Building high-performing AI teams

Strategia per l'Intelligenza Artificiale (AI)

Vidhi Chugh

AI strategist and ethicist

Characteristics of a high-performing team

  • Starts from a vague business problem

  • High-performing team: fuzziness -> high business value

Chasing ideas

Strategia per l'Intelligenza Artificiale (AI)

Technical knowledge

  • Interrelated skills
    • Linear algebra
    • Probability
    • Statistics
  • Besides theory
    • Proficiency in software programming
    • Understanding algorithms; their uses and limitations

Statistics

Algorithms

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Strategia per l'Intelligenza Artificiale (AI)

Quick thinker

  • Swiftly adjust approach
  • Able to face unforeseen challenges

Adjust

Problem solver

  • Go beyond academics and technical skills
  • Quick ramp-up on newer initiatives

Problem solver

Strategia per l'Intelligenza Artificiale (AI)

Problem

 

  • First, understand business problem
  • Then, think of technology

 

 

  • Articulate complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders

Business stakeholders

Strategia per l'Intelligenza Artificiale (AI)

AI-centric culture

Hackathons

  • High attrition in AI teams
  • Passion for challenging projects
  • Organizations taking several measures to promote AI-centric culture

AI community

Conferences

Strategia per l'Intelligenza Artificiale (AI)

In-house or outsource?

In-house hiring

 

  • Tough to decide between hiring in-house or outsource

  • In-house: expensive but aligned with long-term strategy to promote innovation

  • External experts: bring specialized skills without long-term commitment

Strategia per l'Intelligenza Artificiale (AI)

Org design

  • Done: AI teams and culture

  • Next: Team structure

    • Centralized and decentralized

 

Data governance

Strategia per l'Intelligenza Artificiale (AI)

Org design

  • Done: AI teams and culture

  • Next: Team structure

    • Centralized and decentralized

 

Best practicies

Strategia per l'Intelligenza Artificiale (AI)

Org design

  • Next: Team structure

    • Centralized and decentralized

  • Decentralized: individual business units

 

Talent strategy

Strategia per l'Intelligenza Artificiale (AI)

Hybrid team structure

 

  • Hybrid structure
    • Cross-functional teams come together
    • Product, business, data and AI
    • Accelerate project delivery

Faster collaboration

Enhanced visibility

Decision making

Strategia per l'Intelligenza Artificiale (AI)

Career growth with business growth

Professional growth

Mentorship

Technology

Job description and title

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To summarize

High-performing teams

Strategia per l'Intelligenza Artificiale (AI)

Let's practice!

Strategia per l'Intelligenza Artificiale (AI)

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