Ep 39 | Scaling AI In Your Organisation with Errol Koolmeister, Head of AI Foundation at H&M

In Episode 39 of Driven by Data: The Podcast, Kyle Winterbottom is joined by Errol Koolmeister, Head of AI Foundation at H&M, where they discuss how to successfully productionize Artificial Intelligence at scale, which includes:

• Why they established the foundation as an external function and then integrated it into the business
• What the companies that are succeeding with AI are doing versus the ones who aren’t
• Why you should focus on incremental value delivery as early as possible
• The 3 key factors for scale: Value, Feasibility, Reusability
• Why you should start with the most flexible use case, not the best or most valuable
• The importance of creating infrastructure that supports AI
• How they returned all of the investment in AI within 12 months
• The importance of having clear ownership within the business
• Why Reusability is the key to success to scale AI
• Why the POV has replaced the POC
• Merging Long-term thinking with short-term gains
• How upskilling initiatives across the organization aided the evolution of AI
• How to get the balance of skills within your AI team
• What they did to create a compelling brand/narrative in the marketplace