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AI Business

What JPMorgan’s $2 Trillion AI Bet Means for the Rest of Us …

... And how smart banks are quietly catching up When JPMorgan Chase announced it was investing up to $2 trillion into AI transformation, the headlines practically wrote themselves. But behind the shock value lies a quieter truth — one that’s…

ZankApril 23, 2025

AI Business

From Personalization to Precision – How AI is Quietly Transforming Customer Experience

Everyone's talking about generative AI. But the most powerful AI transformations happening today? You probably haven’t heard about them — because they’re not flashy. They’re not writing poetry or taking over entire departments. They’re doing something much more valuable: They’re…

ZankApril 23, 2025

AI Business

Mentorship is not Optional

Mentorship is probably the single most important source of outside help I’ve ever received. I spent 10 years at a big consulting company and I worked for a wonderful man, Duane. He was slow. This is all for good reason;…

ZankNovember 5, 2019

Business Hiring

Building a Data Science Team? Here’s Your First Hire

by: Zank, CEO of Bennett Data Science Let’s say you want to start small, from one to four people, as you build out a data science team. This week, I'll talk about how I’ve done just that, many times over,…

ZankOctober 8, 2019

AI Business Food for thought

The Importance of Selling Data Science

by: Zank, CEO of Bennett Data Science Data science is complex stuff. From problem formulation through implementation and deployment, it requires expert knowledge from (hopefully) highly trained professionals. And for data-driven organizations, data science is felt companywide. But with all…

ZankOctober 8, 2019

AI Business

Resist the Algorithms

by: Zank, CEO of Bennett Data Science I took this photo a couple of weeks ago. As a person who has spent years writing algorithms to help people, the back-window writing struck me as a very powerful and interesting statement.…

ZankOctober 1, 2019

AI Business Food for thought

The Trouble with Star Ratings

by: Zank, CEO of Bennett Data Science Star ratings were created to indicate how much we like a product or service. They actually do a rather poor job of it. If a product gets a lot of five-star reviews, it…

ZankSeptember 10, 2019

Business Startups

Successful AI for Early Stage Startups

by: Zank, CEO of Bennett Data Science The purpose of this document is to evaluate the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) to early stage startups that are not AI-specific. It will show how AI can provide the competitive advantage young…

ZankApril 15, 2019

Business

One Crucial Thing Most Companies Miss When Leveraging Data Science

by: Zank, CEO of Bennett Data Science Today, as companies collect more and more data, they’re becoming acutely aware of the value of this data to their business. That’s great, and the impulse is right. But sadly, most of them…

ZankApril 5, 2019

Business Technology

How Popularity can Kill Personalization

Popularity has become its own justification. - Jonathan Franzen by: Zank, CEO of Bennett Data Science We all know that popular items sell well, because, well, they’re popular! But there’s a downside to recommending most-popular products or content to your users…

ZankMarch 6, 2019