The Pre-Read

Davos Discussions: What is the ROI Heresy?


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Traditional finance models are hitting a wall. This episode highlights a panel at Davos that gets straight to the engine room of the enterprise. 

Jatin Dalal, Chief Financial Officer, Cognizant; Mike Rost, Chief Strategy Officer, Workiva; Jonathan Zanger, Chief Technology Officer, Check Point; and Jennifer Steinmann, Global Sustainability Business Leader, Deloitte gathered to talk about: 
The ROI heresy: Why waiting for a fixed ROI is like using an obsolete map for a moving target 
The 3x productivity jump: Why a 300% increase is the new starting point for AI 
Security risks: Understanding white font attacks and AI doppelgangers in HR systems 
Strategic insights: How predictive analytics and earth observation are changing risk valuation 

Timestamps:
00:00—Multiplying traditional productivity by three 
02:15—The Davos panel: AI promise and peril 
04:10—Why ROI is an irrelevant measure for AI 
05:40—Security alerts: The white font attack 
07:15—The $3.8 trillion insight at stake 
08:20—The Monday morning mandate 

"Whatever you thought about traditional productivity multiplied by three at minimum, and that should be a starting point, not the end point." —Jatin Dalal, CFO of Cognizant 

Find past conversations at workiva.com/podcast/the-pre-read 

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