The AI Playbook: How to Capitalize on Machine Learning
In this Master Class, you will:
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Get excited to turn machine learning from hype into real, usable business value. Machine learning is the most powerful technology of our time—but without the right approach, most projects fail before they even launch. In this session, you’ll learn how to move past the buzzwords and apply a clear, proven framework to deploy predictive AI successfully.
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Make yourself invaluable by mastering the six-step playbook for launching machine learning initiatives. Whether you’re a designer, product manager, or business leader, this Master Class will help you translate technical potential into real-world results—without needing to code or become a data scientist.
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Gain confidence and credibility as you learn how to lead AI projects from conception to deployment. You’ll discover the key reasons AI projects stall and the practical steps to keep yours moving so you can help your team innovate, stay competitive, and deliver measurable impact.
You’ll learn from the best:
Eric Siegel: CEO of Gooder AI and bestselling author of Predictive Analytics and The AI Playbook. He is a globally recognized expert on machine learning and predictive analytics who’s helped thousands of professionals and organizations—from Fortune 500s to startups—turn AI from a risky experiment into a repeatable business practice.
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Speaker
Eric Siegel, Ph.D., is a former Columbia University professor who helps companies deploy machine learning. He is the co-founder and CEO of Gooder AI, the founder of the long-running Machine Learning Week conference series, the instructor of the acclaimed online course “Machine Learning Leadership and Practice – End-to-End Mastery,” executive editor of The Machine Learning Times, and a frequent keynote speaker. He wrote the bestselling Predictive Analytics: The Power to Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, or Die, which has been used in courses at hundreds of universities, as well as The AI Playbook: Mastering the Rare Art of Machine Learning Deployment. Eric’s interdisciplinary work bridges the stubborn technology/business gap. At Columbia, he won the Distinguished Faculty award when teaching the graduate computer science courses in ML and AI. Later, he served as a business school professor at UVA Darden. A Forbes contributor, Eric publishes op-eds on analytics and social justice.
Eric has appeared on Bloomberg TV and Radio, BNN (Canada), Israel National Radio, National Geographic Breakthrough, NPR Marketplace, Radio National (Australia), and TheStreet. A Forbes contributor, Eric and his books have been featured in BBC, Big Think, Businessweek, CBS MoneyWatch, Contagious Magazine, The European Business Review, Fast Company, The Financial Times, Fortune, GQ, Harvard Business Review, The Huffington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Luckbox Magazine, MIT Sloan Management Review, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, Newsweek, Quartz, Salon, The San Francisco Chronicle, Scientific American, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Trailblazers with Walter Isaacson, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and WSJ MarketWatch.
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For you personally, design skills are important because:
Salaries for people who learn design are soaring, surpassing $200K in cities like San Francisco, with global job growth rates at 13%.
Many of your job competitors already possess design skills. When you enhance your design skills you can significantly elevate your personal brand and make you a more attractive candidate.
You learn skills that protect you from losing your job to AI.
You can ignite your passion through design and leverage it to make a meaningful impact.
For your company, design skills are important because:
Your design skills can help increase sales, keep customers loyal, and turn them into powerful advocates of your company. That’s because design is all about helping people reach their goals and meet their needs.
Companies that invest in design outperform the S&P 500 Index by a whopping 228%.
Design goes way beyond creating attractive visuals and aesthetics. When you possess design skills you’re equipped to revolutionize businesses, make technology more user-friendly, and innovate customer experiences and systems.
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