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— Lanny Cohen , Chief Innovation Officer , Capgemini people “ are a little bit in denial and think AI may just be another fad ” whereas others are holding out to see where the market goes and hoping to “ jump on the bandwagon when the time comes ”. Then there ’ s another chunk of the market which may be at the prototyping stage or even seriously attempting AI at scale . Regardless of the tactic though , many are facing the same difficult questions : what kind of skills do I need , what business outcomes should I focus on and , perhaps most importantly , am I prepared for an AI-enabled future ?

“ My one piece of advice would be to start now ,” asserts Cohen . “ We certainly advocate experimentation but I think if you focus on various solutions you could create siloes and forget about the robust foundation that is going to be instrumental to your business in the future .” Amidst warnings about the ‘ war for talent ’, Cohen also underscores the importance of making your business attract to data scientists . “ Their skills are highly coveted and there ’ s not a lot of them in the world ,” he observes . “ Their first stop will likely be the Google ’ s and Amazon ’ s of the world and then startups which are doing innovative

JULY 2019