How do you prepare your company to succeed in the Age of AI? What questions should you be asking as an executive? What does it take to build an AI-Literate leadership team? And why are all of these some of the most pressing questions facing nearly every executive leadership team today?
Tune in to the very first episode of our AI Knowhow podcast for answers to these questions and much more. Knownwell’s A-Team of Courtney Baker, David DeWolf, Mohan Rao, and Pete Buer serve as your guides as they look at the very latest AI news and dive deep into what it means to build a leadership team that’s well-versed in AI.
You won’t want to miss the premiere of this fast-paced show that’s designed specifically to help business leaders understand how to translate a transformational technology like AI into practical business applications.
The guest for our interview segment this week is Andrew DeBerry. Over the course of 17 years leading teams, Andrew has led AI initiatives for Microsoft, Meta, and the US Cyber Command, among others.
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Episode Highlights
- Many people think of AI as a data and technology problem, but that’s not where executives should start. Start with strategy instead.
- Why having a core set of company values can help organizations ensure they have the right building blocks in place to deploy AI ethically and responsibly.
- Education, preparation, identification of opportunities and threats, and beginning to experiment are 4 key steps David outlines to build an AI-literate leadership team
- Andrew DeBerry talks with Pete Buer about how executives should prepare their organizations to evolve with AI, including casting a leadership vision, structuring your organization to meet that vision, and sponsoring AI projects that show the art of the possible
- Identifying potential opportunities for teams to take their first steps into the AI world, including automating manual tasks and experimenting with Generative AI applications
- How AI is changing the way organizations approach risk management, data, and privacy
Resources
- Read the World Economic Forum article that references 18th-century “human alarm clocks” we mention in the close
- Connect with Andrew DeBerry on LinkedIn
- Connect with David DeWolf on LinkedIn
- Connect with Courtney Baker on LinkedIn
- Connect with Mohan Rao on LinkedIn
- Connect with Pete Buer on LinkedIn
- Follow Knownwell on LinkedIn
