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8 Ways to Have a Successful Partnership

Leading Blog

Getting executives into a room and hammering out a contract doesn''t make a deal. Not only will we uncover potential hitches but managing the critical buzz is much easier. Once these early adopters are moving product, others will not be able to blame anyone but themselves for missing targets. Don''t figure it out.

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A Survey of 3,000 Executives Reveals How Businesses Succeed with AI

Harvard Business Review

Compartmentalizing accountability for AI with functional leaders in IT, digital, or innovation can result in a hammer-in-search-of-a-nail outcome: technologies being launched without compelling use cases. Resist the temptation to put technology teams solely in charge of AI initiatives. The biggest challenges are people and processes.

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