Overview
Companies don’t invest in data and AI for better platforms, dashboards or models. They invest to improve business performance.
Yet many data and AI functions still organise their work around technology, delivery and capability rather than the opportunities that create the greatest business value. As scrutiny increases, demonstrating impact becomes harder and data and AI risk being seen as a cost centre rather than a strategic driver of growth and performance.
Impact Thinking is a framework for changing that. By identifying the business opportunities that matter most, embedding intelligence into the way work gets done and measuring the impact that follows, data and AI becomes a value creation engine that the business understands, values and continues to invest in.
In this interactive masterclass, Jason Foster will introduce the principles of Impact Thinking and the practical approaches leading organisations are using to create measurable business impact through data and AI.
You’ll learn
- How to build a data and AI function recognised as a value creation engine
- How to identify and prioritise value creation opportunities
- How to focus data and AI investment on measurable business outcomes
- How to embed intelligence into decisions, workflows and operations
- How to measure and communicate business impact
Leave with a practical framework for turning your data and AI function into a value creation engine that earns lasting executive confidence.
Having trouble registering? You can also email news@cynozure.com to register your interest.
Hosts
Jason Foster, Founder & CEO, Cynozure
Jason Foster is Founder & CEO of Cynozure and a strategist, advisor and speaker working at the intersection of data, AI and business, with a particular focus on helping organisations turn data and AI investment into measurable commercial impact.
He is the co-author of Data Means Business, a practical guide for leaders developing data strategies that create value and scale, and the host of the Hub & Spoken podcast, which explores leadership, culture, technology and change in the data and AI era. Jason also founded the CDO Hub, a global members’ community for senior data leaders and has been recognised as one of the top 100 most influential people in dat
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