The Data & AI Readiness Playbook
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Organisations across all industries are recognising the power of AI and data to drive efficiencies, enhance decision-making, and gain a competitive edge. However, as demand for AI accelerates, many businesses are faced with a fundamental question: are we set up for success?
This guide provides a clear roadmap to AI and data success, helping businesses navigate the complexities of data strategy, governance, and AI readiness.
80% of AI projects fail…
“The last 24 months have seen a seismic shift in AI’s role in business. Companies are looking to embed AI into processes and automation, leveraging tools that accelerate efficiencies and enhance insight generation. However, organisations at different stages of data maturity face unique obstacles, from legacy systems and siloed data to a lack of AI-ready infrastructure.
“These are the challenges that are causing 80 per cent of AI projects to fail. While a fail-fast mentality is great at enabling innovation, numbers like these need addressing if data and AI is to have as profound an impact as it should.”
Dan Knott
Data & AI Practice Lead, Cloud Direct
With contributions from industry peers
Jonathan Ball, 7IM
With almost 20 years of data
experience under his belt, including
an eight-year stint as a Senior Cloud
Solutions Architect at Microsoft,
Jonathan is responsible for managing
7IM’s data platform and ensuring the
business maximises its use of data to
best serve its customers.
John Doublard, Oak Group
As both CTO and Chair of Oak Group’s Technology Committee, John has led a number of digital transformation initiatives that have accelerated Oak’s data journey, enhanced the services it is able to offer its customers, and perfectly positioned the business for
continued innovation.
Mike Downing, WPA
For more than 25 years, Mike has
been working to make technology
an enabler for WPA and its
customers. Since taking the role
of CTO in 2016, Mike has aided a
cultural shift that has positioned
WPA as a data-first business.
Matthew Ebo, Lloyds Banking Group
Since joining one of the UK’s largest
banking groups in 2022, Matthew
has been involved in a number of
technology-focused roles including
information security, performance
analytics, and customer insights.
Dan Packwood, Hill Dickinson
In his role as an Enterprise Architect, Dan works alongside Hill Dickinson’s Heads of IT, LTI and its Chief Technology Officer to set the IT strategy and enable the firm’s teams to transform business operations within a highly regulated environment.
Mapping your journey to AI success
The Data & AI Readiness Playbook sets out seven milestones that your business should visit along its transformation journey.
Working through the carefully crafted framework, you’ll…
- Define your vision
- Understand your starting point
- Build a business case
- Modernise
- Transform
- Innovate
- Create continued success
By visiting each of these seven milestones you’ll create the foundations for data and AI success, and drive meaningful, impactful change in your business.
