Make AI work.
Ask before you build.
Practical help for leaders who have to make AI pay off: the right problem, the right tools, and people who know how to use them.
Ask before you build.
Big efforts rarely fail on technology alone. They fail because the team never agreed on the problem, skipped the lessons of those who tried before, never pictured failure, or overlooked how people would feel. AI raises the stakes: the tools are powerful, change every quarter and are easy to use badly.
We start with six questions:
Q1. What problem are we trying to solve?
Q2. Who has solved this problem before?
Q3. What does failure look like?
Q4. What does success look like?
Q5. What did we learn the last time we tried?
Q6. How will the stakeholders feel about it?
Applying AI since 1985. Co-founded the U.S. Army’s AI center.
Former CIO of a 700-person health-plan organization.
Founded ProSight, which pioneered IT portfolio management.
Start with the first question.
What problem are you trying to solve? Tell us about the effort you’re leading, or email john@the6qs.com or call 650-888-1553.