means your plan has succeeded.<\/p>\n

Here is the problem.<\/p>\n

Most people understand that they don\u2019t know which light bulb to buy (which is true).\u00a0 But it is actually more complicated than that.\u00a0 They also don\u2019t know what it takes for a light bulb to work.\u00a0 (And they don\u2019t know they don\u2019t know this).<\/p>\n

Here is a typical scenario.<\/p>\n

A leader sees a demo at a conference, or video on YouTube about the amazing power of light bulbs (make your team more productive \u2013 read at night!).\u00a0 This is a great start.\u00a0 An incredible world of possibilities is opened up to the leader and they\u2019re excited to get going on it.<\/p>\n

Lacking a technical background, they\u2019re wise enough to know that they don\u2019t have all the skills.\u00a0 After all, what do they know about picking light bulbs?\u00a0 Another good decision.<\/p>\n

Being proactive, they go out and hire a data scientist who can help them.\u00a0 This is where things start to go sideways, even if they hire a fabulous one. (To be clear we love data scientists. Jen is one!).<\/p>\n

Why?\u00a0 What goes wrong?<\/p>\n

Business leaders and data scientists often don\u2019t always speak the same language.\u00a0 The data scientist shows up and lacks a way to tell the leader \u201cI can\u2019t really help with these lightbulbs until you do the electrical wiring first.\u00a0 To make the light work, I need some place to plug it in.\u201d<\/p>\n

No wiring, no light.<\/p>\n

This is bad.\u00a0 The leader spent all this time, and effort and resources and they have little to show for it.\u00a0 They feel like they would have been better doing nothing at all.<\/p>\n

Leaders ask themselves, \u201cwhy didn\u2019t anyone tell me I needed wiring?\u201d<\/p>\n

We understand how frustrating that can be.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We know how hard it can be to find independent advice to guide you through this new frontier.<\/p>\n

We can help.<\/p>\n

We have the business leadership experience and the technical expertise in AI to serve as translators between business goals and technical requirements.<\/p>\n

To get your started on the path to transformation, we follow a three-part plan.<\/p>\n

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  1. Initial Assessment: We\u2019ll find out if an AI project supports your goals. If it doesn\u2019t, we\u2019ll tell you.<\/li>\n
  2. Discovery Report: We conduct exhaustive interviews and analysis to scope out where AI can help you the most.<\/li>\n
  3. Solutions Report: You\u2019ll get a detailed roadmap for reaching your objectives, and we point you to right kind of talent or vendors.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Interested in learning more?\u00a0 Schedule a free 30-minute consultation and we\u2019ll discuss how you can get those light bulbs turned on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    By John Stroud and Jen Schellinck We completely understand and support the enthusiasm that our clients have for getting started on AI. But how can you be sure if your plan for AI is going to work? Knowing the answer to this question is a big deal.\u00a0 Soon enough, using AI is not going to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2567,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2575","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sysabee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sysabee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sysabee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sysabee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sysabee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2575"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.sysabee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2646,"href":"https:\/\/www.sysabee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2575\/revisions\/2646"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sysabee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2567"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sysabee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}