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Malcolm Gladwell

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3416 total appearances

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Brewing Smarter: How HEINEKEN Is Using AI To Revolutionize Its Global Operations

Was that your title?

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Brewing Smarter: How HEINEKEN Is Using AI To Revolutionize Its Global Operations

Correct.

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Brewing Smarter: How HEINEKEN Is Using AI To Revolutionize Its Global Operations

The title changed, but yes, I was the global leader at Heineken.

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Brewing Smarter: How HEINEKEN Is Using AI To Revolutionize Its Global Operations

But it's also, if I might play devil's advocate for a moment, you're also taking a risk going into an established, how long has Heineken been around?

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Brewing Smarter: How HEINEKEN Is Using AI To Revolutionize Its Global Operations

162 years to be specific, 1864.

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Brewing Smarter: How HEINEKEN Is Using AI To Revolutionize Its Global Operations

It's a very different proposition walking into a 160-year-old company and saying, I want to bring the future to the way you operate than it is with a startup.

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Brewing Smarter: How HEINEKEN Is Using AI To Revolutionize Its Global Operations

So you have that process going on all around the world and across multiple brands.

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Brewing Smarter: How HEINEKEN Is Using AI To Revolutionize Its Global Operations

Multiple brands, multiple countries, multiple operating companies.

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Brewing Smarter: How HEINEKEN Is Using AI To Revolutionize Its Global Operations

Yeah.

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Brewing Smarter: How HEINEKEN Is Using AI To Revolutionize Its Global Operations

From your perspective as someone who is the chief AI officer, what are the tasks in front of you?

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Brewing Smarter: How HEINEKEN Is Using AI To Revolutionize Its Global Operations

What's your opportunity there?

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Brewing Smarter: How HEINEKEN Is Using AI To Revolutionize Its Global Operations

Give me a specific example of a problem you set out to solve or address.

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Brewing Smarter: How HEINEKEN Is Using AI To Revolutionize Its Global Operations

What did the AI tell you about the accuracy of those spending decisions in the past?

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Brewing Smarter: How HEINEKEN Is Using AI To Revolutionize Its Global Operations

So you say, oh, we...

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Brewing Smarter: How HEINEKEN Is Using AI To Revolutionize Its Global Operations

We can do a way better job if we spend X more or X less in this particular area.

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Brewing Smarter: How HEINEKEN Is Using AI To Revolutionize Its Global Operations

Give me another example of a funnel.

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Brewing Smarter: How HEINEKEN Is Using AI To Revolutionize Its Global Operations

In that instance, it requires not just building a model that can be smarter about how people should spend their time and what they should say, but you have to obviously educate your sales force to believe in what...

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Brewing Smarter: How HEINEKEN Is Using AI To Revolutionize Its Global Operations

Tell me about that piece.

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Brewing Smarter: How HEINEKEN Is Using AI To Revolutionize Its Global Operations

Is that a piece that you're a part of or is someone else?

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Brewing Smarter: How HEINEKEN Is Using AI To Revolutionize Its Global Operations

Yeah.