Recent Posts by Thierry Buecheler

There are many exciting facets of AI. What currently fascinates me very much about the subject is the duality that AI brings with it. On the one hand, it is the improvement in everyday life and at work. On the other hand, AI holds great and latent dangers, which we are not always so aware of, but which are already emerging and being discussed in certain dialogues (e.g., HR selection bias). What I also find exciting is the development of the hype cycle on the topic of AI: AI as...

AI-based scenario modelling is taking on a whole new level of importance amid the COVID-19 pandemic, as business leaders across finance, HR, supply chain, and sales make difficult decisions for the sake of continuity, impacting employees, customers, suppliers, and partners.  The pandemic has upended “business as usual” so quickly that we lack historical data to guide our decisions. Scenario modelling can fill in those gaps, helping business leaders anticipate the future. As a...

Transformation is not an end-state, it's a fluid dynamic thing. Generally, it’s the challenges that prompt deep change to transform an organisation.  My team works with clients to solve the digital transformation and innovation challenges companies face on an operational and technical level.  The first question we ask our customers is, what is your business need? Everything is based around framing the challenge and executing on it. This is what I explained earlier this week at...

A structured process significantly increases the success rate for big data projects. by Thierry Buecheler and Thomas Schuele May 2015 The big data infrastructure, software, and services market will continue to grow at about six times the growth of the overall information and communications technology market, according to a recent report by International Data Corporation (IDC). Yet, as our colleague Subramanian Iyer noted in a Profit Online column in 2014, companies continue to...