Ten honest questions about your team, your data, and the environment you are operating in. When you finish, you will see the focus areas to address before building anything.
The biggest obstacle to AI adoption is rarely technical. It is almost always about who the current system works well for. Map your stakeholders before moving forward.
Every successful AI project has an internal owner who cares whether it works and has the authority to drive it forward. If you cannot identify this person, stop here until you can.
Get your champion’s commitment in writing.
Get your leadership’s buy-in on the specific problem you want to solve.
Run a short session with your team: what do we know about AI? What worries us?