The Distinction That Decides Success or Failure with Data and AI

Migrating a data platform? Complicated — but plannable. The knowledge exists, the path is known.

Designing team structures for data and AI? Complex — there is no recipe, the path is full of surprises.

Most organizations treat both the same way: with a roadmap and milestones.

The problem: planning does not work for complex parts of the challenge. What is needed here is exploration — ideas, experiments, and decisions made where new insights emerge.

Those who fail to distinguish between complicated and complex plan the wrong things and risk waste instead of protecting their data and AI investments.

More in my new article: 👉 https://jens-linden.de/en/articles/plan-exploration-daten-ki

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