On today’s episode, we’re joined by Austin Tidmore, Vice President of Data Innovation at ASGN Incorporated. Austin shares his vision of innovation as an intentional data-powered process developed to achieve business goals. He emphasizes the importance of augmenting human capabilities with AI rather than replacing them and highlights the critical intersection of innovation and data in shaping enterprise-level strategies.

Key Takeaways:

(02:05) Unify businesses with data and AI to operate more efficiently and add value for clients.

(03:10) Innovation is linked to maximizing operational efficiency.

(06:35) Consulting accelerates career growth through diverse exposure.

(12:33) The difference between innovation and disruption.

(13:47) The talent and staffing industry is ripe for innovation.

(15:00) AI augments human decisions, it doesn’t replace them.

(18:30) The role of AI in both crafting résumés and mining through the noise.

(23:47) The challenges for LLM and enterprises posed by unstructured data.

(26:40) Graph databases can help structure and navigate data.

(29:46) Innovation is intentional and needs to align with business value.

Resources Mentioned:

Austin Tidmore -

https://www.linkedin.com/in/austintidmore/

ASGN Incorporated | LinkedIn -

https://www.linkedin.com/company/asgn-incorporated/

ASGN Incorporated | Website -

https://www.asgn.com/

University of North Texas -

https://www.unt.edu/

Clayton Christensen's Disruptive Innovation -

https://hbr.org/1995/01/disruptive-technologies-catching-the-wave

Hadoop and Big Data -

https://hadoop.apache.org/

Spark Clusters -

https://spark.apache.org/

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