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For Managing Business Uncertainty, Predictive AI Eclipses GenAI
  Originally published in Forbes The future is the ultimate...
AI Business Value Is Not an Oxymoron: How Predictive AI Delivers Real ROI for Enterprises
  Originally published in AI Realized Now “Shouldn’t a great...
How To Un-Botch Predictive AI: Business Metrics
  Originally published in Forbes Predictive AI offers tremendous potential...
2 More Ways To Hybridize Predictive AI And Generative AI
  Originally published in Forbes Predictive AI and generative AI...

Archive for April, 2025

This Simple Arithmetic Can Optimize Your Main Business Operations

 Originally published in Forbes Deep down, we all know that we should embrace difficulties rather than dodge them. As John Adams put it, “Every problem is an opportunity in disguise.” It follows that the greatest opportunities come from the greatest challenges, so let’s salivate over the most consequential business predicament of them all: optimizing our biggest endeavors, the

Predictive AI Usually Fails Because It’s Not Usually Valuated

 Originally published in Forbes Why in the world would the decades-old industry of machine learning need a completely new paradigm? Imagine you’re developing a rocket. If you don’t stress test it—in its intended usage (via simulations, wind tunnels,...

Predictive AI + GenAI: The WFM Game-Changer Hidden in Plain Sight

 Originally published on LinkedIn, April 1, 2025. In my previous newsletters, we’ve explored how contact centers thrive when viewed as interconnected ecosystems—from WFM maturity models that reveal organizational health to risk-rated capacity plans that build resilience. We’ve examined...

When to Use GenAI Versus Predictive AI

 Originally published on MIT Sloan, March 24, 2025. Generative AI doesn’t suit every problem. Use these guidelines to decide between predictive AI — machine learning and deep learning tools — and generative AI. THE ANALYTICS LANDSCAPE has evolved...

XGBoost is All You Need, Part 3 – Gradient Boosted Trees

 Originally published on XGBlog, January 30, 2025. This is the third part in the series of blog posts about XGBoost, based on my 2024 GTC presentation you can find Part 1 here, and Part 2 here. Today we...