AI Value creators - Rob Thomas, Paul Zikopoulos, Kate Soule

•  Thomas Edison: "Vision without execution is hallucination."
• KISS - Keep it simple silly
• The landscape of data acumen is ever-changing. We like to tell people to think of their data and data acumen like a gym membership
• Internet of things -> Internet of everything -> Intelligence of everything
• "We live in an age disturbed, confused, bewildered, afraid of its own forces, in search not merely of its road but even of its direction. There are many voices of counsel, but few voices of vision; there is much excitement and feverish activity, but little concent of thoughtful purpose. We are distressed by our ungoverned, undirected energies and do many things, but nothing long. It is our duty to find ourselves" - Woodrow Wilson - 28th president of the USA in 1907
• The most important ingredient: the innate curiosity in the people you hire
• You will never go wrong hiring people who are naturally curious
• all the educational head start that formally educated staff had will fade away as time marches on
• While guidance (learning plans) and learning from others are important, true mastery and capability come from within.
• a candidates GitHub is often a curiosity calling card
• Do you know what always separates spinners and winners? Curiosity! In today's economy, jobs require skills, not (just) degrees
• Because empowered curious employees will find what they need or come to you for help to get it.
• you look for people who can demonstrate how they constantly embrace innovations that make stuff better, go faster, be more accurate, are more streamlined, and more.
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