About this episode

Michael Earls discusses why AI pilots often fail and the importance of optimizing for direction rather than speed.

Most AI initiatives never make it past pilot. They stall because leaders optimize for speed when the real problem is direction. Enterprise cloud and AI transformation leader Michael Earls explains the single biggest misunderstanding executives have about AI right now, what lessons from cloud computing are about to be repeated, and the actual path from stalled project to shipping. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/kaj-business-money-live--6217536/support .

People in this episode

Host: Khudania Ajay

Guest: Michael Earls

Topics covered

• AI initiatives
• leadership
• cloud computing
• enterprise transformation
• project management

Keywords

• AI
• leadership
• cloud transformation
• enterprise
• project management
• optimization

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