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What CEOs Get Wrong About AI Capability
AI capability is about more than buying technology or hiring technical specialists. If you are struggling to move AI from pilots into the business, examine leadership, ownership, funding, governance and the decisions that sit between your executives.

Rebecca Hastings
9 min read


Why are AI and data leaders struggling to retain talent?
If your AI or data function is losing strong people, pay may only be part of the problem. Here’s what CEOs, boards and CPOs should examine before hiring replacements.

Rebecca Hastings
10 min read


Can Your CIO Lead AI — or Do You Need a Different Leadership Model?
Can your CIO take responsibility for enterprise AI, or does the organisation need a different leadership model? Assess the CIO’s capability, authority, capacity and the team around them before creating another executive role.

Rebecca Hastings
9 min read


What AI and Data Leaders Need From Organisations to Deliver Results
AI and data leaders need more than individual capability to deliver. Authority, sponsorship, resources, governance and organisational design all shape what they can achieve.

Rebecca Hastings
8 min read


Where Should AI Sit? CAIO, CDO/CDAO, CIO or CTO?
Where AI sits should follow the problem you are trying to solve, not the title you think you need. This decision framework compares CAIO, CDO/CDAO, CIO, CTO and federated models across maturity, decision rights, reporting lines, regulation and board oversight.

Rebecca Hastings
14 min read


Recruiting Top AI Talent: What CEOs, CPOs and TA Leaders Need to Know
What do senior AI leaders actually want from employers? Drawing on Lucent Search research and Rebecca Hastings’ conversation with Matt Alder on Recruiting Future, this article examines what CEOs, CPOs and TA leaders need to get right when hiring AI talent.

Rebecca Hastings
3 min read


AI Hiring Strategy: What Talent Acquisition Leaders Need to Know
If you’re responsible for AI hiring, standard recruitment approaches are unlikely to be enough. Here are five changes TA leaders need to consider.

Rebecca Hastings
3 min read


What Does the Board Actually Need to Decide About AI, Data and Technology?
Boards do not need to run AI and technology programmes, but they do need to make the decisions that determine whether those programmes can succeed. This article looks at the board's role in accountability, investment, risk, operating models and leadership capability.

Rebecca Hastings
8 min read
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