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Managers and business leaders: stop assuming the data science team knows how to solve business problems! With the rush to adopt AI, I've seen managers hiring data scientists/ML engineers to develop new AI technologies in their companies. They want the data scientist team to come up with use cases for using ChatGPT and other AI tools in the company. But, in reality, this approach does not work and is risky! Let me tell you why: ✅ Whereas data scientists/ML engineers can uncover AI opportunities in the company, in general, they are hard to sell to upper management. Many of these initiatives happen without the sponsorship of the leadership and get lost in corporate politics. ✅ Data scientists have, in general, a limited view of the global company's business challenges. Therefore, it is unlikely to end up with propositions solving real problems with real impact on the business. I've seen tons of DS initiatives going to the trash because of this. Projects that finish after two years of dev and at the end no one uses. ✅ The data science team has no visibility into the company's budget constraints. They can come up with unfeasible propositions that are way too expensive or risky, ending up with rejected ideas and frustrations. This being said, business leaders and managers have a crucial role in driving the AI initiatives in the company! The data science team is there to support them, informing them what is possible or not with AI and helping them to execute their vision. This is the power of teamwork! LGsquare Consulting S.à.r.l #datastrategy #datascience #teamwork #ai