5 ways to fast-track your next AI implementation

Nicholas D. Evans
6 min readSep 4, 2019
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Some quick wins around this important enabling technology can further the business case for more investment in broader digital transformation and innovation initiatives.

Preparing for and implementing AI projects can be a multi-year journey. According to the latest figures, only 28% of respondents reported getting past the AI planning stage in the first year. This is due to several factors including the relative maturity of the technology (at least in the ever-expanding set of industry use cases), the level of complexity involved such as extensive integration requirements, limited enterprise experience and lack of internal skill sets, concerns with AI bias as well as governance, risk and compliance concerns, extensive change management requirements and more.

With so much emphasis on demonstrating quick wins, whether as part of corporate innovation programs or digital transformation initiatives, over-long AI projects can potentially impact the reputations of much larger initiatives than just their own. As CIOs move from “projects to products” in their approach to product management, these lengthy AI projects can delay innovative new internal or external product releases as well.

To gain quick wins around this important enabling technology and further the business case for more investment in broader digital…

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Nicholas D. Evans

Digital Transformation & Innovation | Founder @Thinkers360 | Formerly @PwC @KPMG @Unisys | 10x Book Author | Top 25 Consultant | Top 100 IT Leader