What We’re Reading

Browse our favorite links on today’s most compelling and emerging subjects.

Value

Derive Tangible and Sustainable Value from AI from Forbes
Maximizing Cloud Value from Accenture
Delivering Large Programs on Budget and Value from McKinsey
CIOs on the Hook for Governance and Results from CIO.com

Transformation

A CIO’s Journey to Transform Emerson Electric from CIO.com

Artificial Intelligence

**NEW** 3 Ways Leaders Fail Their AI Projects from The Enterprisers Project
2021 AI Trends from Forbes
2021 AI Trends from enterpriseproject.com
The AI Incident Database – a listing of all the places AI hasn’t worked – from partnershiponai.org
AI Value realization / lack of results from Forbes
AI Analytics Disasters from CIO.com
AI and Big Data from InformationWeek
Derive Tangible and Sustainable Value from AI from Forbes
Measuring AI Product Performance the Right Way by Simon Schreiber via Medium
A Beginner’s Guide to AI Project Management from Simon Schreiber via Medium

Innovation

Innovation is the new Growth Engine from McKinsey

Learning, People / Human

The Norwegian Philosophy of Thriving in the Winter (topical!), via Forge / Medium
Building Mental Toughness – A psychologist’s letter to his 22-year old self, Nick Wignall via Medium
The FBI’s Take on Building Trust via Medium
A really useful guide to running an engaging virtual event from Miro.com
Our Obsession with Expertise is Holding Us Back, via Forge / Medium (one of my favorites!)
Guy Kawasaki’s 1–20-30 Rule for Persuasive Presentations via Inc. / Medium
How I Approach the Toughest Decisions from BarackObama.com via Medium

BOTS

**NEW** A Brief Overview & Links for Conversational Chatbots by ChatC Group via chatbotslife.com
A Summary Page for Bots – a great reference from TopBots.com
How to Forecast Your Chatbot’s ROI from chatbotslife.com

Privacy and Legal

New California Privacy Act – Implications for Other States from CSOOnline
Consulting Firm Liability – The Accenture / Marriott precedent from securityboulevard.com

Companies I Like

LookingGlassFactory – Startup making personal holographic displays
Celonis – An leading process mining solution, paired with innovative operational capability
Lexio – Innovative approach to turning data into stories (Tableau / PowerBI fighter)