AI tools have been proving valuable to help handle a variety of different tasks. And, project managers are seeing the value AI tools provide. In this episode of AI Today we interview Jay Kiew who is a Founder at Citizen Centric. He discusses the essentials skills for AI-Driven project managers.

Jay discusses the critical abilities project managers need to succeed in the AI landscape.

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Companies of all sizes in just about every single industry are looking to see how AI, machine learning, and cognitive technology projects can provide a competitive edge, provide efficiencies, and improve ROI in today?s competitive landscape. As a result, this creates tremendous opportunity in the field of AI for professionals who are CPMAI certified and follow the CPMAI methodology.

Continue reading Applying CPMAI Methodology to AI Projects: Interview with Chris Mielke [AI Today Podcast] at Cognilytica.

This episode is the audio recording of the discussion moderated by Kathleen Walch at PMI?s Global Summit 2024 event. This event took place in LA on September 20th. On this panel we get insights from Vince Lynch who is CEO of IV.AI.

The discussion starts off with Vince sharing some of the biggest challenges he?s seen with managing AI-driven projects.

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in today?s competitive landscape, quality service is crucial for long-term success of any business. In this episode of the AI Today hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer discuss the use of AI in customer service.

AI-Powered Offerings

The use of AI chatbots and LLMs are having a significant impact on customer service.

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The financial industry, long known for its use of technology and data, is embracing AI as a tool for innovation and efficiency. In this episode of AI Today hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer discuss how AI is being applied in finance.

AI Helping to Streamline and Enhance Finance Operations

AI is being applied to automate routine tasks, reduce human error, and optimize processes.

Continue reading AI Use Case Series: AI in Finance [AI Today Podcast] at Cognilytica.

Enterprises are increasingly incorporating AI into many aspects of their daily business. And, with this, the project professional is increasingly using AI for a number of tasks. From AI chatbots, to predictive analytics, to generative AI applications that help automate project management duties such as project documentation, meeting minutes, or report generation, the use of AI among project managers is growing.

Continue reading AI Use Case Series: AI in Project Management [AI Today Podcast] at Cognilytica.

We have some super exciting news to share with you all! And, we want our community to hear this news directly from us. Project Management Institute (PMI), the world?s leading organization for the project management profession has acquired Cognilytica and Managing Partners Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer have joined PMI?s Senior Leadership Team!

In this episode of AI Today hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer reflect on Cognilytica?s and AI Today?s journey these past eight years.

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In our very first podcast we asked the question ?Why Does AI Matter??. So we thought it only fitting as we start our eighth season of AI Today to come back to this topic. In this episode of AI Today hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer discuss whether or not the mood is turning against AI.

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AI continues to impact and enhance every industry. From better nutrition, better sleep, practicing mindfulness and meditation, to improved insights on one?s overall health AI is having a big impact on fitness and wellness. In this episode of AI Today hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schemzler share AI?s impact on the fitness and wellness industry.

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AI is being used in many industries and sports is no exception. AI is being applied to enhance all areas of sports from the athlete to the fan, the coach to the referee, and even in judging athletic competition. In this episode of AI Today hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer discuss how AI is being applied in professional sports.

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Adaptability is the ability to adjust to new conditions, environments, or situations effectively and efficiently. It involves being open to change, learning quickly from experiences, and having the flexibility to modify one?s approach in response to shifting circumstances. In this episode of AI Today hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer continue with the soft skills series and discuss the soft skill of adaptability.

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An AI-First Mindset refers to a proactive and strategic approach to integrating AI into all aspects of your life both personally and professionally. It involves prioritizing and using AI as a key driver for decision-making, innovation, and problem-solving. In this episode of AI Today hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer discuss what having an AI-First mindset means.

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If you?re ever done a web search you know that getting relevant and appropriate answers on the web can take a lot of effort. Oftentimes, it also requires multiple attempts to get relevant results. In this episode of AI Today hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer discuss the changing landscape of AI and search.

How AI is changing search

Already, AI is proving to be a massive enhancement and augmentation to the everyday work and tasks of businesses, enterprises, and organizations of all types.

Continue reading What?s happening with AI and Search? [AI Today Podcast] at Cognilytica.

Data is integral at any organization. However, data on it?s own doesn?t provide much value. If we want to get more from our data and AI systems, and if we truly want to get machines to become more intelligent, we need to bridge that gap with at least some understanding of those patterns. In this episode of AI Today hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interivew Rich Maltzman.

Continue reading Understanding and Power Skills ? Keys to AI Success: Interview with Rich Maltzman, Boston University at Cognilytica.

CIOs everywhere are gearing up for increased investments in AI, while facing challenges and overcoming barriers that come with implementing and scaling AI. In this episode of AI Today hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Linda Yao. Linda is COO and Head of AI Solutions and Services at Lenovo.

AI?s Impact on CIOs

Recently, Lenovo conducted a global survey of CIOs.

Continue reading How AI is Transforming Manufacturing and Other Industries: Interview with Linda Yao, Lenovo [AI Today Podcast] at Cognilytica.

Here?s a hint as to what is separating the AI failures from successes: skip the proof of concept. When it comes to AI projects go right for pilot projects. In this episode of AI Today hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer discuss AI Pilots vs. Proof of Concepts.

AI Pilots vs. Proof of Concepts

A proof-of-concept is a project that is a trial or test run to illustrate if something is even possible and to prove your technology works.

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AI and generative AI is proving transformational in every industry. This includes long established industries like insurance. In particular, the growth of generative AI in the insurance and insurtech space in showing tremendous potential. In this episode of AI Today we interview Connor Atchison (CEO) & Itay Mishan (CTO) at Wisedocs.

How is AI used in the insurance industry?

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Artificial intelligence has been on the horizon for over seventy years. In fact, the term AI was officially coined in 1956. So, why does it seem so close but also so unattainable? In this episode of AI Today hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer discuss the question: Are we still repeating the same mistakes with AI?

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AI projects aren?t dying because of big problems. Rather it?s the small things that are causing projects to fail. In this episode of AI Today hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer discuss what iteration really means for AI projects.

Continuous Model Iteration

We always say that AI projects are never set it and forget it.

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Move Fast and Break Things worked for high flying Silicon Valley startup megatech companies but it doesn?t work for AI projects. Between 70%-80% of AI projects are failing to meet their objectives. With stats like this, it?s clear that breaking things isn?t leading to success in AI. In this episode of AI Today hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer dig into this topic.

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One of the most vexing problems in even today?s highly capable intelligence systems is for systems to actually understand what they are generating as output. Repeating a pattern, even a sophisticated pattern, while showing good knowledge of the pattern, doesn?t really help if the system doesn?t really understand what it is generating.  In this episode of AI Today hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer discuss this DIKUW pyramid and why the ?U? understanding level is a critical, but often left out, layer of the pyramid.

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Soft skills are increasingly becoming important for AI, and in particular Generative AI. Collaboration can accelerate learning, creativity, and innovation. In this episode of AI Today hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer discuss the critical skill of collaboration.

Why Collaboration skills are needed for AI

In this episode we discuss why collaboration skills are important to improve your interaction with AI systems.

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AI is being adopted by many organizations and they are seeing dramatic improvement, increased productivity, and cost savings. However, government at all levels, including local governments, are also seeing dramatic improvements when adopting AI. On this episode of AI Today we interview Roxy Ndebumadu. She is the District 4 Councilmember at Bowie, MD City Council.

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Effective communication is vital for enhancing both human-to-machine and human-to-human interactions with AI. Clear communication ensures more accurate and optimal outputs from AI systems. Additionally, AI tools can improve our communication skills by helping us better articulate and present our ideas and creative needs. In this episode of AI Today hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer continue with the soft skills series and discuss the soft skill of communication.

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Creativity is a uniquely human trait that allows for the expression of individuality and a range of emotions. In this episode of AI Today hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer continue with our soft skills series discussing creativity.

AI, especially generative AI, is transforming personal and professional tasks like writing, report generation, and image creation, making them easier and more accessible.

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On May 17, 2024, Governor Jared Polis signed SB24-205, a pioneering law to protect Colorado consumers using AI systems. The legislation mandates transparency and accountability, ensuring AI technologies are developed ethically and fairly. In this episode of AI Today hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Rep Manny Rutinel. He is a Colorado State Representative and a Prime Sponsor of the bill in the House.

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Generative AI has significantly influenced content creation, data analysis, and interactive communication, but there is a growing need for intelligent systems to perform tasks with minimal human input. In this episode of AI Today hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer dicuss the concept of Agentic AI, including what it is, and why it?s becoming popular.

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Companies of all sizes across the globe in just about every single industry are looking to see how AI can provide them a competitive edge. They want AI to provide efficiencies and improve ROI in today?s competitive landscape. As a result, this creates tremendous opportunity in the field of AI for project professionals who are CPMAI certified and follow the CPMAI methodology.

Continue reading Applying CPMAI Methodology to AI Projects: Interview with Laetitia Callegari [AI Today Podcast] at Cognilytica.

The widespread adoption and use of generative AI means that folks no longer need to be an expert in ?hard? skills such as statistics & probability, calculus, or linear algebra to get value from using Generative AI. Instead, the need to use soft skills such as communication, curiosity, problem solving, and adaptability is becoming more important.

Continue reading Why Critical Thinking is Crucial for AI [AI Today Podcast] at Cognilytica.

The Four-Part AI-Enabled Vision of the Future

In 2018, when at the time we thought AI hype couldn?t get any more hype-y, we at Cognilytica spent time thinking about what the broad implications of AI would be on our individual lives, our business and work lives, and on society in general. This thinking led us to put together our four-part vision we called the ?AI-Enabled Vision of the Future?.

Continue reading Cognilytica?s AI-Enabled Vision of the Future: Pervasive Knowledge [AI Today Podcast] at Cognilytica.

The Four-Part AI-Enabled Vision of the Future

In 2018, when at the time we thought AI hype couldn?t get any more hype-y, we at Cognilytica spent time thinking about what the broad implications of AI would be on our individual lives, our business and work lives, and on society in general. This thinking led us to put together our four-part vision we called the ?AI-Enabled Vision of the Future?.

Continue reading Cognilytica?s AI-Enabled Vision of the Future: Enhancing the Human Experience [AI Today Podcast] at Cognilytica.

The Four-Part AI-Enabled Vision of the Future

In 2018, when at the time we thought AI hype couldn?t get any more hype-y, we at Cognilytica spent time thinking about what the broad implications of AI would be on our individual lives, our business and work lives, and on society in general. This thinking led us to put together our four-part vision we called the ?AI-Enabled Vision of the Future?.

Continue reading Cognilytica?s AI-Enabled Vision of the Future: AI-Augmented Everything [AI Today Podcast] at Cognilytica.

The Four-Part AI-Enabled Vision of the Future

In 2018, when at the time we thought AI hype couldn?t get any more hype-y, we at Cognilytica spent time thinking about what the broad implications of AI would be on our individual lives, our business and work lives, and on society in general. This thinking led us to put together our four-part vision we called the ?AI-Enabled Vision of the Future?.

Continue reading Cognilytica?s AI-Enabled Vision of the Future: The AI-Enhanced Organization [AI Today Podcast] at Cognilytica.

Back in 2018, when at the time we thought AI hype couldn?t get any more hype-y, we at Cognilytica spent time thinking about what the broad implications of AI would be on our individual lives, our business and work lives, and on society in general. This thinking led us to put together our four-part vision we called the ?AI-Enabled Vision of the Future?.

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Generative AI is one of the most accessible forms of AI currently available. While in the past, you might have used AI without knowing it, you can use Generative AI purposefully in ways that have immediate and dramatic impact on your daily life. In this episode of AI Today hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer discuss what soft skills are necessary to get what we want out of Generative AI.

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AI, and in particular generative AI, is having a profound impact on just about every industry. In this episode of AI Today hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Saby Waraich to discuss AI?s impact on Project Management. Saby is CIO at Clackamas Community College and and speaking at the PMI Austin, TX Professional Development Day May 2, 2024.

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Effective communication is an important skill to have. And, in this AI-era it?s more important than ever. In this episode of AI Today hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Patti DeNucci. She is an author, speaker, workshop facilitator, consultant and keynoting the PMI Austin, TX Professional Development Day May 2, 2024.

How does AI impact communication?

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Experimenting, testing, and refining your prompts are essential. The journey to crafting the perfect prompt often involves trying various strategies to discover what works best for your specific needs. A best practice is to constantly experiment, practice, and try new things using an approach called ?hack and track?. This is where you use a spreadsheet or other method to track what prompts work well as you experiment.

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Plugins for Large Language Models (LLMs) are additional tools or extensions that enhance the LLM?s capabilities beyond its base functions. In this episode hosts Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer discuss this topic in greater detail.

Can I use plugins with ChatGPT?

Plugins can access external databases, perform specific computations, or interact with other software and APIs to fetch real-time data, execute code, and more.

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As folks continue to use LLMs, best practices are emerging to help users get the most out of LLMs. OpenAI?s ChatGPT allows users to tailor responses to match their tone and desired output goals. Many have reported that using custom instructions results in much more accurate, precise, consistent, and predictable results. But why would you want to do this and why does it matter?

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Companies of all sizes in every industry are looking to see how Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and cognitive technology projects can provide them a competitive edge. They want to provide efficiencies and improve ROI in today?s competitive landscape. As a result, this creates tremendous opportunity in the field of AI for professionals who are CPMAI certified and follow the CPMAI methodology.

Continue reading Applying CPMAI Methodology in the real world: Interview with George Fountain, Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH) [AI Today Podcast] at Cognilytica.

To improve the reliability and performance of LLMs, sometimes you need to break large tasks/prompts into sub-tasks. Prompt chaining is when a task is split into sub-tasks with the idea to create a chain of prompt operations. Prompt chaining is useful if the LLM is struggling to complete your larger complex task in one step. 

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LLMs are basically big ?text predictors? that try to generate outputs based on what it expects is the most likely desired output based on what the user provides as the text-based input, the prompt. Prompts are natural language instructions for an LLM provided by a human so that it will deliver the desired results you?re looking for.

Continue reading Prompt Engineering Best Practices: Using a Prompt Pattern [AI Today Podcast] at Cognilytica.

AI is helping to re-imagine experiences of all sorts, including air travel. At the 2024 SXSW Conference and Festivals Bernadette Berger, who is Director of Innovation at Alaska Airlines presents on ?The Sky?s the Limit: How AI will Re-imagine Airports?. In this episode of the AI Today podcast hosts and AI thought leaders Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer have the opportunity to interview Bernadette.

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AI is having an impact on every industry, including healthcare. AI?s impact in the practice of medicine is helping to reshape the practice of medicine both now, and in the future. In this episode of the AI Today podcast we interview Dr. Jag Singh. He is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, focusing on the application of AI in the practice of medicine.

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During the SXSW 2024 event, Wei Li presented on AI Everywhere with Software and Hardware. In this episode of the AI Today podcast we interview Wei Li. He is VP/GM of the AI Software Engineering Team at Intel.

He shares with what insights from that talk and what he means by AI being everywhere in both hardware and software.

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As organizations continue to adopt AI the idea of innovation and sustainability are becoming important conversations. Intel wants to accelerate AI adoption by lowering barriers to entry for customers. In this episode of the AI Today podcast we interview Nuri Cankaya. He is the VP of AI Marketing at Intel.

Nuri sheds light on the myriad challenges faced by companies as they navigate the integration of AI with real-world data.

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AI is having an impact on just about every industry and healthcare is no exception. In this episode of the AI Today podcast Cognilytica AI thought leaders Kathleen Walch and Ron Schmelzer interview Dr. Jesse Ehrenfeld. He is President of the American Medical Association (AMA). He also recently spoke at the 2024 SXSW Conference and Festivals.

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The people side of AI is changing. Generative AI is reshaping how teams brainstorm, collaborate, and embrace the future. In this episode of the AI Today podcast we interview Ian Beacraft who is CEO at Signal and Cipher, and also CPMAI certified.

Is AI helping or hurting society?

In recent years the idea of responsible, ethical, and trustworthy AI has gained a lot of attention.

Continue reading The People Side of AI: Interview with Ian Beacraft, Signal and Cipher [AI Today podcast] at Cognilytica.

The Explainable AI Layer of the Cognilytica Trustworthy AI Framework addresses the technical methods that go into understanding system behavior and make black boxes less so. In this episode of the AI Today podcast Cognilytica AI experts Ron Schmelzer and Kathleen Walch discuss the interpretable and explainable AI layer.

The Explainable AI Layer

Separate from the notion of transparency of AI systems is the concept of AI algorithms being able to explain how they arrived at particular decisions.

Continue reading Explainable AI Concepts [AI Today Podcast] at Cognilytica.