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Shared Service Centers: Risks & Rewards in the Time of Coronavirus

October 28, 2020 / Comments Off on Shared Service Centers: Risks & Rewards in the Time of Coronavirus

As the pandemic continues to disrupt all aspects of life, companies are re-evaluating how they get work done. For many large enterprises, reassessing their use of, and future investment plans for shared service centers is a key part of this strategic planning. The business logic behind these “captive” centers – standardization, economies of scale, lower […]

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ESI ThoughtLab Appoints Michael Geach as Director of Business Development

October 21, 2020 / Comments Off on ESI ThoughtLab Appoints Michael Geach as Director of Business Development

ESI ThoughtLab is pleased to announce that Michael Geach has joined as Director of Business Development. In this role, Michael will help our clients develop high-impact thought leadership programs that draw on our firm’s unparalleled analytical and economic modeling capabilities. Michael will facilitate the successful execution of thought leadership initiatives for our clients – from […]

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Driving ROI with AI DataRobot Report

September 21, 2020 / Comments Off on Driving ROI with AI DataRobot Report

ThoughtLab together with a group of AI leaders that included DataRobot conducted a benchmarking study of 1,200 organizations across industries and world markets to help provide executives with an evidenced-based roadmap for becoming AI-driven. Download this study to learn the answers to pressing questions businesses have, including: What are some of the biggest challenges that […]

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AI: From Data to ROI Cognizant Report

September 21, 2020 / Comments Off on AI: From Data to ROI Cognizant Report

If the COVID-19 crisis has revealed anything to business leaders, it’s the dire need for intelligent decision making. But even as businesses embrace AI, high ROI is not guaranteed. The groundbreaking research behind AI: From Data to ROI, was conducted during the outbreak and reveals executives are turning en masse to AI to make better, more […]

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Driving ROI Through AI: Is the Buzz Around AI Justified?

September 18, 2020 / Comments Off on Driving ROI Through AI: Is the Buzz Around AI Justified?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is spurring the next wave of the digital revolution. As we enter the cognitive age, forward-looking companies are using AI to transform every aspect of their business—from customer engagement and R&D to cybersecurity and back-office operations. For these firms, AI is more than a technology, it is a new way of doing […]

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Firms will Invest More in AI After the Pandemic, but Delivering ROI will take Skill, Scale, and Time

September 15, 2020 / Comments Off on Firms will Invest More in AI After the Pandemic, but Delivering ROI will take Skill, Scale, and Time

ESI ThoughtLab study of 1,200 organizations reveals that generating ROI on AI is still a work in progress that requires a focus on strategic change September 15, 2020 (Philadelphia, PA) – Two-thirds of senior executives across industries—and nearly nine out of ten leaders from the world’s largest enterprises—believe that artificial intelligence (AI) is vitally important […]

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