Successful AI & Automation - it's all about getting on base

When it comes to AI, the Jeff Bezos mentality is all wrong.

(catchy tag-line unlocked, now that you're paying attention 👀)

What I mean is in reference to his idiom - "𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘴."

At Capto we talk every day to leaders in Finance and beyond that are still somewhat disillusioned by headlines that proclaim AI adoption will instantly bring them to the World Series.

What's succesful? Billy Beane's approach to America's greatest pasttime - "𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦."

Adoption while closing your eyes and swinging hard, is what decision makers are realizing makes strikeouts go through the roof.

Get on base. Automate a repeated process. Have it work 50-70% of expectations. Evolve, iterate, and optimize with AI. We routinely have clients whose processes are still being worked on after 6-12 months, not because they didn't find ROI sooner, but because they built methodically towards something sustainable.

Our sales cycle has never been longer because of this trend, but we're bootstrapped to support our clients through all 9 innings.

P.S. it's hard not to be romantic about real AI projects 😉

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Originally posted on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/petersteube_when-it-comes-to-ai-the-jeff-bezos-mentality-activity-7432480220185616384-2iL0