Today is episode four of five in our series, where we’re focusing on enterprise AI strategy. Our guest today is Adam Bonnifield. Adam is the CEO of Konux, an AI firm based in Germany. One of the key takeaways Adam emphasizes in this episode is that strategy is as much about what you’re not going to do as what you are going to do. He frames the processing of brainstorming about strategy and identifying opportunities in a way that focuses on the things that truly matter. Another critical point Adam makes is the benefit of addressing your enterprise’s existing problems rather than a novel application when it comes to strategy. Adam describes what this looked like within Airbus with lessons that are transferable to any other enterprise. Finally, we discuss the Trinity Model for AI ROI, a tool within Emerj Plus. To learn more about Emerj’s frameworks for AI readiness, ROI and strategy, visit emerj.com/p1.

Today we dive back into our series on AI strategy and have two more days of episodes coming this week. Today’s guest is Sankar Narayanan, Chief Practice Officer at Fractal. Fractal is a unicorn company working on AI-related projects across industries and is well-known for its work in CPG and several other sectors. In this episode, Sankar explores three critical topics in great depth: finding the correct problems, having a long-term mindset, and building with the user in mind. In particular, being able to consider a less successful project and work backward to create a new process with a much larger likelihood of a user taking it, running with it, and converting it into ROI is one of the most salient points for this interview. He also emphasizes that it’s not about whether the algorithm works or we have the data but whether someone will use it. To access Emerj’s frameworks for ROI, strategy, and more, visit Emerj Plus: emerj.com/p1.

Today’s guest is Anand Mahurkar, CEO and Founder of Findability Sciences. Based in Boston, Findability Sciences has done a lot of work in the ERP space across different sectors. In this episode, Anand discusses some of the challenges of data access and multiple use-cases for how current ERP data can provide predictive value for estimating demand and customizing prices for different products. Anand also unpacks the importance of ERP and where it’s going in the future. This episode is brought to you by Findability Sciences. If you’re interested in learning more about reaching Emerj’s global audience through our podcast, email, and more, visit emerj.com/ad1.

This is episode two of five in our series on AI strategy, and today, our guest is Bret Greenstein, Partner at PwC. Bret has worked at many of the largest consulting companies in the world, and he now leads AI efforts at PwC. This special series focuses on building an enterprise AI strategy to align departments and efforts with striving for a long-term and near-term ROI. One of the main themes Bret discusses in this episode is the importance of executive fluency for assessing and building skills. Brett also gives his perspective on balancing a variety of small, disjointed AI projects distinct from business operations and connecting them so that strategy can come to life. Visit emerj.com/beg1 to learn more about the practical steps for AI deployment for non-technical professionals. 

This week we are diving into the topic of AI strategy with a new series devoted to exploring how to build an enterprise-wide AI strategy and align company efforts to optimize long-term ROI while still seeing an immediate return with leaders at top companies. To start the series, we welcome back David Carmona. David is the General Manager for Artificial Intelligence and Innovation at Microsoft. In this episode, David speaks about how Microsoft didn’t get its AI strategy quite right initially and what they learned from their approach. The critical takeaway he shares is educating leadership to bring everyone to a level of solid conceptual understanding of AI. He explains how this educational element became a crucial underpinning for how they turned things around and built a strategy that can help inform where they are going as a company. If you’re interested in unlocking our AI best practice guides, frameworks for AI ROI, and more resources, visit emerj.com/p1.

This is another episode in our AI is Here series, and today, we’re focusing on AI in the hospital setting. In this episode, we discuss patient data and being able to guide a patient’s treatment journey with artificial intelligence. Our guest is Dr. Kostas Papagiannopoulos. Kostas is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Leeds University and serves as Thoracic Surgeon for Leeds Teaching Hospitals. He is also a Medical Advisor to several substantial medical device companies and, until recently, was President of the European Society for Thoracic Surgeons. In today’s episode, Kostas discusses where he’s seeing AI make its way into the hospital setting and some of the critical barriers to adoption, and how leaders should overcome them. This series is brought you to by SambaNova Systems. SambaNova believes that AI is here, and we’ve partnered with them to bring you leading experts across industries to discuss where AI is making an impact today.

In this episode, we’re focusing on the theme of artificial intelligence in the manufacturing industry. Today’s guest is Scott Everett, CEO and Co-Founder at Eigen Innovations Inc. Scott discusses a variety of use-cases and ends this episode with some critical insights for our listeners working in the manufacturing space and some key adoption lessons that are transferable across industries for our listeners working in other sectors. This episode is sponsored by AI Partnerships Corp (AIP). AIP represents a network of 125 companies in AI and emerging technologies and serves as a matchmaker between buyers and sellers in the space. To learn more about AIP, stay tuned until the end of this episode. If you’d like to learn more about Emerj Media and how to reach our global executive audience, visit emerj.com/ad1.

Today’s guest is Christophe Makni, Head of Business Operations at Migros Bank. Christophe shares a few key insights in this episode, starting with where natural language processing is finding a fit in banking today and the real deployments in the world. Secondly, he provides straightforward advice on identifying the low-hanging fruit for natural language processing and, in particular, document processing. Finally, towards the end of this episode, Christophe shares his ideas on encouraging adoption and some critical lessons he’s learned through real adoption experiences. This episode is part of our ongoing AI is Here series. We have partnered with SambaNova to bring you this special series featuring AI leaders across industries to discover where AI is making an impact today. Make sure to tune in to the rest of the series here on The AI in Business Podcast on your preferred podcast platform.

Today’s guest is Nick Pilkington, CTO of DroneDeploy. We’re focusing on clean energy in this episode, and Nick walks us through how artificial intelligence is becoming more relevant in the renewable energy sector. He goes in-depth about where drones and AI serve to improve processes and safety for residential solar and EV charging companies. In the past five years, there’s been a lot of change in the energy sector, and Nick provides his perspective on where the future is taking us, including what kinds of new capabilities drones and machine learning can bring to bear. This episode is brought to you by DroneDeploy. To learn more about Emerj Media and how to reach our global executive audience, visit emerj.com/ad1.

Today’s guest is Sanjay Chopra, CEO and Founder of Cognistx. Based in Pittsburgh, Cognistx is a firm that works with propane and commodities distributing companies. In this episode, Sanjay discusses the problem with the inefficient delivery of propane. He also provides a lot of detail on the importance of data in terms of what kind of data we need to track and how it can be used to unlock value. Sanjay also shares his perspective on what this particular AI application might mean for the future of transportation and delivery of other commodities beyond propane. This episode is sponsored by Cognistx. If you’re an AI vendor and would like to know more about working with Emerj to reach a global executive audience, visit emerj.com/ad1.