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How AI Unbundles the Enterprise System

Enterprise IT systems are complex with many layers of protocols, technology, and interconnections. But in a simple view you can think about them having three logical components. Systems have a user interface, a database, and processing logic consisting of business rules, validations, processes, workflows, roles, and permissions.

AI allows organizations to decompose the system into smaller atomic parts. Each of these atoms can be put together in new ways—new "molecules" if we continue the analogy.

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AI, TechnologyRob O'KeefeComment
Put the Mission First

Technology can help get something done. This has been a common theme in my 30-year consulting career, whether it be preventing terrorist attacks, mitigating flood risk, making it easier for students to apply for loans, or combatting human trafficking.

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Technology is about People

I've spent my whole adult life helping organizations (companies, government agencies, and non-profits) use technology to accomplish their missions. I have found at the end of the day it is about people and culture and leadership, much more than the actual technology. Technology brings about change.

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