Data and AI Inspiration Session: The Impact of AI on the role of the data leader and the business
As organisations embark on their AI strategies and AI use case implementations, there are many aspects that need to be considered to ensure these projects land well, such as levels of risk tolerance, technical capabilities, business processes, skills gaps, governance, and controls to name but a few. The impact of AI on the role of the data leader is growing exponentially, with many Boards increasingly asking about progress of AI in their organisation, for fear of being left behind. So what is the impact of all these demands and pressures on the role of data leaders and how can the data leaders use these pressures to good effect to make change ?
Join us to learn how senior data leaders are embracing AI, the challenges they are facing and the exciting innovations many are managing to achieve, as well as experience the Mars Snacks AI lab to understand some of the ways in which Mars Snacks are embracing AI.
Agenda:
- 12:45 pm: Arrival and Registration (Bring photo ID)
- 1:00 – 1:45 pm: Mars AI Learning and Innovation Lab Showcase & Tour (6th floor)
- 1:30 – 2:00 pm: Arrival and Registration
- 2:00 – 2:30 pm: Welcome and Introduction – Randy Bean, Business Advisor to DataIQ & Shubham Mehrish, Chief Digital & Information Officer, Mars
- 2:30 – 3:15 pm: Roundtable Discussion
- The adoption of AI and GenAI has to be aligned to the business strategy with clear pathways to ROI. What are the key questions that lead to an effective data and AI strategy?
- 3:15 – 3:45 pm: Refreshment Break
- 3:45 – 4:15 pm: Roundtable Discussion
- As organisations embark on full-scale AI implementation, what are the key aspects that need to be considered? How much should they consider aspects such as risk tolerance, technical capabilities business processes, skills gaps before being able to execute an AI vision. What about internal pressures?
- 4:15 – 4:45 pm: Regroup, feedback from roundtables and final summary from Randy Bean
- 4.45 pm: Meeting concludes
If you are a DataIQ Member, register your place here.
If you are not a DataIQ Member, learn more about the Member Meet-Ups here.
Speakers
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Randy BeanBusiness Advisor to DataIQRandy Bean has been an advisor to Fortune 1000 organizations on data and AI leadership for nearly 4 decades.
He is a Senior Advisor, Author, Speaker, Founder, CEO, Innovation Fellow, and Board Member. Randy is the bestselling author of Fail Fast, Learn Faster: Lessons in Data-Driven Leadership in an Age of Disruption, Big Data, and AI, and a regular contributor to Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and MIT Sloan Management Review. He was a former contributor to The Wall Street Journal and has been referenced and quoted on AI leadership in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Economist in 2024.
Randy was previously founder and CEO of NewVantage Partners (NVP), a data and AI leadership advisory firm to Fortune 1000 clients, which he founded in 2001. NVP was acquired by Paris-based global consultancy Wavestone in 2021, where he served as Innovation Fellow until January 2024.
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Shubham MehrishChief Digital & Information Officer, Mars